HOUSE BILL REPORT
HB
2811
As Amended by the Senate
Title: An act relating to the reimbursement of facilities specifically authorized to meet the needs of persons living with AIDS.
Brief Description: Exempting excess nursing supplies cost from the reimbursement of the pilot facility for persons living with AIDS.
Sponsor(s): Representatives Braddock, Locke, H. Sommers, Wang, Prentice, Moyer, Schmidt, Paris, Wineberry and Anderson.
Brief History:
Reported by House Committee on:
Appropriations, February 4, 1992, DP;
Passed House, February 17, 1992, 97-0;
Amended by Senate.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 28 members: Representatives Locke, Chair; Inslee, Vice Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Silver, Ranking Minority Member; Morton, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Appelwick; Belcher; Bowman; Braddock; Brekke; Carlson; Dorn; Ferguson; Fuhrman; Hine; Lisk; Mielke; Nealey; Peery; Pruitt; Rust; D. Sommers; H. Sommers; Sprenkle; Valle; Vance; Wang; and Wineberry.
Staff: John Woolley (786-7154).
Background: The state's nursing home reimbursement rate is set in statute--limits are placed on costs which can be reimbursed. One such limit is placed on the Operations and Administration (A&O) Cost Center; this limit is referred to as the "85th percentile lid," meaning that any home's total A&O cost is limited to the cost of homes at the 85th percentile of all nursing homes. An inflation factor is applied to this lid.
Summary of Bill: The bill would exempt a specific pilot facility, developed to meet the needs of persons with AIDS, from the "85th percentile" cost lid specifically for the costs associated with nursing supplies.
EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENT(S): The Senate added a null and void clause. If the bill is not referenced and funded in the budget, it is null and void.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: The bill is required to allow for the increased costs related to caring for AIDS patients in a skilled nursing facility; however, even with these increased costs, the state is saving money by providing care outside of a hospital setting. This is a cost effective model.
Testimony Against: None.
Witnesses: (In favor): Betsey Lieberman, AIDS Housing of Washington; and Melissa Prindle, NW AIDS Foundation.
VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:
Yeas 97; Excused 1
Excused: Representative Hochstatter