Title 74 — Title 74 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
41 chapters · 927 sections in this title.
RCW 74.48.005 Purpose—Findings—Intent.
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(1) It is the intent of the legislature to encourage maximization of financial resources eligible and available for medicaid services by establishing the skilled nursing facility safety net trust fund to receive skilled nursing facility safety net assessments to use in securing f…
RCW 74.48.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Certain high volume medicaid nursing facilities" means the fewest number of facilities necessary with the highest number of medicaid days or total patient days annuall…
RCW 74.48.020 Skilled nursing facility safety net trust fund.
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(1) There is established in the state treasury the skilled nursing facility safety net trust fund. The purpose and use of the fund shall be to receive and disburse funds, together with accrued interest, in accordance with this chapter. Moneys in the fund, including interest earne…
RCW 74.48.030 Assessments.
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(1) In accordance with the redistribution method set forth in 42 C.F.R. Sec. 433.68(e)(1) and (2), the department shall seek a waiver of the broad-based and uniform provider assessment requirements of federal law to exclude certain nursing facilities from the skilled nursing faci…
RCW 74.48.040 Administration and collection.
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(1) The department, in cooperation with the office of financial management, shall develop rules for determining the amount to be assessed to individual skilled nursing facilities, notifying individual skilled nursing facilities of the assessed amount, and collecting the amounts d…
RCW 74.48.050 Exceptions.
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(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section the department shall exempt the following nursing facility providers from the skilled nursing facility safety net assessment subject to federal approval under 42 C.F.R. Sec. 433.68(e)(2):(a) Continuing care retirement communities;(b) …
RCW 74.48.060 Conditions.
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(1) If the centers for medicare and medicaid services fail to approve any state plan amendments or waiver requests that are necessary in order to implement the applicable sections of this chapter then the assessment authorized in RCW 74.48.040 shall cease to be imposed.(2) Nothin…
RCW 74.48.070 Assessment part of operating overhead.
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The incidence and burden of assessments imposed under this chapter shall be on skilled nursing facilities and the expense associated with the assessments shall constitute a part of the operating overhead of the facilities. Skilled nursing facilities shall not itemize the safety n…
RCW 74.48.080 Enforcement.
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If a nursing facility fails to make timely payment of the safety net assessment, the department may seek a remedy provided by law, including, but not limited to:(1) Withholding any medical assistance reimbursement payments until such time as the assessment amount is recovered;(2)…
RCW 74.48.090 Quality incentive payments.
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(1) The department and the department of health, in consultation with the Washington state health care association, and aging services of Washington, shall design a system of skilled nursing facility quality incentive payments. The design of the system shall be submitted to the r…
RCW 74.48.900 Severability—2011 1st sp.s. c 7.
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Except as provided in RCW 74.48.060, if any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 7 s 24.]
RCW 74.48.901 Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 7.
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This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2011.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 7 s 26.]