WA People
BILL · 1991–92 SESSION

HB 2931: Nursing facilities/medicare

Exempting nursing facilities that make good faith efforts from obtaining and maintaining medicare certification.

Summary

  • The bill amends the 15 percent requirement to say that a portion of a facility's beds must be Medicare certified. In addition, the Department of Social and Health Services may grant exemptions to this if the department decides that a facility has made a good faith effort to obtain Medicare certification--this exemption clause expires June 1, 1993.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2931), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedFeb 3, 1992
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed HouseFeb 17, 1992
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Lorraine Hine (D-33)
Introduced
February 3, 1992 in the House
Last action
March 12, 1992

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Lorraine Hine (D-33)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Gregory Fisher D-33

Votes

House · Final Passage

February 17, 1992
Version voted on: HB 2931
97 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat58000
Republican39001
How each member voted

Yea (97)

Excused (1)

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History

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HB 2931 in other sessions

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