PERMANENT RULES
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Purpose: This rule making will eliminate a conflict between small group laws that were passed subsequent to the adoption of the existing regulations.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 284-49-020, 284-49-050, 284-49-100, 284-49-115, 284-49-300, 284-49-330, 284-49-500, 284-49-510, 284-49-520, 284-49-900 and 284-49-999; and amending WAC 284-49-010.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 48.02.060, 48.18.110, 48.44.020, 48.44.050, 48.46.060, 48.46.200.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-21-054 on October 18, 2004.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 11.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 11.
Date Adopted: January 4, 2004 [2005].
Mike Kreidler
Insurance Commissioner
OTS-7227.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 90-10, filed 9/4/90,
effective 10/5/90)
WAC 284-49-010
((Scope.)) Reservation of chapter.
((The
regulations contained in this chapter shall apply to all
policies or contracts issued to groups of fewer than
twenty-five employees by disability insurers, health care
service contractors and health maintenance organizations,
pursuant to the authority of chapter 187, Laws of 1990, and
such policies or contracts shall be referred to as "basic
coverage policies." All other policies or contracts issued by
disability insurers, health care service contractors, and
health maintenance organizations shall conform to all other
provisions of the Insurance Code and regulations issued
thereunder applying to the type of policy or contract being
issued.)) Chapter 284-49 WAC is reserved for future small
group health regulations.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 48.02.060 [(3)](a), 48.18.110(2), 48.44.020 (2)(d), 48.44.050, 48.46.060 (3)(d), 48.46.200 and 1990 c 187. 90-18-076 (Order 90-10), § 284-49-010, filed 9/4/90, effective 10/5/90.]
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
| WAC 284-49-020 | Supplanting or superseding of existing policies. |
| WAC 284-49-050 | Definitions. |
| WAC 284-49-100 | Forms -- prior approval. |
| WAC 284-49-115 | General contents of form and rate filings. |
| WAC 284-49-300 | Minimum policy requirements. |
| WAC 284-49-330 | Minimum coverage. |
| WAC 284-49-500 | Standards for loss ratios. |
| WAC 284-49-510 | Filing requirements. |
| WAC 284-49-520 | Experience records. |
| WAC 284-49-900 | Collection of data and reporting. |
| WAC 284-49-999 | Separability. |