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Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-88 - Definitions of sexual misconduct, verbal abuse and physical abuse - Mandatory disclosure - Prohibited agreements › Section 181-88-020 - Employee-Definition

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As used in this chapter, the term "employee" means any employee
				or former employee of a school district, including all classified employees,
				all certificated employees, all substitute employees, and all
				contractors.
06-02-051, recodified as §
										181-88-020, filed 12/29/05,
				  effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     28A.400.301. 04-23-011, § 180-88-020,
				  filed 11/4/04, effective 12/5/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-88 - Definitions of sexual misconduct, verbal abuse and physical abuse - Mandatory disclosure - Prohibited agreements › Section 181-88-030 - Student-Definition

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For purposes of this chapter, "student" shall have the same
				meaning as defined in WAC
				181-87-040.
06-02-051, recodified as §
										181-88-030, filed 12/29/05,
				  effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     28A.400.301. 04-23-011, § 180-88-030,
				  filed 11/4/04, effective 12/5/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-88 - Definitions of sexual misconduct, verbal abuse and physical abuse - Mandatory disclosure - Prohibited agreements › Section 181-88-040 - Verbal abuse - Definition

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"Verbal abuse" means the use of malicious or hostile language
				by an employee that results in harm to another if the school district has
				determined that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that an employee
				engaged in the conduct and that it resulted in the employee leaving a position
				with the school district. Under
				RCW
				   28A.400.301, a district is prohibited from
				entering into any contract or agreement that has the effect of suppressing
				information about the abuse by a present or former employee or has the effect
				of expunging such information from employer files.
06-02-051, recodified as §
										181-88-040, filed 12/29/05,
				  effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     28A.400.301. 04-23-011, § 180-88-040,
				  filed 11/4/04, effective 12/5/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-88 - Definitions of sexual misconduct, verbal abuse and physical abuse - Mandatory disclosure - Prohibited agreements › Section 181-88-050 - Physical abuse - Definition

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(1)
			 "Physical abuse" means the willful action by an employee of inflicting or
			 attempting to inflict bodily injury against another, or using physical force in
			 excess of what is necessary to restrain a person from harming self or others.
			 To constitute physical abuse, a school district must possess sufficient
			 information to conclude that the employee engaged in the conduct and that it
			 resulted in the employee leaving a position with the school district. Under
			 RCW
			    28A.400.301, a district is prohibited from
			 entering into any contract or agreement that has the effect of suppressing
			 information about the abuse by a present or former employee or has the effect
			 of expunging such information from employer files.
(2) Authorized use of physical restraints or
			 of aversive interventions consistent with chapter 392-172 WAC shall not
			 constitute physical abuse.
06-02-051, recodified as §
										181-88-050, filed 12/29/05,
				  effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     28A.400.301. 04-23-011, § 180-88-050,
				  filed 11/4/04, effective 12/5/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-88 - Definitions of sexual misconduct, verbal abuse and physical abuse - Mandatory disclosure - Prohibited agreements › Section 181-88-060 - Sexual misconduct-Definition

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As used in this chapter, " sexual misconduct" means:
(1) Any sexually exploitive act with or to a
			 student. Sexually exploitive acts include, but are not limited to, the
			 following:
(a) Any sexual advance, verbal,
			 written or physical.
(b) Sexual
			 intercourse, as defined in
			 RCW
			    9A.44.010.
(c) Sexual contact, i.e., the intentional
			 touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a student except to the
			 extent necessary and appropriate to attend to the hygienic or health needs of
			 the student.
(d) Engaging in sexual
			 grooming of a student, such as befriending and/or establishing a connection
			 with a student or a student's family to lower the student's inhibitions for the
			 purpose of a sexual relationship.
(e) The provisions of (a) through (d) of this
			 subsection shall not apply if at the time of the sexual conduct the
			 participants are married to each other.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-97 - Excellence in teacher preparation award › Section 181-97-003 - Purpose and authority

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(1) The purpose
			 of this chapter is to set forth policies, selection criteria, and
			 administrative procedures for establishing an annual Washington award for
			 excellence in education for higher education teacher educators.
(2) The authority for this chapter is RCW
			    28A.625.380.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28A.410.210. 07-09-026, recodified as §
										181-97-003, filed 4/9/07,
				  effective 5/10/07. Statutory Authority: RCW    28A.625.360. 02-18-061, §
				  180-97-003, filed 8/29/02, effective 9/29/02; 90-24-066, § 180-97-003,
				  filed 12/5/90, effective 1/5/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-97 - Excellence in teacher preparation award › Section 181-97-010 - Definitions

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(1) The term
			 "teacher educator" means: A person employed by a college or university with a
			 professional educator standards board approved teacher preparation program who
			 serves as a faculty member or administrator in the approved teacher education
			 program.
(2) The term "professional
			 education advisory board" means: One of the professional education advisory
			 boards approved by the professional educator standards board as defined in WAC
			 181-78A-075(1) (Professional education advisory board for teacher preparation
			 programs).
(3) The term
			 "educational grant" means an amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred
			 dollars for a professional education advisory board which shall be awarded by
			 the professional educator standards board upon receipt of a grant application
			 identifying the educational purpose for which the grant will be used, submitted
			 pursuant to WAC
			 181-97-080. The professional
			 education advisory board shall use the educational grant funds to enhance the
			 recipient's competencies.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28A.410.210. 07-09-026, amended and
				  recodified as §
										181-97-010, filed 4/9/07,
				  effective 5/10/07. Statutory Authority: RCW    28A.625.360. 02-18-061, §
				  180-97-010, filed 8/29/02, effective 9/29/02; 90-24-066, § 180-97-010,
				  filed 12/5/90, effective 1/5/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-97 - Excellence in teacher preparation award › Section 181-97-040 - Selection of recipients - Nomination form

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(1) Any teacher professional education
			 advisory board, or individual, may nominate a higher education teacher
			 education faculty member on the form provided by the superintendent of public
			 instruction for that purpose.
(2)
			 The nomination application form shall include at a minimum:
(a) The name of the person
			 nominated.
(b) The college or
			 university name and address where the person is employed.
(c) Evidence related to the nominee's:
(i) Involvement in creating or implementing
			 innovative developments in the nominee's teacher preparation program.
(ii) Leadership among professional colleagues
			 and with students or the community.
(iii) Contributions to the field, such as
			 education related curriculum, research, and/or field services
			 activities.
(iv) Excellence in
			 teaching.
(v) Communicating with
			 legislators, common school teachers, and administrators and others about the
			 nominee's teacher preparation program.
(vi) Contributions in preparing teacher
			 candidates to implement the state learning goals and essential academic
			 learning requirements to have a positive impact on K-12 student
			 learning.
(d) The
			 evidence presented for (c)(i) through (v) of this subsection is encouraged to
			 reflect the nominee's years of service with the teacher preparation
			 program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-97 - Excellence in teacher preparation award › Section 181-97-060 - Selection of recipients - Review committee

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(1) The chair of the professional educator
			 standards board shall appoint annually a committee to review and select the
			 recipient for the Washington award for excellence in teacher preparation. The
			 committee shall include:
(a) The chair or
			 other member of the professional educator standards board;
(b) Two members representing higher education
			 teacher preparation programs;
(c)
			 Two teachers; and
(d) The chairs of
			 the legislative education and higher education committees.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-97 - Excellence in teacher preparation award › Section 181-97-080 - Award

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The Washington award for excellence in teacher preparation
				shall include:
(1) A certificate
			 presented by the governor, the chair of the professional educator standards
			 board, and the superintendent of public instruction at a public ceremony;
			 and
(2)
(a) A grant which shall not exceed two
			 thousand five hundred dollars to the professional education advisory board of
			 the institution from which the teacher educator is selected.
(b) The professional education advisory board
			 must submit the grant application within one year after the award is received
			 by the recognized recipient. The grant application shall identify the
			 educational purpose toward which the grant will be used and shall be awarded by
			 the superintendent of public instruction after the professional educator
			 standards board has approved the application.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-02 - General definitions › Section 182-02-005 - Definitions

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Chapter 182-02 WAC contains definitions of words and phrases
				used in rules throughout Title 182 WAC. When a term is not defined in this
				chapter, the definition found in another chapter of Title 182, or applicable
				state or applicable federal law will apply. For general terms not defined in
				this chapter, or in another chapter under Title 182 WAC, or state or federal
				law, the definitions in the
Webster's New World Dictionary
,
				Fifth Edition (2016), apply. If a definition in this chapter conflicts with a
				definition in another chapter of Title 182 WAC, the definition in the specific
				WAC prevails.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-02 - General definitions › Section 182-02-045 - General definitions-H

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"Health care authority (HCA)" means the state agency
				established under chapter 41.05 RCW. In Title 182 WAC, the following terms mean
				the health care authority: "Agency," "authority" (unless the context clearly
				requires otherwise), "behavioral health administration," "HCA," "medicaid
				agency," "single state agency," "single state medicaid agency," and "single
				state behavioral health agency."
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-010 - Purpose

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This chapter provides rules for the Washington state health
				care authority (agency) to comply with the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW for
				access to public records.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-010, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-010, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-010, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-015 - Definitions

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The following definitions apply to this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means the Washington state
			 health care authority.
(2) "Public
			 record" - See
			 RCW
			 42.56.010.
(3) "Writing" - See
			 RCW
			 42.56.010.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-015, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-015, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-015, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-020 - Public records officer

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The agency's public records officer oversees:
(1) Responses to all requests for agency
			 public records;
(2) The release of
			 public records ; and
(3) The
			 coordination of agency public records staff.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-020, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-023 - Public records-How to submit

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(1)
			 Public records requests should be made in writing. The agency accepts public
			 records requests:
(a) Made orally by
			 telephone or in person; or
(b) Sent
			 by email, fax, mail, hand delivery, or commercial delivery.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-025 - Response to public records requests

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(1)
			 Except as provided by law, the agency makes public records available following
			 a public records request for inspection , or copying, or both.
(2) The agency provides a written response
			 within five business days of receiving a request for public records.
(a) A business day is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
			 Monday through Friday, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and recognized holidays
			 described in WAC
			 357-31-005.
(b) The agency treats a request received on a
			 Saturday, Sunday, recognized holiday, or after 5:00 p.m. on any other day as
			 received on the next business day.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-027 - Additional time to respond to a public records request

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The agency may extend the time to respond to a public records
				request when necessary to:
(1)
			 Identify and gather the records requested;
(2) Notify a person or organization affected
			 by the request;
(3) Perform a
			 comprehensive review to determine whether all or portions of the responsive
			 records are exempt from disclosure ; or
(4) Contact the requestor to clarify part or
			 all of the request.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-027, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-029 - Inspection of public records

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(1) All of
			 the agency's public records are available for inspection and copying unless
			 they are exempt from disclosure by chapter 42.56, 70.02 RCW, or other
			 applicable law.
(2) People may
			 inspect public records with an agency employee present at the agency's offices
			 between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. during
			 business days as defined in WAC
			 182-04-025(2)(a).
			 Records are not available for inspection if the agency is closed during a
			 business day for reasons such as inclement weather or emergencies.
(3) During inspection, public records must:
(a) Not be removed from the agency's
			 offices.
(b) Not be marked, torn,
			 or otherwise damaged.
(c) Be kept
			 as they are filed or in a chronological manner.
(d) Not be taken apart except for copying by
			 an agency employee.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-035

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-035, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-035, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-035, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-040

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-040, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-040, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-040, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-041 - Preserving requested records

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If the agency receives a public records request when the
				record exists but is scheduled for destruction in the near future, the public
				records officer or designee retains the record and does not destroy or erase
				the record until the request is resolved.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-041, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-041, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-045 - Copying costs

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(1) The agency does
			 not charge a fee to inspect public records.
(2) Under
			 RCW
			 42.56.120(2)(b), the agency
			 does not calculate all actual costs to copy records as it would be unduly
			 burdensome because:
(i) The agency does not
			 have the resources to conduct a study to determine all its actual copying
			 costs;
(ii) To conduct such a study
			 would interfere with other essential agency functions; and
(iii) Through the 2017 legislative process,
			 the public and requestors commented on and were informed of authorized fees and
			 costs, including those for electronic records, described in
			 RCW 42.56.120(2)(b)
			 and (c), (3) and (4).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-050

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-050, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-050, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-050, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-055 - Agency review of a denied request

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(1)
			 If the agency denies all or part of a public records request, the requestor may
			 ask, in writing, that the agency review the denial.
(2) After receiving a written request to
			 review a decision denying all or part of a public records request, the agency
			 considers the matter and either affirms or reverses the denial, or affirms part
			 of the denial and reverses the remaining part of it. This decision is the
			 agency's final action for the purposes of judicial review under
			 RCW
			 42.56.520.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-055, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-055, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-055, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-060

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-060, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-060, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-060, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › Chapter 182-04 - Public records › Section 182-04-070

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  42.56.040, and
				  70.02.050. 10-18-051 (Order
				  10-01), §
										182-04-070, filed 8/27/10,
				  effective 9/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160 and
				  chapter
				  41.05 RCW. 98-17-063,
				  §
										182-04-070, filed 8/17/98,
				  effective 9/17/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. 97-21-125, §
										182-04-070, filed 10/21/97,
				  effective 11/21/97; Order 01-77, §
										182-04-070, filed
				  8/26/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-010 - Declaration of purpose

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The general purpose of this chapter is to establish a set of
				  rules to administer the health care authority's (HCA) public employees benefits
				  board (PEBB) employee and retiree eligibility and PEBB
				  benefits.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.05.160. 07-20-129 (Order 07-01), §
											182-08-010, filed 10/3/07,
					 effective 11/3/07. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 41.05 RCW. 96-08-042,
					 §
											182-08-010, filed 3/29/96,
					 effective 4/29/96; Order 7228, §
											182-08-010, filed
					 12/8/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-120 - Employer contribution for the public employees benefits board (PEBB) benefits

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The employer contribution must be used to provide public
				  employees benefits board (PEBB) insurance coverage for the basic life insurance
				  benefit, basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance benefit (AD&D),
				  the employer-paid long-term disability (LTD) insurance benefit, medical
				  insurance, dental insurance, and to establish a reserve for any remaining
				  balance. There is no employer contribution available for any other insurance
				  coverage for employees employed by state agencies.
Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160 and
				  2012 2nd sp.s. c
				  3 . WSR 13-22-019 (Admin. 2013-01), §
										182-08-120, filed 10/28/13,
				  effective 1/1/14. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. WSR 12-20-022 (Order 2012-01),
				  §
										182-08-120, filed 9/25/12,
				  effective 11/1/12; WSR 09-23-102 (Order 09-02), §
										182-08-120, filed 11/17/09,
				  effective 1/1/10; WSR 07-20-129 (Order 07-01), §
										182-08-120, filed 10/3/07,
				  effective 11/3/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160 and
				  41.05.165. WSR 03-17-031 (Order
				  02-07), §
										182-08-120, filed 8/14/03,
				  effective 9/14/03. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  41.05 RCW. WSR 96-08-042,
				  §
										182-08-120, filed 3/29/96,
				  effective 4/29/96; WSR 86-16-061 (Resolution No. 86-3), §
										182-08-120, filed 8/5/86; WSR
				  83-22-042 (Resolution No. 6-83), §
										182-08-120, filed 10/28/83; Order
				  3-77, §
										182-08-120, filed 11/17/77; Order
				  7228, §
										182-08-120, filed 12/8/76. WSR
				  13-21-033, §
										182-08-120, filed 10/9/2013,
				  effective 11/9/2013
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-187 - How do employing agencies and contracted vendors correct enrollment errors and is there a limit on retroactive enrollment?

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(1) An employing
				agency or contracted vendor that makes one or more of the following enrollment
				errors must correct the error as described in subsections (2) through (5) of
				this section.
(a) Failure to timely notify an
				employee of their eligibility for public employee benefits board (PEBB)
				benefits and the employer contribution as described in WAC
				182-12-113(2);
(b) Failure to enroll the employee and their
				dependents in PEBB benefits as elected by the employee, if the elections were
				timely;
(c) Failure to enroll an
				employee and their dependents in PEBB benefits as described in WAC
				182-08-197(1)(b);
(d) Failure to accurately reflect an
				employee's premium surcharge attestation on the employee's account;
(e) Enrolling an employee or their dependent
				in PEBB insurance coverage when they are not eligible as described in WAC
				182-12-114 or
				182-12-260 and it is clear there
				was no fraud or intentional misrepresentation by the employee involved;
				or
(f) Providing incorrect
				information regarding PEBB benefits to the employee that they relied
				upon.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-191 - Subscriber address requirements

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(1)
				All employees must provide their employing agency with their correct address
				and update their address if it changes. A subscriber on public employees
				benefits board (PEBB) retiree insurance coverage, or continuation coverage must
				provide the PEBB program with their correct address and updates to their
				address if it changes.
(2) In the
				event of an appeal, appellants must update their address as required in WAC
				182-16-055.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-196 - What happens if my health plan becomes unavailable?

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(1) A subscriber
				must elect a new health plan when their previously selected health plan becomes
				unavailable due to a change in contracting service area as described below:
(a) When a health plan becomes unavailable
				during the plan year, a subscriber must elect a new health plan no later than
				60 days after the date their previously selected health plan becomes
				unavailable.
(i) An employee must submit the
				required forms to their employing agency electing their new health
				plan.
(ii) Any other subscriber
				must submit the required forms to the PEBB program electing their new health
				plan.
(iii) The effective date of
				the change in health plan will be the first day of the month following the
				later of the date the health plan becomes unavailable or the date the form is
				received. If that day is the first of the month, the change in health plan
				begins on that day.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-199 - When may an employee enroll, or revoke an election and make a new election under the premium payment plan, medical flexible spending arrangement (FSA), limited purpose FSA, or dependent care assistance program (DCAP)?

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An employee who is eligible to participate in the salary
				  reduction plan as described in WAC
				  182-12-116 may enroll, or revoke
				  their election and make a new election under the premium payment plan, medical
				  flexible spending arrangement (FSA), limited purpose FSA, or dependent care
				  assistance program (DCAP) at the following times:
(1) When newly eligible under WAC
				182-12-114 and enrolling as
				described in WAC
				182-08-197(1).
(2)
During annual open
				enrollment:
An eligible employee may elect to enroll in or opt out of
				participation under the premium payment plan during the annual open enrollment
				by submitting the required form to their employing agency. An eligible employee
				may elect to enroll or reenroll in the medical FSA, limited purpose FSA, DCAP,
				or both an FSA and DCAP during the annual open enrollment by submitting the
				required forms to their employing agency or applicable contracted vendor as
				instructed. All required forms must be received no later than the last day of
				the annual open enrollment. The enrollment or new election becomes effective
				January 1st of the following year.
(a)
				Employees cannot enroll in a medical FSA and a limited purpose FSA in the same
				year.
(b) Employees enrolled in a
				consumer directed health plan (CDHP) with a health savings account (HSA) cannot
				also enroll in a medical FSA in the same plan year. Employees who elect
				enrollment in the CDHP with a HSA and a medical FSA will only be enrolled in a
				CDHP with a HSA.
(c) Employees who
				enroll in a CDHP with a HSA during the annual open enrollment and have a
				carryover amount from a medical FSA, will be enrolled in a limited purpose FSA
				and the carryover amount will be deposited into the limited purpose
				FSA.
(d) Employees who are not
				enrolled in a CDHP with a HSA and elect both a medical FSA and a limited
				purpose FSA will be enrolled in the medical FSA.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-200 - Which employing agency is responsible to pay the employer contribution for eligible employees changing agency employment or for faculty employed by more than one institution of higher education?

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Employing agencies responsible for paying the employer
				  contribution:
(1)
For eligible
				employees changing agencies:
When an eligible employee's employment
				relationship terminates with an employing agency at any time during the month
				for which a premium contribution is due and that employee transfers to another
				agency, the agency losing the employee is responsible for the payment of the
				employer contribution for the employee for that month. The receiving agency is
				liable for any employer contribution for the eligible employee beginning the
				first day of the month following the transfer.
(2)
For eligible faculty employed by
				more than one institution of higher education:
(a) When a faculty is eligible for the
				employer contribution during an anticipated work period (quarter, semester or
				instructional year), under WAC
				182-12-131(3),
				one institution will pay the entire cost of the employer contribution if the
				employee is eligible by virtue of employment at that single institution.
				Otherwise:
(i) Each institution contributes
				based on its percentage of the employee's total work at all institutions during
				the anticipated work period.
(ii)
				The institution with the greatest percentage coordinates with the other
				institutions and is responsible for sending the total premium payment to the
				health care authority (HCA).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-220 - Advertising or promotion of public employees benefits board (PEBB) benefit plans

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(1) In order to
				assure equal and unbiased representation of public employees benefits board
				(PEBB) benefits, contracted vendors must comply with all of the following:
(a) All materials describing PEBB benefits
				must be prepared by or approved by the health care authority (HCA) before
				use.
(b) Distribution or mailing of
				all benefit descriptions must be performed by or under the direction of the
				HCA.
(c) All media announcements or
				advertising by a contracted vendor which includes any mention of the "public
				employees benefits board," "PEBB," "health care authority," "HCA," any
				reference to benefits for "state employees," or "retirees," or any group of
				enrollees covered by PEBB benefits, must receive the advance written approval
				of the HCA.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-235 - Employer group and board of directors for school districts and educational service districts application process

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This section applies to employer groups as defined in WAC
				  182-08-015 and board members of
				  school districts and educational service districts. An employer group or board
				  member of a school district or an educational service district may apply to
				  obtain public employees benefits board (PEBB) insurance coverage through a
				  contract with the health care authority (HCA).
(1) Employer groups with less than 500
				employees and board members of school districts and educational service
				districts must apply at least 60 days before the requested coverage effective
				date. Employer groups with 500 or more employees but with less than 5,000
				employees must apply at least 90 days before the requested effective date.
Employer groups with 5,000 or more employees must apply at
				  least 120 days before the requested coverage effective date.
To apply, employer groups must submit the documents and
				  information described in subsection (2) of this section to the PEBB program as
				  follows:
(a) Board members of school
				districts and educational service districts are required to provide the
				documents described in subsection (2)(a) through (c) of this section;
(b) Counties, municipalities, political
				subdivisions, and tribal governments with fewer than 5,000 employees are
				required to provide the documents and information described in subsection
				(2)(a) through (f) of this section;
(c) Counties, municipalities, political
				subdivisions, and tribal governments with 5,000 or more employees will have
				their application approved or denied through the evaluation criteria described
				in WAC 182-08-240 and are required to
				provide the documents and information described in subsection (2)(a) through
				(d), (f), and (g) of this section; and
(d) All employee organizations representing
				state civil services employees and the Washington health benefit exchange,
				regardless of the number of employees, will have their application approved or
				denied through the evaluation criteria described in WAC
				182-08-240 and are required to
				provide the documents and information described in subsection (2)(a) through
				(d), (f), and (g) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-237 - May a local government entity or tribal government entity applying for participation in public employees benefits board (PEBB) insurance coverage include their retirees?

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A local government or tribal government that applies for
				  participation in public employees benefits board (PEBB) insurance coverage
				  under WAC
				  182-08-235 will have a one-time
				  opportunity to request inclusion of retired employees who are covered under its
				  retiree health plan at the time of application.
(1) The authority will use the following
				criteria to approve or deny a request to include retirees:
(a) The local government or tribal government
				retiree health plan must have existed at least three years before the date of
				the employer group application;
(b)
				Eligibility for coverage under the local government's or tribal government's
				retiree health plan must have required immediate enrollment in retiree health
				plan coverage upon termination of employee coverage; and
(c) The retirees must have maintained
				continuous enrollment in the local government or tribal government retiree
				health plan.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-240 - How will the health care authority (HCA) decide to approve or deny a group application?

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This section applies to counties, municipalities, political
				  subdivisions, and tribal governments with five thousand or more employees. This
				  section also applies to employee organizations representing state civil service
				  employees and the Washington health benefit exchange, regardless of the number
				  of employees. Group applications for participation in public employees benefits
				  board (PEBB) insurance coverage provided through the PEBB program are approved
				  or denied by the health care authority (HCA) based upon the information and
				  documents submitted by the group and the employer group evaluation (EGE)
				  criteria described in this rule.
(1)
				Groups are evaluated as a single unit. To support this requirement the group
				must provide a census file, as described in WAC
				182-08-235(2)(d),
				and additional information as described in WAC
				182-08-235(2)(g)
				for all employees eligible to participate under the group's current health
				plan. If the group's application is for both employees and retirees, the census
				file data and additional information for retired employees participating under
				the group's current health plan must also be included.
(a) If the group's application is only for
				participation of its employees, the PEBB enrollment data used to evaluate the
				group will be state agency employee data.
(b) If a group's application is for
				participation of both its employees and retirees, the PEBB enrollment data used
				to evaluate the group will include data from the PEBB non-medicare risk pool
				limited to state retiree enrollment data and state agency employee
				data.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-08 - Procedures › Section 182-08-245 - Employer group and board members of school districts and educational service districts participation requirements

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This section applies to an employer group as defined in WAC
				  182-08-015 or board members of
				  school districts or educational service districts that is approved to purchase
				  insurance for its employees through a contract with the health care authority
				  (HCA).
(1) Prior to enrollment of
				employees in public employees benefits board (PEBB) insurance coverage, the
				employer group or board members of school districts or educational service
				districts must:
(a) Remit to the authority
				the required start-up fee in the amount publicized by the PEBB
				program;
(b) Sign a contract with
				the authority;
(c) Determine
				employee and dependent eligibility and terms of enrollment for PEBB insurance
				coverage by the criteria outlined in this chapter and chapter 182-12 WAC unless
				otherwise approved by the authority in the employer group's contract with the
				authority;
(d) Determine
				eligibility in order to ensure the PEBB program's continued status as a
				governmental plan under Section 3(32) of the Employee Retirement Income
				Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) as amended. This means the employer group may only
				consider employees whose services are substantially all in the performance of
				essential governmental functions, but not in the performance of commercial
				activities, whether or not those activities qualify as essential governmental
				functions to be eligible; and
(e)
				Ensure PEBB insurance coverage is the only employer-sponsored coverage
				available to groups of employees eligible for PEBB insurance coverage under the
				contract.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-12 - Eligible and noneligible employees › Section 182-12-108 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish eligibility
				  criteria for and effective date of enrollment in the public employees benefits
				  board (PEBB) approved benefits.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.05.160. 07-20-129 (Order 07-01), §
											182-12-108, filed 10/3/07,
					 effective 11/3/07. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 41.05.160 and
					 41.05.165. 04-18-039, §
											182-12-108, filed 8/26/04,
					 effective 1/1/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-12 - Eligible and noneligible employees › Section 182-12-111 - Which entities and individuals are eligible for public employees benefits board (PEBB) benefits?

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The following entities and individuals shall be eligible for
				  public employees benefits board (PEBB) benefits subject to the terms and
				  conditions set forth below:
(1)
State agencies.
State agencies, as defined in WAC
				182-12-109, are required to
				participate in all PEBB benefits. Insurance and health care contributions for
				ferry employees shall be governed by
				RCW
				47.64.270.
(2)
Employer groups.
Employer
				groups may apply to participate in PEBB insurance coverage for groups of
				employees described in (a)(i) of this subsection and for members of the group's
				governing authority as described in (a)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this subsection
				at the option of each employer group:
(a) All
				eligible employees of the entity must transfer as a unit with the following
				exceptions:
(i) Bargaining units may elect to
				participate separately from the whole group;
(ii) Nonrepresented employees may elect to
				participate separately from the whole group provided all nonrepresented
				employees join as a group; and
(iii) Members of the employer group's
				governing authority may participate as described in the employer group's
				governing statutes and
				RCW
				41.04.205.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-12 - Eligible and noneligible employees › Section 182-12-113 - What are the obligations of a state agency in the application of employee eligibility?

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(1) All state
				agencies must carry out all actions, policies, and guidance issued by the
				public employees benefits board (PEBB) program necessary for the operation of
				benefit plans, education of employees, claims administration, and appeals
				process including those described in chapters 182-08, 182-12, and 182-16 WAC.
				State agencies must:
(a) Use the methods
				provided by the PEBB program to determine eligibility and enrollment in
				benefits, unless otherwise approved in writing;
(b) Provide eligibility determination reports
				with content and in a format designed and communicated by the PEBB program or
				otherwise as approved in writing by the PEBB program; and
(c) Carry out corrective action and pay any
				penalties imposed by the authority and established by the board when the state
				agency's eligibility determinations fail to comply with the criteria under
				these rules.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (PEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-12 - Eligible and noneligible employees › Section 182-12-116 - Who is eligible to participate in the salary reduction plan?

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(1) Employees of
				state agencies are eligible to participate in the state's salary reduction plan
				provided they are eligible for public employees benefits board (PEBB) benefits
				as described in WAC
				182-12-114
				and they elect to participate within the time frames described in WAC
				182-08-197,
				182-08-187,
				or
				182-08-199.
(2) Employees of employer groups, as defined
				in WAC
				182-12-109, are not
				eligible to participate in the state's salary reduction plan.
Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160 and
				  2012 2nd sp.s. c
				  3 . WSR 13-22-019 (Admin. 2013-01), §
										182-12-116, filed 10/28/13,
				  effective 1/1/14. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160. WSR 09-23-102 (Order 09-02),
				  §
										182-12-116, filed 11/17/09,
				  effective 1/1/10; WSR 08-20-128 (Order 08-03), §
										182-12-116, filed 10/1/08,
				  effective 1/1/09; WSR 07-20-129 (Order 07-01), §
										182-12-116, filed 10/3/07,
				  effective 11/3/07; WSR 06-11-156 (Order 06-02), §
										182-12-116, filed 5/24/06,
				  effective 6/24/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.160,
				  41.05.350, and
				  41.05.165. WSR 05-16-046 (Order
				  05-01), §
										182-12-116, filed 7/27/05,
				  effective 8/27/05. WSR 13-21-033, §
										182-12-116, filed 10/9/2013,
				  effective 11/9/2013