2891-S AAS 3/2/94 S5500.1

SHB 2891 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

                                                    ADOPTED 3/2/94

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.12 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) An employer covered under this title may elect to include student volunteers as employees or workers for all purposes relating to medical aid benefits under chapter 51.36 RCW.  The employer shall give notice of its intent to cover all of its student volunteers to the director prior to the occurrence of the injury or contraction of an occupational disease.

    (2) A student volunteer is an enrolled student in a public school as defined in RCW 28A.150.010 who is participating as a volunteer under a program authorized by the public school.  The student volunteer shall perform duties for the employer without wages.  The student volunteer shall be deemed to be a volunteer even if the student is granted maintenance and reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in performing his or her assigned or authorized duties.  A person who earns wages for the services performed is not a student volunteer.

    (3) Any and all premiums or assessments due under this title on account of service by a student volunteer shall be paid by the employer who has registered and accepted the services of volunteers and has exercised its option to secure the medical aid benefits under chapter 51.36 RCW for the student volunteers.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The task force on school-to-work transitions created under RCW 28A.630.866 shall develop guidelines for nonpaid work-based learning experiences for student volunteers.  The task force shall report its finding to the superintendent of public instruction not later than December 14, 1994.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act shall take effect October 1, 1994.  The department of labor and industries may take such steps as are necessary to ensure that this section is implemented on its effective date."

SHB 2891 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

                                                    ADOPTED 3/2/94

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "experiences;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "adding a new section to chapter 51.12 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date."

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