CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5925

Chapter 297, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



STUDY OR RESEARCH ABROAD--INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009
  YEAS 34   NAYS 12

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 9, 2009
  YEAS 66   NAYS 32

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5925 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 30, 2009, 11:02 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 1, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5925
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Senators Shin, Kastama, Jacobsen, Berkey, Hobbs, Franklin, Hargrove, and Kohl-Welles; by request of University of Washington

Read first time 02/06/09.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.



     AN ACT Relating to insurance requirements for higher education students participating in study or research abroad; and amending RCW 28B.10.660.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28B.10.660 and 1993 sp.s. c 9 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The governing boards of any of the state's institutions of higher education may make available liability, life, health, health care, accident, disability and salary protection or insurance or any one of, or a combination of, the enumerated types of insurance, or any other type of insurance or protection, for the regents or trustees and students of the institution. Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the premiums due on such protection or insurance shall be borne by the assenting regents, trustees, or students. The regents or trustees of any of the state institutions of higher education may make liability insurance available for employees of the institutions. The premiums due on such liability insurance shall be borne by the university or college.
     (2) A governing board of a public four-year institution of higher education may make available, and pay the costs of, health benefits for graduate students holding graduate service appointments, designated as such by the institution. Such health benefits may provide coverage for spouses and dependents of such graduate student appointees.
     (3) A governing board of a state institution of higher education may require its students who participate in studies or research outside of the United States sponsored, arranged, or approved by the institution to purchase, as a condition of participation, insurance approved by the governing board, that will provide coverage for expenses arising from emergency evacuation, repatriation of remains, injury, illness, or death sustained while participating in the study or research abroad. The governing board of the institution may bear all or part of the costs of the insurance. A student shall not be required to purchase insurance if the student is covered under an insurance policy that will provide coverage for expenses arising from emergency evacuation, repatriation of remains, injury, illness, or death sustained while participating in the study or research abroad.


         Passed by the Senate April 20, 2009.
         Passed by the House April 9, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 30, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 1, 2009.