BILL REQ. #: S-4126.1

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SENATE BILL 6583
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State of Washington

58th Legislature

2004 Regular Session

By Senators Berkey, Brown, Shin, McAuliffe, Keiser, Haugen and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/26/2004. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

AN ACT Relating to the quality maintenance fee for nursing homes; repealing RCW 74.46.091, 74.46.535, and 82.71.020; and providing a contingent effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 74.46.091 (Additional reporting requirements for quality maintenance fee) and 2003 1st sp.s. c 16 s 4;
     (2) RCW 74.46.535 (Quality maintenance fee) and 2003 1st sp.s. c 16 s 5; and
     (3) RCW 82.71.020 (Fee imposed) and 2003 1st sp.s. c 16 s 2.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 This act takes effect July 1, 2005, unless the waiver requested by the department of social and health services under RCW 74.46.091 has been approved by the federal department of health and human services. If the requested waiver is approved by July 1, 2005, this act is null and void.

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