CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6419

Chapter 39, Laws of 2014

63rd Legislature
2014 Regular Session



MEDICAL CARE ACCESS--BORDER COMMUNITIES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/14

Passed by the Senate February 12, 2014
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 5, 2014
  YEAS 93   NAYS 4

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6419 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

HUNTER G. GOODMAN
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Secretary
Approved March 17, 2014, 3:28 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 17, 2014







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6419
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Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By Senators Cleveland, Benton, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt, Billig, Chase, Rolfes, Nelson, Dammeier, Fraser, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Pedersen, Hargrove, Ranker, Conway, and McAuliffe

Read first time 01/24/14.   Referred to Committee on Health Care .



     AN ACT Relating to medicaid programs and expanding access to care in border communities; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The legislature finds that the authority and the department purchase or contract for the delivery of medicaid programs, including medical services with the managed care plans under this chapter, mental health services with regional support networks or other contractors under chapter 71.24 RCW, chemical dependency services under chapters 74.50 and 70.96A RCW, and long-term care services under chapter 74.39A RCW.
     (2) The authority and department must collaborate and seek opportunities to expand access to care for enrollees in the medicaid programs identified in subsection (1) of this section living in border communities that may require contractual agreements with providers across the state border when care is appropriate, available, and cost-effective.
     (3) All authority and department contracts for medicaid services issued or renewed after July 1, 2014, must include provisions that allow for care to be accessed cross-border ensuring timely access to necessary care, including inpatient and outpatient services. The contracts must include reciprocal arrangements that allow Washington, Oregon, and Idaho border residents to access care when care is appropriate, available, and cost-effective.
     (4) The agencies must jointly report to the health care committees and fiscal committees of the legislature by November 1, 2014, with an update on the contractual opportunities and the anticipated impacts on patient access to timely care, the impact on the availability of inpatient and outpatient services, and the fiscal implications for the medicaid programs.


         Passed by the Senate February 12, 2014.
         Passed by the House March 5, 2014.
         Approved by the Governor March 17, 2014.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 17, 2014.