[Wsssc] FW: Seeking interest for Health Insurance Outreach Pilot

[Joe Holliday]

WSSSC: FYI below and attached. I can touch on this during my update tomorrow.

Joe

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Joe Holliday
Director, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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From: Christine McMullin <cmcmullin at sbctc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:43 AM
To: Joe Holliday <jholliday at sbctc.edu>
Subject: Seeking interest for Health Insurance Outreach Pilot

Hi Joe,

Can you please share this information with WSSSC? After they have seen it we can also distribute it to appropriate councils and the Student Supports Canvas site. Please make any edits you see that are necessary. I threw in a May 18th deadline for initial interest - we can adjust that as you think would be best.

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Hello -

We are pleased to announce funding received through a proviso in the FY 23 Operating Budget to pilot Health Insurance Outreach to students enrolled in our colleges and registered apprenticeship programs. Please see the full language from the proviso in the attached document and below in this email.

We are seeking one or two colleges who are interested in being a part of the pilot as outlined in the proviso. Interested colleges can email Christine McMullin (cmcmullin at sbctc.edu<mailto:cmcmullin at sbctc.edu>) and Joe Holliday (jholliday at sbctc.edu<mailto:jholliday at sbctc.edu>) by May 18, 2022 indicating their interest in becoming part of the pilot. We will reach out to all interested institutions with a short questionnaire to determine final selection of pilot site(s).

SBCTC Health Insurance Outreach Proviso in FY 23 Operating Budget

49)(a) $80,000 of the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for a pilot program to help students, including those enrolled in state registered apprenticeship  programs, connect with health care coverage. The state board for  community and technical colleges must provide resources for up to two community or technical colleges, one on the east side and one on the west side of the Cascade mountains, to hire or train an employee to:
(i) Provide information to students and college staff about available health insurance options;
(ii) Develop culturally relevant materials and conduct outreach for historically marginalized and underserved student populations to assist these populations in their knowledge of access to low cost or free health insurance plans;
(iii) Provide ongoing technical assistance to students about health insurance options or health insurance application process; and
(iv) Provide technical assistance to students as a health benefit exchange certified assister, to help students understand, shop, apply, and enroll in health insurance through Washington health planfinder.
(b) Participation in the exchange assister program is contingent on fulfilling applicable contracting, security, and other program requirements.
(c) The legislature expects the state board, in collaboration  with the student achievement council and the health benefit exchange,  to report to the appropriate committees of the legislature  information about barriers students, including those enrolled in state registered apprenticeship programs, encountered to accessing health insurance coverage; and to provide recommendations on how to improve student access to health coverage based on data gathered from  the pilot program.


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Christine McMullin
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Policy Associate, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
cmcmullin at sbctc.edu<mailto:cmcmullin at sbctc.edu> * o: 360-704-4347 * f: 360-704-4418
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