SB 5807 — Concerning wellness incentives for public and school employee health benefit plans.

CERTIFICATIONS-2652.1 OF ENROLLMENT SENATE BILL 5807 69th Legislature Regular Session Passed by the Senate April 19, 2025 CERTIFICATE Yeas 46 Nays 2 I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington,Washington do69th herebyLegislature certify2025 thatRegular PresidentSession ofBy theSenator SenateRobinson theAN attachedACT isRelating SENATEto BILLwellness 5807incentives asfor passedpublic by the Senate and theschool Houseemployee ofhealth Representativesbenefit onplans; the dates hereon set forth.

Passed by the House April 24, 2025 Yeas 93 Nays 3 Secretary Speaker of the House of Representatives Approved FILED Secretary of State State of Washington Governor of the State of Washington SENATE BILL 5807 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senator Robinson AN ACT Relating to wellness incentives for public and school employee health benefit plans;

1 SB 5807.PL5807 (b) Development of provider arrangements that encourage cost containment and ensure access to quality care, including but not limited to prepaid delivery systems and prospective payment methods;

2 SB 5807.PL5807 the authority for employees defined in RCW 41.05.011(6)(a) (i) through (vi) may contractually agree with the authority to benefits eligibility criteria which differs from that determined by the public employees' benefits board.

3 SB 5807.PL5807 (i) Faculty who the employing agency anticipates will work half– time or more for the entire instructional year or equivalent nine- month period are eligible for benefits from the date of employment.

4 SB 5807.PL5807 (iv) The employing agency must provide written notice to faculty who are potentially eligible for benefits under this subsection (4)(c) of their potential eligibility.

5 SB 5807.PL5807 (j) Except for an employee eligible for benefits under (b) or (c)(ii) of this subsection, an employee who has established eligibility for benefits under this section shall remain eligible for benefits each month in which he or she is in pay status for eight or more hours, if (i) he or she remains in a benefits-eligible position and (ii) leave from the benefits-eligible position is approved by the employing agency.

6 SB 5807.PL5807 (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for any open enrollment period following August 24, 2011, the public employees' benefits board shall offer a high deductible health plan in conjunction with a health savings account developed under subsection (6) of this section.

7 SB 5807.PL5807 (b) The employee, retired employee, and retired school employee are solely responsible for the payment of the premium rates developed by the health care authority.

8 SB 5807.PL5807 availability of long-term care insurance products including the products offered by the public employees' benefits board.

9 SB 5807.PL5807 appropriated by the legislature for the school employees' benefits board program.

10 SB 5807.PL5807 (III) Employees are not eligible to earn a wellness incentive as of January 1, 2028;

11 SB 5807.PL5807 authorized by the school employees' benefits board and shall do so as an enrichment to the state's definition of basic education;

12 SB 5807.PL5807