CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 2811
Chapter
182, Laws of 1992
52nd
Legislature
1992
Regular Session
AIDS PILOT FACILITY‑-REIMBURSEMENT FOR
NURSING SUPPLIES
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/11/92
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Passed by the House March 9,
1992
Yeas 92 Nays 0
 JOE KING
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 6,
1992
Yeas 47 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of
the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify
that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2811 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
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 JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
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 ALAN THOMPSON
Chief
Clerk
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Approved April 1, 1992 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 1, 1992 -
11:08 a.m.
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BOOTH GARDNER
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State of
Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 2811
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1992 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd
Legislature 1992 Regular Session
Read first time 01/28/92.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.Exempting
excess nursing supplies cost from the reimbursement of the pilot facility for
persons living with AIDS.
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.
Passed the House March 9, 1992.
Passed the Senate March 6, 1992.
Approved by the Governor April 1,
1992.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 1, 1992.