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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6121

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senators Deccio, Sellar, Johnson and Smith

Prefiled with Secretary of the Senate 1/8/88.  Read first time 1/11/88 and referred to Committee on Health Care & Corrections.

AN ACT Relating to medicare health care facility options; and adding a new section to chapter 70.14 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     A new section is added to chapter 70.14 RCW to read as follows:

          The department of social and health services shall compile and make available to the public information regarding medicare health care facility certification options available to hospitals licensed under this title that desire to convert to nonhospital health care facilities.  The information provided shall include standards and requirements for certification and procedures for acquiring certification.