2787-S AMH KESS BLAC 049

SHB 2787 - H AMD

By Representative Kessler

On page 2, line 13, after "corporation" insert ", except a clinic that is owned, operated, or controlled by a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW unless the hospital-based clinic either:

(i) Maintains and holds itself out to the public as having established hours on a regular basis for providing free health care services to members of the public to the extent that care is provided without compensation or expectation of compensation during those established hours; or

(ii) Is participating, through a written agreement, in a community-based program to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons, to the extent that:

(A) Care is provided without compensation or expectation of compensation to individuals who have been referred for care through that community-based program; and

(B) The health care provider's participation in the community-based program is conditioned upon his or her agreement to provide health services without expectation of compensation"

EFFECT: Specifies that the definition of a "community health care setting" includes hospital-based clinics that (1) maintain established hours for providing free health care services to the public or (2) participate in community-based programs to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons. Specifies that the immunity only applies to the extent that the care is provided without compensation or expectation of compensation.