5728-S AMS HARG S2475.3

SSB 5728 - S AMD 169

By Senators Hargrove, Parlette

ADOPTED 03/14/2003

On page 19, line 27, after "(2)(a)" strike "Neither" and insert "Subject to the further limitation applicable to rural public hospital districts in this subsection, neither"

On page 19, line 33, after "dollars." insert "Neither rural public hospital districts, nor their officers, employees, or volunteers are liable to pay a claim or a judgment by any one person that exceeds the sum of five hundred thousand dollars or any claim or judgment, or portions thereof, that, when totaled with all other claims or judgments paid by the rural public hospital district, officers, employees, or volunteers arising out of the same incident or occurrence, exceeds the sum of one million dollars."

On page 19, line 35, after "up to" insert "five hundred thousand dollars,"

On page 19, at the beginning of line 36, after "million dollars" insert ","

SSB 5728 - S AMD 169

By Senators Hargrove, Parlette

ADOPTED 03/14/2003

On page 20, line 19, after "chapter" strike ", "local" and insert "((,)):

(a) "Local"

On page 20, after line 21, insert the following:

"(b) "Rural public hospital district" has the meaning specified in RCW 70.44.460."

EFFECT: (1) Reduces the liability limits for rural public hospital districts and their officers, employees, and volunteers to five hundred thousand dollars for a claim or a judgment by any one person and to one million dollars for all claims or judgments arising out of the same incident or occurrence.

(2) Defines "rural public hospital district" as a public hospital district authorized under chapter 70.44 RCW whose geographic boundaries do not include a city with a population greater than thirty thousand.

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