CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5632
Chapter 263, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
LABOR DISPUTES—WORKER HEALTH PLAN ACCESS PROGRAM
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate March 4, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 28 Nays 20
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
DENNY HECK Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL 5632 as passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the House February 28, 2024
Yeas 56 Nays 38
SARAH BANNISTER
LAURIE JINKINS Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 26, 2024 9:29 AM FILED
March 27, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5632
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By Senators Keiser, Cleveland, Conway, Hasegawa, Hunt, Kuderer,
Lovelett, Stanford, Valdez, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/30/23. Referred to Committee on Health & Long
Term Care.
1 AN ACT Relating to protecting the health care of workers
2 exercising their right to participate in a labor dispute; adding a
3 new section to chapter 43.71 RCW; and creating a new section.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.71
6 RCW to read as follows:
7 (1) By January 1, 2025, the exchange must establish a worker
8 health plan access program to help Washingtonians who lose health
9 care coverage provided by their employer or a joint labor management
10 trust as a result of an active strike, lockout, or other labor
11 dispute.
12 (2) Subject to the availability of funding, the exchange must
13 provide enrollment assistance to help maintain coverage for
14 individuals and their dependents who:
15 (a) Provide a self-attestation regarding loss of minimum
16 essential health care coverage from an employer or joint labor
17 management trust fund as a result of an active strike, lockout, or
18 other labor dispute; and
19 (b) Are eligible for coverage offered through the exchange.
20 (3) The exchange may request, and an applicable employer, labor
21 organization, or other appropriate representative, must provide,
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1 information to determine the status of a strike, lockout, or labor
2 dispute, its impact to coverage, and any other information determined
3 by the exchange as necessary to conduct outreach and determine
4 eligibility for federal and state subsidies offered through the
5 exchange.
6 (4) The exchange must establish a process for providing outreach
7 and enrollment assistance, and may establish additional procedural
8 requirements to administer the program established in subsection (1)
9 of this section.
10 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act may be known and cited as the
11 worker health care protection act.
Passed by the Senate March 4, 2024.
Passed by the House February 28, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 26, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2024.
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