2956-S2 AMH MILO CORN 123

2SHB 2956 - H AMD 1573

By Representative Miloscia

WITHDRAWN 3/09/2010

    On page 18, after line 30, insert the following:

    "(2) All hospitals receiving five hundred thousand dollars or more from the hospital safety net assessment fund, as a condition of receiving the funds, shall apply to the Washington state quality award or similar organization such as the Baldridge national quality program for an organization-wide Baldridge assessment within two years and a full assessment every three years thereafter in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of hospitals receiving these funds.  Each hospital shall commit and plan to become a high performance, high integrity organization and reach a score of sixty percent in ten years.  Washington state quality award applications, assessment feedback reports, and corrective action plans shall:

    (a) Be sent to the department to ensure public accountability, sharing of best practices among hospitals, and adequate performance management improvement;

    (b) Be electronically sent to the Washington state auditor's office to assist in its analysis of hospital performance data, performance measures, and self-assessment systems; and

    (c) Be used by the department for identification of best practices for developing the quality incentive benchmarks under subsection (1) of this section."

    Renumber subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:  Requires hospitals receiving $500,000 or more from the Hospital Safety Net Assessment Fund to apply for a Baldridge assessment within two years and a full assessment every three years thereafter.

           Requires the Department of Social and Health Services to use the outcomes of the Baldridge assessments in its development of quality incentive benchmarks. 

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