SEB Board examines the supplemental budget and 2024 rulemaking

On April 4, 2024, the School Employees Benefits Board (SEB Board) met. Members attended in person at the Health Care Authority (HCA) building in Olympia and remotely. The meeting was open to the public both in person and via Zoom. 

Meeting recap 

Highlights are listed below. See the briefing book for all presentation materials.  

HCA staff provided presentations on the following: 

  • Briefing on timeline and focus for 2024 annual rulemaking
  • Update on the supplemental budget, including final funding rates and conference budget funding
  • Follow up on March SEB Board meeting
  • Overview of policy and rules development, including new SEB Board policy resolutions
  • Overview of UMP benefit design

The following resolutions were adopted:

  • SEBB 2024-01: Amending SEBB 2021-02, School employees may waive enrollment in medical
  • SEBB 2024-02: Amending SEBB 2021-03, SEBB benefits enrollment requirements when PEBB benefits are waived
  • SEBB 2024-03: Amending SEBB 2021-05, Resolving dual enrollment involving dual subscriber eligibility
  • SEBB 2024-04: Amending SEBB 2021-07, Resolving dual enrollment involving a member with multiple medical enrollments as a dependent
  • SEBB 2024-05: Amending SEBB 2021-08, SEBB benefit automatic enrollments when PEBB benefits are auto-disenrolled
  • SEBB 2024-06: Continuation coverage when a term of board member of a school district ends
  • SEBB 2024-07: Continuation coverage when a dependent of a school board member loses eligibility

Next meeting 

The next public meeting of the SEB Board is scheduled for May 2, 2024, at 9 a.m. Board members and the public may attend in person (masks are optional) or virtually via Zoom. A link or call-in number for virtual attendance will be noted on the meeting agenda and posted on the SEB Board Meetings and materials webpage.