5773.E2 AMH LIIA PRIN 360

2ESB 5773 - H AMD 765

By Representative Liias

ADOPTED 05/10/2011

    On page 6, line 9, after "(6)" insert "(a)"

    On page 6, after line 14, insert the following:

    "(b) By November 30, 2015, and each year thereafter, the authority shall submit a report to the relevant legislative policy and fiscal committees that includes the following:

(i) Public employee benefits board health plan cost and service utilization trends for the previous three years, in total and for each health plan offered to employees;

(ii) For each health plan offered to employees, the number and percentage of employees and dependents enrolled in the plan, and the age and gender demographics of enrollees in each plan;

(iii) Any impact of enrollment in alternatives to the most comprehensive plan, including the high deductible health plan with a health savings account, upon the cost of health benefits for those employees who have chosen to remain enrolled in the most comprehensive plan."

EFFECT:   By November 30, 2015, and each year thereafter, the Health Care Authority is required to report to the relevant legislative policy and fiscal committees that includes utilization trends over the past three years, the demographics of each plan offered to employees, and the impact of alternative plan offerings on the most comprehensive plan offered to employees.

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