Retired Public Employees Council of WA Working to protect and enhance the pension and health care benefits of Washington retired state, county and local government employees
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| Bill Number | Description | Status | RPEC Postion |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1390/ SB 5400 | Providing a one-time 3% increase, capped at $62.50 per month to PERS/TRS Plan 1 members | Introduced, Referred to House Rules/Senate Ways & Means, 2/6 Hearing | Support |
| HB 1085/ SB 5469 | Requiring the State to cover at least 50% of the monthly premium for Medicare-eligible retirees under PEBB | Introduced, Referred to House Appropriations /Senate Ways & Means | Support |
| HB 1220/ SB 5275 | Adding a nonvoting representative from the office of the insurance commissioner to the public employees' benefits board. | Introduced, Referred to House Rules /Senate Rules | Support |
| HB 2036 | Concerning health system transparency | Introduced, Passed House Healthcare & Wellness, Referred to Appropriations | Support |
| SB 6594 | Concerning health system transparency | Introduced, Referred to Senate Health & LTC | |
| HB 1562/ SB 5601 | Concerning health care benefit management | Introduced, Referred to House Healthcare & Wellness, 1/21 Hearing/ Passed Senate Health & LTC, Referred Way & Means, 2/6 Hearing | Support |
| HB 1172/ SB 5314 | Assisting Washington families by improving the fairness of the state's tax system by enacting a capital gains tax and providing property tax relief | Introduced, Referred to House Finance, Senate Ways & Means | Support |
| SB 6199 | Adjusting by inflation the qualifying income thresholds for purposes of the senior citizen and service-connected disabled veterans property tax exemption program | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means | Support |
| SB 5625 | Allowing medicare supplemental insurance premiums to be deducted from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means | Support |
| SB 6310 | Concerning a report of employers with employees receiving certain public assistance programs | Introduced, Referred to Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation | Support |
| SB 6319/ HB 2500 | Concerning administration of the senior property tax exemption program | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means, 1/21 Hearing /House Finance | Support |
| SB 5541 | Creating a state revenue reform task force. | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means | Support |
| SB 5184 | Concerning prescription coverage and the use of nonresident pharmacies. | Introduced, Referred to House Rules | Support |
| SB 5887 | Concerning health carrier requirements for prior authorization standards | Passed Senate/ Referred to House Healthcare & Wellness, 2/12 Hearing | Support |
| HB 1608/ SB 5542 | Protecting patient care | Introduced, Referred to House Rules | Support |
| SB 6113 | Creating a central insulin purchasing program | Introduced, Passed Ways & Means, Referred to Rules | Support |
| SB 6087 | Imposing cost-sharing requirements for coverage of insulin products | Introduced, Passed Ways & Means, Referred to Rules | Support |
| HB 2662 | Reducing the total cost of insulin | Introduced, Passed House Healthcare & Wellness, Referred to Appropriations | Support |
| SB 6110 | Importing prescription drugs from Canada | Introduced, Referred to Senate Health & LTC, 1/17 Hearing | Support |
| SB 6111 | Creating a pharmacy tourism program | Introduced, Passed Senate Health & LTC | Support |
| SB 6088 | Establishing a prescription drug affordability board | Introduced, Passed Senate Health & LTC, Referred to Ways & Means | Support |
| SB 6250/ HB 2328 | Concerning nursing facilities | Introduced, Referred to Senate Health & LTC, 1/27 Hearing/ House Appropriations, 1/23 Hearing | Support |
| SB 6098 | Concerning insurance coverage of prosthetics and orthotics. | Introduced/ Referred to Senate Health & LTC/ House Healthcare & Wellness | Support |
| SB 5335/ HB 1414 | Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means/ House Appropriations | Support |
| HB 2189 | Including specified competency restoration workers at department of social and health services institutional and residential sites in the public safety employees retirement system | Introduced, Passed House Appropriations, Referred to Rules | Support |
| SB 6275/ HB 2597 | Increasing patient access rights to timely and appropriate postacute care | Introduced, Referred to Senate Health & LTC, 1/31 Hearing/ House Healthcare & Wellness | Support |
| SB 6358/ HB 2598 | Requiring medicaid managed care organizations to provide reimbursement of health care services provided by substitute providers | Introduced, Passed Ways & Means, Referred to Rules/ House Healthcare & Wellness | Support |
| SB 6404/ HB 2568 | Adopting prior authorization and appropriate use criteria in patient care | Introduced, Passed Senate Health & LTC, Referred to Ways & Means/ Passed House Healthcare & Wellness, Referred to Appropriations | Support |
| SB 5392/ HB 1317 | Establishing the profession of dental therapist | Introduced, Referred to Senate Health & LTC/ Passed House Appropriations | Support |
| SB 6359/ HB 2621 | Creating regulation exemptions for rural health clinics providing services in a designated home health shortage area | Introduced, Referred to Senate Health & LTC, 2/3 Hearing/ Passed House Appropriations, Referred to Rules | Support |
| HB 2209/ SB 6050 | Concerning long term care insurance guaranty fund | Introduced, Referred to House Healthcare & Wellness/ Passed Senate Health & LTC, Referred to Ways & Means | Support |
| SB 6383/ HB 2341 | Concerning the retirement strategy funds in the plan 3 and the deferred compensation programs | Introduced, Passed Senate Ways & Means, Referred to Rules/ Passed House Appropriations | Support |
| HB 1888 | Protecting employee information from public disclosure | Introduced, Referred to House State Govt., 1/14 Hearing | Support |
| SB 6666 | Protecting employee information from public disclosure | Introduced, Referred to House State Govt. | Support |
| SB 6499/ HB 2716 | Concerning the confidentiality of retirement system files and records relating to health information | Introduced, Referred to Senate State Govt., 1/31 Hearing/ House State Govt. , 2/5 Hearing | Support |
| SB 6431 | Exempting personal demographic details of state employees from public disclosure | Introduced, Referred to House State Govt., 1-31 Hearing | Support |
| SB 6125 | Concerning postretirement work in an elected city or county council position | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means, 1/15 Hearing | Watch |
| HB 2533 | Concerning disability benefits in the public safety employees' retirement system | Introduced, Referred to House Appropriations | Support |
| SB 6165 | Providing a one-time 1.5% increase, capped at $22 per month to PERS/TRS Plan 1 members | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means, 1/15 Hearing | Watch |
| HB 1132/ SB 5178 | Concerning early retirement options for members of the teachers' retirement system and school employees' retirement system plans 2 and 3 | Introduced, Referred to House Appropriations /Senate Ways & Means | Watch |
| SB 6662 | Providing retirement benefits at earlier ages in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means | Watch |
| SB 6337 | Concerning early retirement reduction factors for certain members of the teachers retirement system and the public safety employees retirement system | Introduced, Referred to Senate Ways & Means | Watch |
| SB 6074/ HB 2193 | Reauthorizing and expanding the financial fraud and identity theft crimes investigation and prosecution program | Introduced, Passed Senate Law & Justice, Referred to Ways & Means, 1/30 Hearing/ Passed House Appropriations, Referred to Rules | Support |
| HB 1765 | Concerning medical deductions for calculating disposable income | Introduced, Referred to House Finance | Support |
| HB 2734 | Creating pathways to recovery from addiction by eliminating a tax preference for the warehousing of opioids and other drugs | Introduced, Referred to House Finance, 2/10 Hearing | Support |
| SB 5781 | Addressing health insurance mandates in the individual and small group markets | Introduced, Referred to Senate Rules | Oppose |
