HB 2254 — Partnership access line

Summary

Providing flexibility in the partnership access line assessment to cover administrative costs.

Bill Text

Compared against the Revised Code of Washington as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

This bill amends 1 section(s) of the Revised Code of Washington: RCW 71.24.064.

• RCW 71.24.064

  (d) The authority's administrative costs for these programs may not be included in the assessments. → (c)(i) The authority shall collect a proportional share of program costs from each of the following entities that are not for covered lives under contract with the authority as medicaid managed care organizations: (A) Health carriers, as defined in RCW 48.43.005; (B) Self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements, as defined in RCW 48.125.010; (C) Employers or other entities that provide health care in this state, including self-funding entities or employee welfare benefit plans. (ii) For entities listed in (c)(i) of this subsection, a proportional share of the entity's annual program costs for each program must be calculated by determining the annual cost of operating the program not covered under (b) of this subsection and multiplying it by a fraction that in which the numerator is the entity's total number of resident insured persons among the population served by the program and the denominator is the total number of residents in the state who are served by the program and not covered by programs administered pursuant to chapter 74.09 RCW. The total number of resident insured persons among the population served by the program shall be determined according to the covered lives per calendar year determined by covered person months. (iii) The entities listed in (c)(i) of this subsection shall provide information needed to calculate the proportional share of program costs under this section to the authority. (iv) Reasonable costs for the administration of the assessment by a contracted third-party administrator may be included in the total assessment on the entities listed in (c)(i) of this subsection as part of the proportional share calculation. The authority's other administrative costs for these programs may not be included in the assessments. --- END ---

  amended

Action History

1. March 16, 2026

   Effective date 6/11/2026.

Sponsors

• (Callan) · Primary

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