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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6225
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators West, McDonald, Wojahn and Niemi)
Read first time 02/11/92.
AN ACT Relating to the reimbursement of facilities specifically authorized to meet the needs of persons living with AIDS; amending RCW 74.46.500; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 74.46.500 and 1980 c 177 s 50 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The administration and operations cost center shall include all items not included in the cost centers of nursing services, food, and property.
(2) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the administration and operations cost center reimbursement rate for each facility shall be based on the computation in this subsection and shall not exceed the eighty-fifth percentile of (a) the rates of all reporting facilities derived from the computation below, or (b) reporting facilities grouped in accordance with subsection (3) of this section:
AR = TAC/TPD, where
AR = the administration and operations cost center reimbursement rate for a facility;
TAC = the total costs of the administration and operations cost center plus the retained savings from such cost center as provided in RCW 74.46.180 of a facility; and
TPD = the total patient days for a facility for the prior year.
(3) The secretary may group facilities based on factors which could reasonably influence cost requirements of this cost center, other than ownership or legal organization characteristics.
(4) In applying the eighty-fifth percentile reimbursement limit authorized by subsection (2) of this section to the pilot facility specially designed to meet the needs of persons living with AIDS as defined by RCW 70.24.017, and specifically authorized for this purpose under the 1989 amendment to the Washington state health plan, the department shall exempt the cost of nursing supplies reported by the pilot facility in excess of the average of nursing supplies cost for medicaid nursing facilities state-wide.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill number, is not provided by June 30, 1992, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act shall be null and void.