5892-S AMS HEWI RAMS 004

SSB 5892 - S AMD 317

By Senator Hewitt

NOT CONSIDERED

    On page 8, line 30, after "facility." Strike "The" and insert "Except in a county with a state correctional facility housing more than two thousand offenders, the"

    On page 8, line 35, after "Washington."  Insert "In a county with a state correctional facility housing more than two thousand offenders, the department of corrections shall pay the difference between the medicaid reimbursement and the amount agreed to by the correctional facility and the provider of hospital services."

EFFECT:  Requires the Department of Corrections to pay the difference between the Medicaid reimbursement rate and the amount agreed to by the county or city jail and the hospital providing services to locally incarcerated offenders.  This will affect Snohomish, Franklin and Walla Walla counties. 

FISCAL EFFECT: Approximately $600,000 General Fund-State per fiscal year

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