2404-SAMSJACOS5795.1SHB 2404S AMD TO HEA COMM AMD (S5589.1)337By Senator Jacobsen On page 6, after line 33 of the amendment, insert the following:NEW SECTION.Sec. (1) All retainer health care practicesshall contain or incorporate in its retainer agreement a guarantee ofthe continuity of coverage of the retainer agreement. For the purposesof this section, a retainer agreement is "renewed" when it is continuedbeyond the earliest date upon which the retainer agreement could havebeen terminated for other than nonpayment of the retainer fee. (2) The guarantee of continuity of coverage required in retaineragreements shall not prevent a retainer health care practice fromcanceling or nonrenewing a retainer agreement for: (a) Nonpayment of premium; or (b) Change or implementation of federal or state laws that nolonger permit the continued offering of such coverage. (3) This section does not apply in the following cases: (a) A retainer health care practice has zero retainer agreements inplace; (b) A retainer health care practice is withdrawing from offeringretainer agreements because the retainer health care practice hasdemonstrated to the commissioner that its clinical, financial, oradministrative capacity to serve retainer subscribers would beexceeded; or (c) A retainer health care practice discontinues if: (i) Theretainer health care practice provides notice to each retainersubscriber of such discontinuation at least ninety days prior to thedate of the discontinuation; (ii) the retainer health care practiceprovides notice to the commissioner of its intent to discontinueoffering retainer agreements in the state; (iii) in exercising theoption to discontinue offering retainer agreements, the retainer healthcare practice acts uniformly without regard to any health statusrelated factor of retainer subscribers; and (iv) the retainer health Official Print - 1 care practice, or any provider within the retainer health carepractice, may not engage in any offering retainer agreements in thisstate for a fiveyear period beginning on the date of thediscontinuation of the retainer agreement not so renewed. Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internalreferences accordingly.Requires retainer medicine practices offer guaranteedrenewability of retainer medicine agreements.--- END --- Official Print - 2