6038 AMS WEST S4186.5
SB 6038 - S AMD TO HC COMM AMD (S-3633.1/92)
By Senator West
On page 2, line 11 of the amendment, after "patient" strike "and the patient's insurer"
On page 2, line 18 of the amendment, after "(3) that" strike all material through "services" on line 20 and insert "effective July 1, 1994, such firm, corporation, or association that is licensed, certified, or registered by the department of health and such firm, corporation, or association that furnishes high-technology diagnostic services as defined by the department of health in rule, shall file no more than annually with the department of health, on a form provided by the department, information including but not limited to the names of referring practitioners having financial interest in such firm, corporation, or association. Such firm, corporation, or association that is licensed, certified, or registered by the department of health shall file this information concurrently with the information required for licensure, certification, or registration. No firm, corporation, or association shall be required to file the information under this subsection when its referring practitioners have no financial interest in such firm, corporation, or association. The information filed under this subsection shall be available for public inspection and copying."
On page 2, after line 22, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The secretary of health shall adopt rules to implement the purposes of RCW 19.68.010(3). In determining the financial interest reporting forms and process, the department of health shall seek to minimize the administrative burden to reporting firms, corporations, and associations, and shall, as closely as is practical, model the existing financial interest reporting forms and process used by the federal health care financing administration."
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. If specific funding for the purposes of section 2(3) of this act, referencing this act, is not provided in the 1993-1995 biennial budget, this act is null and void."
SB 6038 - S AMD TO HC COMM AMD (S-3633.1/92)
By Senator West
On page 2, line 28 of the title amendment, strike "a new section" and insert "new sections"