CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2163

Chapter 507, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS BOARD MEDICAL BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House March 8, 2007
  Yeas 65   Nays 33

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 20, 2007
  Yeas 46   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2163 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 15, 2007, 2:59 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 16, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2163
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Cody, Sommers, Kenney and Moeller; by request of Health Care Authority

Read first time 02/12/2007.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.



     AN ACT Relating to the public employees' benefits board medical benefits administration account; and amending RCW 41.05.143.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 41.05.143 and 2000 2nd sp.s. c 1 s 901 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The uniform medical plan benefits administration account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the administrator or the administrator's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. Moneys in the account shall be used exclusively for contracted expenditures for uniform medical plan claims administration, data analysis, utilization management, preferred provider administration, and activities related to benefits administration where the level of services provided pursuant to a contract fluctuate as a direct result of changes in uniform medical plan enrollment. Moneys in the account may also be used for administrative activities required to respond to new and unforeseen conditions that impact the uniform medical plan, but only when the authority and the office of financial management jointly agree that such activities must be initiated prior to the next legislative session.
     (2) Receipts from amounts due from or on behalf of uniform medical plan enrollees for expenditures related to benefits administration, including moneys disbursed from the public employees' and retirees' insurance account, shall be deposited into the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures. All proposals for allotment increases shall be provided to the house of representatives appropriations committee and to the senate ways and means committee at the same time as they are provided to the office of financial management.
     (3) The uniform dental plan benefits administration account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the administrator or the administrator's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. Moneys in the account shall be used exclusively for contracted expenditures related to benefits administration for the uniform dental plan as established under RCW 41.05.140. Receipts from amounts due from or on behalf of uniform dental plan enrollees for expenditures related to benefits administration, including moneys disbursed from the public employees' and retirees' insurance account, shall be deposited into the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures.
     (4) The public employees' benefits board medical benefits administration account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the administrator or the administrator's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. Moneys in the account shall be used exclusively for contracted expenditures related to claims administration, data analysis, utilization management, preferred provider administration, and other activities related to benefits administration for self-insured medical plans other than the uniform medical plan. Receipts from amounts due from or on behalf of enrollees for expenditures related to benefits administration, including moneys disbursed from the public employees' and retirees' insurance account, shall be deposited into the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.


         Passed by the House March 8, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 20, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor May 15, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 2007.