E2SHB 1727 -
By Representative Morrell
ADOPTED 02/03/2014
On page 3, line 30, after "program." insert "An assisted living facility that fails to give the notice required under this subsection and charges residents privately for the provision of continuing nursing or rehabilitative services and such services were otherwise eligible for medicare, veterans' benefits, long-term care insurance, or other third-party coverage, commits an act that constitutes financial exploitation under chapter 74.34 RCW."
On page 10, beginning on line 17, strike all of section 8
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Recategorizes the act of an assisted living facility charging a resident for continuing nursing services without providing notice that the resident may be eligible for other coverage for nursing and rehabilitative therapy services, from being a consumer protection act violation to an act of financial exploitation.