BILL REQ. #:  S-4493.1 

Read first time 01/20/2006.   Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

     AN ACT Relating to the employment status of basic health plan and medical assistance recipients; adding a new section to chapter 70.47 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 70.47 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The administrator, in coordination with the department of social and health services, shall prepare an annual report on the employment status of basic health plan enrollees under this chapter. The report shall detail the number of employees enrolled in the basic health plan by employer, ranked from the employer with the highest number of employees on the basic health plan to the employer with the lowest number of employees on the basic health plan.
     (2) The report shall be delivered electronically to appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives by November 15th of each year, beginning November 15, 2006.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The department of social and health services, in coordination with the health care authority, shall prepare an annual report on the employment status of recipients of medical assistance under this chapter. The report shall detail the number of employees who are recipients of medical assistance by employer, ranked from the employer with the highest number of employees who are recipients to the employer with the lowest number of employees who are recipients.
     (2) The report shall be delivered electronically to appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives by November 15th of each year, beginning November 15, 2006.