WAC 182-08-200
Which employing agency is responsible to
pay the employer contribution for eligible employees changing
agency employment or for faculty employed by more than one
institution of higher education? Employing agencies
responsible for paying the employer contribution:
(1) For eligible employees changing agencies: When an
eligible employee's employment relationship
terminates with an employing agency at any time before the end
of the month for which a premium contribution is due and that
employee transfers to another agency, the losing agency is
responsible for the payment of the contribution for that
employee for that month. The receiving agency would not be
liable for any employer contribution for that eligible
employee until the month following the transfer.
(2) For eligible faculty employed by more than one
institution of higher education:
(a) When a faculty is eligible for the employer
contribution during an anticipated work period (quarter,
semester or instructional year), under WAC 182-12-131(3), one
institution will pay the entire cost of the employer
contribution if the employee would be eligible by virtue of
employment at that single institution. Otherwise:
(i) Each institution contributes based on its percentage
of the employee's total work at all institutions during the
anticipated work period.
(ii) The institution with the greatest percentage
coordinates with the other institutions and is responsible for
sending the total premium payment to HCA.
(b) When a faculty is eligible for the employer
contribution during the summer or off-quarter/semester, under
WAC 182-12-131 (3)(c), one institution will pay the entire
cost of the employer contribution if the employee would be
eligible by virtue of employment at that single institution.
Otherwise:
(i) Each institution contributes based on its percentage
of the employee's total work at all institutions throughout
the instructional year or equivalent nine-month period.
(ii) The institution with the greatest percentage
coordinates with the other institutions and is responsible for
sending the total premium payment to HCA.
(c) When a faculty is eligible through two-year averaging
under WAC 182-12-131 (3)(d) for the employer contribution, one
institution will pay the entire cost of the employer
contribution if the employee would be eligible by virtue of
employment at that single institution. Otherwise:
(i) Each institution contributes to coverage based on its
percentage of the employee's total work at all institutions
throughout the preceding two academic years. This division of
the employer contribution begins the summer quarter or
semester following the second academic year and continues
through that academic year or until eligibility under two-year
averaging ceases.
Note:
"Academic year" means summer, fall, winter, and spring quarters or summer, fall, and spring semesters, in that order.
(ii) The institution with the greatest percentage
coordinates with the other institutions and is responsible for
sending the total premium payment to HCA.