"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The legislature intends to promote equity of coverage for all public employees through better coordination of employee benefits.
     (2) The legislature finds that there is currently a compelling interest in providing health care coverage to certificated and classified K-12 employees in the most cost-effective manner. The legislature finds that this may be accomplished by covering certificated and classified K-12 employees through a large pool.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) The health care authority shall develop a plan for reducing the cost of providing health benefits for certificated and classified K-12 employees. The health care authority must allow interested parties to provide comments and suggestions related to the plan.
     (2) The health care authority shall present the plan to the governor and the fiscal committees of the senate and the house of representatives by December 15, 2009. The plan must state recommendations for the funding and procurement of health benefits for certificated and classified K-12 employees and include an analysis of the possibility of centralizing the provision of health benefits for certificated and classified K-12 employees by the health care authority. The plan must also include recommendations related to legislation that is deemed necessary to implement the recommendations of the health care authority set out in the plan.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   (1) By July 31, 2009, all school districts and educational service districts shall forward the following 2007-2008 plan year and 2008-2009 plan year data, current to March 2009, for each employee pooling group to the health care authority and the office of the superintendent of public instruction:
     (a) Age and gender of covered employees;
     (b) Age and gender of covered dependents; and
     (c) Reports developed from health plan claims information that show counts of covered employees and dependents by diagnosis condition category.
     (2) Contracted health carriers and self-insured plan administrators shall assist school districts and educational service districts in developing and submitting the information required in subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) By July 31, 2009, all school districts and educational service districts shall forward the following information by employee pooling group, as in effect March 2009, to the health care authority and the office of the superintendent of public instruction:
     (a) The cost of employee health benefits including employee premiums by plan and by employee tier;
     (b) Health insurance benefit designs; and
     (c) Eligibility criteria.
     (4) Contracted health carriers and self-insured plan administrators shall assist school districts and educational service districts in developing and submitting the information required in subsection (3) of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately."