CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5099

Chapter 103, Laws of 2002

57th Legislature

2002 Regular Session

INSURANCE--DENTAL ONLY COVERAGE

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/13/02

Passed by the Senate March 11, 2002

YEAS 33 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House March 5, 2002

YEAS 97 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5099 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

Approved March 22, 2002

FILED

March 22, 2002 - 1:00 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5099

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Winsley and Thibaudeau)

READ FIRST TIME 02/16/01.

AN ACT Relating to the designation of licensed dental directors by carriers offering dental only coverage; and amending RCW 48.43.540.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 48.43.540 and 2000 c 5 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:

Any carrier that offers a health plan and any self-insured health plan subject to the jurisdiction of Washington state shall designate a medical director who is licensed under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW. However, a naturopathic or complementary alternative health plan, which provides solely complementary alternative health care to individuals, groups, or health plans, may have a medical director licensed under chapter 18.36A RCW. A carrier that offers dental only coverage shall designate a dental director who is licensed under chapter 18.32 RCW, or licensed in a state that has been determined by the dental quality assurance commission to have substantially equivalent licensing standards to those of Washington. A health plan or self-insured health plan that offers only religious nonmedical treatment or religious nonmedical nursing care shall not be required to have a medical director.