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2017 House Bill 1520: Allowing alternative payment methodologies for critical access hospitals participating in the Washington rural health access preservation pilot
Introduced by Rep. Steve Tharinger (Sequim) (D) on January 23, 2017
Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on January 23, 2017
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 15, 2017
Substitute offered in the House on February 23, 2017
Requires that medical assistance payments to critical access hospitals participating in the Washington Rural Health Access Preservation project be established at a level sufficient to sustain essential services to the community.
Received in the Senate on March 7, 2017
Referred to the Senate Health Care Committee on March 7, 2017
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 27, 2017
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 4, 2017
Received in the House on April 13, 2017
House concurred in Senate amendments.
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 5, 2017