HB 2496 - DIGEST

Provides that a nursing facility that has under common ownership, in whole or in part, a boarding home licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW, or independent housing, is not required to place the names of its boarding home or independent retirement housing residents on the list of names of persons seeking admission to the nursing facility.

Declares it is not an act of discrimination to refuse to admit a patient if admitting that patient would prevent the admission of an individual who has resided within the boarding home or independent retirement housing that is commonly owned, in whole or in part, by the nursing facility.