SSB 5490 — Concerning health care coverage for retired or disabled employees denied coverage for failure to timely notify the authority of their intent to defer coverage.
Signed into law — Chapter 15, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Rolfes
- Introduced
- February 20, 2023
- Status
- C 15 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 3/30/2023. (March 30, 2023)
What this bill does
Allows certain retired public employees who were denied retiree health care coverage by the Public Employees Benefits Board another limited opportunity to enroll. Only retired or disabled employees who were denied coverage for failure to notify the Health Care Authority of their deferral of coverage, and appealed the denial before December 31, 2022, are provided the new opportunity to enroll.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 22, 202397 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 202348 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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