HB 2271 — Promoting access to information regarding the long-term services and supports trust program.

H-3040.1H-2372.1 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2271 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session By House Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Chambers, Springer, Abbarno, Walen, Jacobsen, Riccelli, Santos, Macri, and Walsh)Walsh READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 01/31/24.01/10/24.

Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

(1) TheBeginning departmentApril of1, social2025, and healthby servicesApril shall1st developeach ayear securethereafter, internetthe portalemployment throughsecurity whichdepartment individualsshall maysend accessa the program summary statement describedto ineach subsectionemployee (2)that ofhas thisbeen section.assessed a premium by the program under RCW 50B.04.080.

The department of social and health services and the employment security department shall work collaboratively to identify data needs required to create the statement described in subsection (2) of this section.

The employment security department shall provide agreed upon data to the department of social and health services to populate the statement in the secure internet portal.

When developing the secure internet portal, the department of social and health services may use or modify existing systems, such as the benefits application management system developed by the department of social and health services.

The secure internet portal must be operational no later than January 1, 2026.

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1 SHB 2271 (2) Beginning April 1, 2026, and by April 1st each year thereafter, the department of social and health services and the employment security department shall, through the secure internet portal developed under subsection (1) of this section, make a program summary statement available to each employee that has been assessed a premium by the program under RCW 50B.04.080.

(a) The amount assessed upon the employee by the employment security department that is attributable to the previous calendar year and the number of hours that the employee was reportedrecorded toas havehaving worked in the previous calendar year;

(b) WhetherThe cumulative amount that has been assessed upon the employee workedby the minimumemployment numbersecurity ofdepartment hourssince requiredthe underprogram RCWbegan 50B.04.050(3);collecting premiums;

(c)p. The number of years that the employee has been recorded to have worked the minimum number of hours required under RCW 50B.04.050(3);

(d)1 HB 2271 (c) The projectednumber benefitof levelyears forthat the employee athas agebeen 75;recorded to have worked the minimum number of hours required under RCW 50B.04.050(3);

and (e)(d) Program information, including information related to becoming a qualified individual, information related to becoming an eligible beneficiary, information about the assessment process, current assessment and benefit unit levels, information regarding verifying one's program information and correcting any errors, and any other relevant program updates.

(3)(2) The statementsemployment availablesecurity throughdepartment shall enter into a data- sharing agreement with the securedepartment internetof portalrevenue inand 2026any mustother includerelevant informationagency onand calendarestablish yearsa 2023process to obtain the contact information and 2024.other information needed to send the program summary statement required by subsection (1) of this section.

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The employment security department shall maintain information on its website for employees to contact the employment security department to obtain the employee's program summary statement.

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