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                         SENATE BILL 5580

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer and Prince

Read first time 01/27/95.  Referred to Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care.

Allowing medical transport services to become a limited health care service contractor.

    AN ACT Relating to allowing medical transport services to become a limited health care service contractor; and amending RCW 48.44.035.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 48.44.035 and 1990 c 120 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) For purposes of this section only, "limited health care service" means dental care services, vision care services, mental health services, chemical dependency services, pharmaceutical services, podiatric care services, medical transport services, and such other services as may be determined by the commissioner to be limited health services, but does not include hospital, medical, surgical, emergency, or out-of-area services except as those services are provided incidentally to the limited health services set forth in this subsection.

    (2) For purposes of this section only, a "limited health care service contractor" means a health care service contractor that offers one and only one limited health care service.

    (3) For all limited health care service contractors that have had a certificate of registration for less than three years, their uncovered expenditures shall be either insured or guaranteed by a foreign or domestic carrier admitted in the state of Washington or by another carrier acceptable to the commissioner.  All such contractors shall also deposit with the commissioner one-half of one percent of their projected premium for the next year in cash, approved surety bond, securities, or other form acceptable to the commissioner.

    (4) For all limited health care service contractors that have had a certificate of registration for three years or more, their uncovered expenditures shall be assured by depositing with the insurance commissioner twenty-five percent of their last year's uncovered expenditures as reported to the commissioner and adjusted to reflect any anticipated increases or decreases during the ensuing year plus an amount for unearned prepayments; in cash, approved surety bond, securities, or other form acceptable to the commissioner.  Compliance with subsection (3) of this section shall also constitute compliance with this requirement.

    (5) Limited health service contractors need not comply with RCW 48.44.030 or 48.44.037.

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