5773.E2 AMH CODY PRIN 356

2ESB 5773 - H AMD 734

By Representative Cody

ADOPTED 05/10/2011

    On page 8, beginning on line 19, strike all of sections 2 and 3 and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 41.05 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The Washington state health care authority shall develop a plan to incorporate direct patient-provider primary care practices as provided in chapter 48.150 RCW into one or more of the choices of health benefit programs made available to participants in the public employees' benefits board system beginning no later than the open enrollment period beginning November 1, 2012.

    (2) The plan will be developed in consultation with the board and interested parties, will identify statutory barriers to implementation, and will include proposed legislation to address those barriers and implement the plan.  The plan will be submitted to the board and to the House and Senate health care committees by December 1, 2011."

Renumber the remaining sections and correct the title.

EFFECT:   Eliminates provisions relating to the inclusion of a direct practice in the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) provider network for 2013 and 2014 and requiring Health Care Authority to attempt to enroll at least 1,000 members in the practice in King, Pierce, or Thurston counties.  Provisions are added that require the Health Care Authority to develop a plan to offer direct patient-provider primary care practices to Public Employees' Benefits Board (PEBB) participants for the open enrollment period beginning November 1, 2012, and to submit the plan to the PEBB and the House and Senate Health Care Committees by December 1, 2011.

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