HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1648

BYRepresentatives Sayan, Taylor, Cole, Padden, Baugher, D. Sommers, Rayburn, Sanders, Rust, Ferguson, Vekich, J. Williams, Lewis, Patrick, Hine, Day, Haugen, Valle, Jones, Unsoeld, Brekke and Spanel

Specifying reimbursement requirements for licensed nursing homes for the mentally retarded.

House Committe on Ways & Means/Appropriations

Majority Report:  Do pass with amendments.  (22)

      Signed by Representatives Locke, Chair; Belcher, Braddock, Brekke, Bristow, Brough, Butterfield, Ebersole, Fuhrman, Grant, Grimm, Hine, McLean, Nealey, Peery, Sayan, Silver, H. Sommers, Spanel, Sprenkle, Wang and B. Williams.

House Staff:David Knutson (786-7136)

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS/APPROPRIATIONS

FEBRUARY 2, 1988

BACKGROUND:

The Department of Social and Health Services contracts with some nursing homes to provide care and treatment for persons with developmental disabilities.  The department established an accounting and reimbursement system for these nursing homes which differs from the method used for nursing homes which care for the elderly.

SUMMARY:

AMENDED BILL:  The Department of Social and Health Services is required to reimburse nursing homes caring for the developmentally disabled in the same manner as other nursing homes for the property and return-on-investment portion of their reimbursement formula.  Nursing homes affected by this legislation would have their variable return on investment set at 2 percent.  Facilities which are leased on July 1, 1988 will continue to be reimbursed for their lease costs for the remainder of the lease.

AMENDED BILL COMPARED TO ORIGINAL:  An effective date of July 1, 1989 is provided.

Fiscal Note:      Available.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Carol Cutler, Woodland Residential Training Center.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Nursing homes serving the developmentally disabled should be reimbursed for property and return on investment the same as nursing homes for the elderly.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.