THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

    MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2000

           COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
                        1:00 p.m.
                   Conference Room 225


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES

         (Deferred from February 4 and 16, 2000)

SB 2803    RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND  CPN/LRE, WAM
           Reduces state and county employer contributions for
           health benefits.

SB 2790    RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND  CPN/LRE, WAM
           Requires the Public Employees  Health Fund Board of
           Trustees to implement the following for the benefit
           plan year  beginning  July  1,  2001: (1) preferred
           provider  organization  plans  for  medical benefit
           plans  for  medical  benefits;  (2) Medicare+Choice
           plans; (3) Revised  drug  benefit  plans; and (4) a
           revised  methodology  for  computing  out-of-pocket
           costs  to  ensure  comparability  for  all employee
           beneficiaries.

(Please note:  The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held
its decision making on these measures on February 16, 2000.)


SB 2162       RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT       JDC/LRE, WAM
           Authorizes  citizen   suits   in   water  pollution
           enforcement.

(Please note:  The Committee on Judiciary will hold its decision
making on Friday, February 18, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. in conference room
229.)


                No testimony will be accepted.

For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-7330.