Washington Revised Code Title 70. Public Health and Safety § 70.47.020. Definitions (as amended by 2011 1st sp.s. c 9)

(1) “Administrator” means the Washington basic health plan administrator, who also holds the position of administrator of the Washington state health care authority.

(2) “Health coverage tax credit eligible enrollee” means individual workers and their qualified family members who lose their jobs due to the effects of international trade and are eligible for certain trade adjustment assistance benefits;  or are eligible for benefits under the alternative trade adjustment assistance program;  or are people who receive benefits from the pension benefit guaranty corporation and are at least fifty-five years old.

(3) “Health coverage tax credit program” means the program created by the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210) that provides a federal tax credit that subsidizes private health insurance coverage for displaced workers certified to receive certain trade adjustment assistance benefits and for individuals receiving benefits from the pension benefit guaranty corporation.

(4) “Managed health care system” means:  (a) Any health care organization, including health care providers, insurers, health care service contractors, health maintenance organizations, or any combination thereof, that provides directly or by contract basic health care services, as defined by the administrator and rendered by duly licensed providers, to a defined patient population enrolled in the plan and in the managed health care system;  or (b) a self-funded or self-insured method of providing insurance coverage to subsidized enrollees provided under RCW 41.05.140 and subject to the limitations under RCW 70.47.100(9).

(5) “Nonparticipating provider” means a person, health care provider, practitioner, facility, or entity, acting within their authorized scope of practice or licensure, that does not have a written contract to participate in a managed health care system's provider network, but provides services to plan enrollees who receive coverage through the managed health care system.

(6) “Nonsubsidized enrollee” means an individual, or an individual plus the individual's spouse or dependent children:  (a) Who is not eligible for medicare;  (b) who is not confined or residing in a government-operated institution, unless he or she meets eligibility criteria adopted by the administrator;  (c) who is accepted for enrollment by the administrator as provided in *RCW 48.43.018, either because the potential enrollee cannot be required to complete the standard health questionnaire under *RCW 48.43.018, or, based upon the results of the standard health questionnaire, the potential enrollee would not qualify for coverage under the Washington state health insurance pool;  (d) who resides in an area of the state served by a managed health care system participating in the plan;  (e) who chooses to obtain basic health care coverage from a particular managed health care system;  and (f) who pays or on whose behalf is paid the full costs for participation in the plan, without any subsidy from the plan.

(7) “Premium” means a periodic payment, which an individual, their employer or another financial sponsor makes to the plan as consideration for enrollment in the plan as a subsidized enrollee, a nonsubsidized enrollee, or a health coverage tax credit eligible enrollee.

(8) “Rate” means the amount, negotiated by the administrator with and paid to a participating managed health care system, that is based upon the enrollment of subsidized, nonsubsidized, and health coverage tax credit eligible enrollees in the plan and in that system.

(9) “Subsidy” means the difference between the amount of periodic payment the administrator makes to a managed health care system on behalf of a subsidized enrollee plus the administrative cost to the plan of providing the plan to that subsidized enrollee, and the amount determined to be the subsidized enrollee's responsibility under RCW 70.47.060(2).

(10) “Subsidized enrollee” means:

(11) “Washington basic health plan” or “plan” means the system of enrollment and payment for basic health care services, administered by the plan administrator through participating managed health care systems, created by this chapter.