1566‑S2 AMH DYER PRID 33

2SHB 1566 ‑ H AMDS 632 WITHDRAWN 4/13/95

By Representatives Dyer and Dellwo

     On page 13, line 35, before "public" strike "the" and insert "a"

     On page 14, line 2, after "later." strike all material through "plans." on line 6 and insert the following:

"Employees of a bargaining unit or administrative or managerial employees otherwise not included in a bargaining unit shall be required to transfer as a group in accordance with rules established by the health care authority.  If employees elect to transfer, they are eligible to reenroll in the public employees' benefits board-sponsored plans in January, 2001, and every five years thereafter."

     On page 14, after line 15, insert the following:

     "NEW SECTION. Sec. 13.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.50 RCW to read as follows:

     (1)  In a manner prescribed by the state health care authority, vocational technical colleges who have employees enrolled in a benefits trust shall remit to the health care authority for deposit in the public employees' and retirees' insurance account established in RCW 41.05.120:

     (a)  For each full-time employee of the district, an amount equal to four and seven-tenths percent multiplied by the insurance benefit allocation rate in the appropriations act for each employee, for each month of the school year;

     (b)  For each part-time employee of the college who, at the time of the remittance, is employed in an eligible position as defined in RCW 41.32.010 or 41.40.010 and is eligible for employer fringe benefit contributions for benefits prescribed by the public employees' benefits board, an amount equal to four and seven-tenths percent multiplied by the insurance benefit allocation rate in the appropriations act, for each month of the year, prorated by the proportion of employer fringe benefit contributions for a full-time employee that the part-time employee receives.

     (2)  The remittance requirements of this section do not apply to employees of a vocational technical college who receive insurance benefits through contracts with the health care authority.

     (3)  The legislature reserves the right to increase or decrease the percent or amount required to be remitted in this section."

     Renumber sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly, and correct the title.

EFFECT:  Active employees who transfer to an employee benefits trust shall remit a retiree subsidy to the Health Care Authority an amount equal to 4.7 percent of the benefits allocation, or an amount prescribed by the legislature. Deletes language which required vocational technical college retirees to transfer their health benefits purchasing to an employee benefits trust with active employees. Employees who transfer their benefits purchasing to an employee benefits trust are required to do so as a bargaining unit or group of employees.  Employees who transfer to an employee benefits trust have an opportunity to reenroll in the public employees' benefits board-sponsored plans every five years.