Legislative News

Select Committee on Pension Policy (SCPP) – Members of RPEC attended the Select Committee on Pension Policy (SCPP) meeting September 19th in Olympia where they heard two options for a PLAN 1 COLA.   Click here to see the two proposals. The SCPP Executive Committee voted in favor of having the fiscal notes completed and presented to the SCPP at their next meeting on October 17th.  …

Select Committee on Pension Policy (SCPP) Discussing Plan 1 COLA Select Committee on Pension Policy (SCPP) – September 19 (Tuesday), 10am-12:45pm, House Hearing Room B of the John L. O’Brien Building on Capitol Campus, Olympia – On the agenda is the Plan 1 COLA. Members are encouraged to attend.   Latest Senate Effort to Repeal the ACA From the Alliance …

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler Testifies Before Congress From the Office of the Insurance Commissioner – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler testified earlier today before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee in Washington, D.C. The hearing, “Stabilizing Premiums and Helping Individuals in the Individual Insurance Market for 2018” was led by the Chair Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking …

PEBB Update As RPEC reported previously, PEBB is scheduled in increase premiums dramatically in January of 2018.  They attribute the increase, in large part, to the significant jump in specialty drug costs. Since the board passed the resolution, we have requested information on how premiums are determined and have received the following information: FROM PEBB STAFF:  How PEBB medical premiums …