HB 2836 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Revises the definition of "charity care," for purposes of chapter 70.170 RCW regarding health data and charity care, to include "indigent persons when third-party coverage, if any, has been exhausted."

Requires each hospital to post and display notice of charity care availability, and be posted in all languages spoken by more than ten percent of the population of the hospital service area.