WA People
BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 2829: School employees' insurance

Addressing public school employees' insurance benefits.

Summary

  • Limits school districts to forming no more than two financial pooling arrangements for grouping employees for the purchase of insurance benefits.
  • Requires school districts and providers to annually submit information on the health benefit plans operated for district employees to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC), and subjects school districts or benefit providers that do not comply with the data reporting requirements to the market oversight authority of the OIC.
  • Removes authorization to operate in the state from any individual or joint local government self-insured health and welfare benefits plan formed by a school district that does not comply with the data reporting requirements contained in the bill.
  • Requires the OIC to submit an annual report to the Legislature containing specific information and analysis on school district health benefit plans.
  • Adds information provided by school districts and benefit providers to OIC for the annual report to the types of insurance and financial institution information exempt from public disclosure.

From the House Bill Analysis 2012 (HB 2829), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedApr 3, 2012
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Pat Sullivan (D-47)
Introduced
April 3, 2012 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012

AN ACT Relating to public school employees' insurance benefits;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Pat Sullivan (D-47)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

HB 2829 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

Report wrong or missing information on this page