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HOUSE BILL NO. 1615
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Representatives Nutley, Peery, Butterfield, Cooper, Ferguson, Vekich, Lux and Sutherland
Read first time 1/20/88 and referred to Committee on Health Care.
AN ACT Relating to exemption from hospital rate review and approval; adding a new section to chapter 70.39 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.39 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The commission shall exempt a hospital from the rate review and approval provisions of RCW 70.39.140 if:
(a) The hospital is located within fifteen miles of one or more hospitals located in a jurisdiction that is not subject to RCW 70.39.140; and
(b) The hospital or hospitals not subject to RCW 70.39.140 have the existing capacity to absorb twenty-five percent or more of the patients served by the hospital exempted under this section.
(2) The exemption provided by this section shall not affect the exempted hospital's responsibility to make on a timely basis all filings required by the commission pursuant to this chapter. In addition, an exempted hospital shall provide on a timely basis other pertinent data that may be requested from time to time by the commission.