Passed by the Senate March 15, 2005 YEAS 46 NAYS 0 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2005 YEAS 94 NAYS 0 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5857 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED Secretary of State State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of nonprofit community health centers; amending RCW 82.04.4311; and providing an effective date.

Sec. 1   RCW 82.04.4311 and 2002 c 314 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A public hospital that is owned by a municipal corporation or political subdivision, or a nonprofit hospital, or a nonprofit community health center, or a network of nonprofit community health centers, that qualifies as a health and social welfare organization as defined in RCW 82.04.431, may deduct from the measure of tax amounts received as compensation for health care services covered under the federal medicare program authorized under Title XVIII of the federal social security act; medical assistance, children's health, or other program under chapter 74.09 RCW; or for the state of Washington basic health plan under chapter 70.47 RCW. The deduction authorized by this section does not apply to amounts received from patient copayments or patient deductibles.
     (2) As used in this section, "community health center" means a federally qualified health center as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396d as existing on the effective date of this act.