BILL REQ. #: H-3882.1
State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/05/14.
AN ACT Relating to dental benefits offered in the Washington state health benefit exchange; and amending RCW 43.71.065.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 43.71.065 and 2012 c 87 s 8 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The board shall certify a plan as a qualified health plan to be
offered through the exchange if the plan is determined by the:
(a) Insurance commissioner to meet the requirements of Title 48 RCW
and rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW to
implement the requirements of Title 48 RCW;
(b) Board to meet the requirements of the affordable care act for
certification as a qualified health plan; and
(c) Board to include tribal clinics and urban Indian clinics as
essential community providers in the plan's provider network consistent
with federal law. If consistent with federal law, integrated delivery
systems shall be exempt from the requirement to include essential
community providers in the provider network.
(2)(a) For plan years 2014 and 2015, consistent with section 1311
of P.L. 111-148 of 2010, as amended, the board shall allow stand-alone
dental plans to offer coverage in the exchange ((beginning January 1,
2014)). Dental benefits offered in the exchange must be offered and
priced separately to assure transparency for consumers.
(b) For plan years 2016 and higher, consistent with section 1311 of
P.L. 111-148 of 2010, as amended, the board shall allow stand-alone
dental plans to offer coverage in the exchange. Dental benefits
offered in the exchange may be offered separately or within a qualified
health plan.
(3) The board may permit direct primary care medical home plans,
consistent with section 1301 of P.L. 111-148 of 2010, as amended, to be
offered in the exchange beginning January 1, 2014.
(4) Upon request by the board, a state agency shall provide
information to the board for its use in determining if the requirements
under subsection (1)(b) or (c) of this section have been met. Unless
the agency and the board agree to a later date, the agency shall
provide the information within sixty days of the request. The exchange
shall reimburse the agency for the cost of compiling and providing the
requested information within one hundred eighty days of its receipt.
(5) A decision by the board denying a request to certify or
recertify a plan as a qualified health plan may be appealed according
to procedures adopted by the board.