HB 1717 - DIGEST

Requires that, beginning with health benefit plan premiums billed on and after January 1, 2008, a health carrier must, at least annually, provide the following information with its premium billing: (1) The most current cost-shifting estimate determined by the insurance commissioner at the time of the billing; and

(2) The amount, as a percentage of the health carrier's average premium per member per month, of the health carrier's surplus that exceeds the level defined in RCW 48.43.300(9)(a) as reported to the insurance commissioner in the carrier's most recent annual report under RCW 48.43.305 at the time of billing.