| Passed by the Senate March 8, 2005 YEAS 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2005 YEAS 93 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5391 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 13, 2005. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 13, 2005 - 3:43 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/24/2005. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to the public employees' benefits board offering a tricare supplemental insurance policy to employees who are eligible for this policy, but not eligible for medicare parts A and B; and adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 41.05 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or rules
or procedures adopted by the authority under this chapter, the
authority may make available a tricare supplemental insurance policy,
32 C.F.R. Sec. 199.17 (2004), to employees who are eligible. This
supplemental policy may be offered as one of the board's health
coverage options. Employee selection of this supplemental policy is
exclusive of selecting any other medical coverage offered through the
board. If offered by the board, this supplemental policy shall be made
available to employees, and retired or disabled employees, eligible for
coverage available under the authority, but not eligible for medicare
parts A and B.
(2) The administrator may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of
this section.