| Passed by the House March 8, 2006 Yeas 98 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 8, 2006 Yeas 49 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2925 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 27, 2006. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 27, 2006 - 3:49 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2006 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/06.
AN ACT Relating to assisted living facility medicaid minimum occupancy percentage of fifty percent or greater; adding a new section to chapter 74.39A RCW; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 74.39A RCW
to read as follows:
(1) To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, the
department shall establish a capital add-on rate, not less than the
July 1, 2005, capital add-on rate established by the department, for
those assisted living facilities contracting with the department that
have a medicaid occupancy percentage of sixty percent or greater.
(2) Effective for July 1, 2006, and for each July 1st rate-setting
period thereafter, the department shall determine the facility's
medicaid occupancy percentage using the last six months' medicaid
resident days from the preceding calendar year divided by the product
of all its licensed boarding home beds irrespective of use, times
calendar days for the six-month period. For the purposes of this
section, medicaid resident days include those clients who are enrolled
in a medicaid managed long-term care program, including but not limited
to the program for all inclusive care and the medicaid integration
project.
(3) The medicaid occupancy percentage established beginning on July
1, 2006, and for each July 1st thereafter, shall be used to determine
whether an assisted living facility qualifies for the capital add-on
rate under this section. Those facilities that qualify for the capital
add-on rate shall receive the capital add-on rate throughout the
applicable fiscal year.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 This act takes effect July 1, 2006.