Section 284-180-435 - Filing authorization rulesA carrier or health care benefit manager may authorize a third-party filer to file forms or rates on its behalf. For the purposes of this section, a "third-party filer" means a person or entity in the business of providing regulatory compliance services.
(1) If a carrier or health care benefit manager delegates filing authority to a third-party filer, each filing must include a letter as supporting documentation signed by an officer of the carrier or health care benefit manager authorizing the third-party filer to make filings on behalf of the carrier or health care benefit manager.(2) The carrier or health care benefit manager may not delegate responsibility for the content of a filing to a third-party filer. The commissioner considers errors and omissions made by the third-party filer to be errors and omissions of the carrier or health care benefit manager.(3) If a third-party filer has a pattern of making filings that do not comply with this chapter, the commissioner may reject a delegation of filing authority.Wash. Admin. Code § 284-180-435
Adopted by WSR 21-02-034, Filed 12/29/2020, effective 1/1/2022