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BILL · 2009–10 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 3202

HB 3202: Nursing facilities/medicaid

Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system.

Summary

  • Makes a number of changes to nursing home rates.
  • Postpones rebasing of nursing home rates for one year and the cycle for rebasing moves to every even-numbered year.
  • Raises minimum occupancy in operations, property, and finance components to 92 percent for non-essential community providers, holding facilities with 60 beds or less at 90 percent minimum occupancy and essential community providers at 85 percent minimum occupancy.
  • Eliminates the variable return rate component.
  • Eliminates bed banking.
  • Changes the case mix adjustment cycle to once every six months from once every quarter.

From the House Bill Report (HB 3202), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedMar 1, 2010
  2. Out of committeeMar 9, 2010
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Eileen Cody (D-34)
Introduced
March 1, 2010 in the House
Last action
March 15, 2010
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 3202, SHB 3202

AN ACT Relating to revising the medicaid nursing facility payment system by moving rebasing to even years, changing the case mix adjustment cycle to six months, establishing pay for performance, adjusting rates based upon rates of direct care staff turnover, and modifying components related to variable return, operations, property, and finance;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Eileen Cody (D-34)

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 3202)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Returned to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 3202)
  4. Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
  5. Placed on second reading. (SHB 3202)
  6. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 3202)
  7. WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 3202)
  8. WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. Minority; do not pass.
  10. Placed on second reading.
  11. WAYS - Executive action taken by committee.
  12. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

HB 3202 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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