(1) The administrator, when specific funding is provided and where feasible, shall make the basic health plan available in timber impact areas. The administrator shall prioritize making the plan available under this section to the timber impact areas meeting the following criteria, as determined by the employment security department: (a) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient at or above the state average; (b) a direct lumber and wood products job loss of one hundred positions or more; and (c) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent above the state average.

     (2) Persons assisted under this section shall meet the requirements of enrollee as defined in *RCW 70.47.020(4).

     (3) For purposes of this section, "timber impact area" means:

     (a) A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the employment security department, for the most recent year such data is available: (i) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient at or above the state average; (ii) projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (iii) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average; or

     (b) Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established in **RCW 43.31.631, designates based on a finding by the board that each designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.

[1992 c 21 § 7; 1991 c 315 § 22.]

NOTES:

     Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 70.47.020 was amended by 2004 c 192 § 1, changing subsection (4) to subsection (6), effective January 1, 2005.

     **(2) RCW 43.31.631 was repealed by 1995 c 226 § 33 and 1995 c 269 § 1902, effective July 1, 1995.

     Intent -- 1991 c 315: See note following RCW 28B.50.030.

     Severability -- Conflict with federal requirements -- Effective date -- 1991 c 315: See RCW 50.70.900 through 50.70.902.