6067-S AMS COST SEIB 024

SSB 6067 - S AMD - 482

    By Senator Costa, Kohl-Welles and Eide

                                               NOT ADOPTED 4/24/99

    On page 16, line 26, after "board))" insert: "if a substantially equivalent individual health benefit plan at a rate less than or equal to that rate charged by the pool under RCW 48.21.200 is unavailable in the county where he or she resides.  If such a plan is available, then  a person is eligible for pool coverage"

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EFFECT: Allows a person to receive health coverage from the Washington State Health Insurance Pool, regardless of health status, if individual coverage is otherwise unavailable in the county where he or she resides.