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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1590

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Veloria, Dellwo, Flemming, R. Johnson, Campbell, Appelwick, Morris, Conway, Thibaudeau and J. Kohl

Read first time 02/03/93.  Referred to Committee on Health Care.

Modifying hospital cost reporting requirements regarding administrative expenditures.

          AN ACT Relating to hospital cost reporting requirements; and adding a new section to chapter 70.170 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 70.170 RCW to read as follows:

          Consistent with the data reporting requirements of the department of health, each hospital licensed under RCW 70.41.090 or chapter 71.12 RCW, shall report to the department annually with respect to its operations in the preceding fiscal year, in a form as the department may by rule require.  The report shall include, but not be limited to:  (1) Salaries, by classification for each position in the hospital; (2) total number of full-time equivalent employees employed under each classification; (3) salaries and fringe benefits for the twenty highest paid administrative positions; (4) the name of each corporation related to the hospital; (5) the salaries paid to hospital employees by each related corporation and by the hospital to the employees of related corporations; and (6) a breakdown of hospital and department budgets by administrative, supervisory, and direct service categories.

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