Requires all contractors and vendors dealing with the Health Care Authority and the Department of Social and Health Services to conduct all transactions with the agencies electronically according to rules processing fees developed by each agency.   Official Text and Analysis.

To clarify that transactions by the L&I related to state-purchased social and health care programs must be done by electronic means.

Requires the Health Care Authority (Authority), the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and the Department of Labor and Industrices (L&I) to exempt providers, upon written request, from the electronic transaction requirements under certain circumstances. Determinations by the Authority and the DSHS regarding waivers of electronic transaction requirements are not exempted from review under the Administrative Procedures Act. The Authority and the DSHS are not required to adopt rules for criteria for "good cause" waivers.All three agencies must work in good faith with contractors, providers, and vendors that have not obtained waivers of the electronic transaction requirements to allow them to transition to electronic submissions considering their circumstances including size, transaction volume, and available financial and labor resources.