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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2993
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Passed
Legislature - 1992 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd
Legislature 1992 Regular Session
Read first time 02/26/92. Creating the rural health access account.
AN ACT
Relating to establishing a rural health access account; and adding a new
section to chapter 43.70 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A new
section is added to chapter 43.70 RCW to read as follows:
The
rural health access account is created in the custody of the state treasurer.
The account may receive moneys through gift, grant, or donation to the state
for the purposes of the account. Expenditures from the account may be used
only for rural health programs including, but not limited to, those authorized
in chapters 70.175 and 70.180 RCW, the health professional and loan repayment
programs authorized in chapter 28B.115 RCW, and to make grants to small or
rural hospitals, or rural public hospital districts, for the purpose of
developing viable, integrated rural health systems. Only the secretary of
health or the secretary's designee may authorize expenditures from the
account. No appropriation is required for an expenditure from the account.
Any residue in the account shall accumulate in the account and shall not revert
to the general fund at the end of the biennium. Costs incurred by the
department in administering the account shall be paid from the account.
