HB 2327 - DIGEST

Directs counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions to assist disabled employees and retired employees in applying for health insurance coverage through an individual health benefit plan. Assistance may include developing and distributing standardized information on the availability and cost of individual health benefit plans, application packages, and health benefit fairs.

Directs the office of the insurance commissioner, in cooperation with carriers licensed to offer individual health benefit plans, to develop and distribute to counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions the following information: (1) Standardized information on the availability and cost of individual health benefit plans;

(2) Application procedures for individual health benefit plans; and

(3) Assistance in organizing health benefit fairs for their disabled or retired employees.

Repeals RCW 41.04.212 and 2002 c 319 s 3; 2002 c 319 s 1 (uncodified); 2002 c 319 s 4; and 2002 c 319 s 5 (uncodified).