1337-S AMH DYER HAGE 1

SHB 1337 - H AMD 322 ADOPTED 3-19-97

By Representative Dyer

     On page 2, beginning on line 8, after Aa@ strike the remainder of the section and insert Ahealth carrier regulated by this title.

     (4) The commissioner=s authority to regulate a health care provider, a health care facility, or a provider network is preempted by federal law when the provider, facility, or network is contracting with a third party payer governed by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, or the federal Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947, as amended.@

EFFECT:  Limits definition of Alawful third party payer@ to health carriers. Explicitly exempts providers, facilities and networks from state insurance law when they contracting with self-funded ERISA plans or Taft-Hartley trusts.