WA People
BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1982: Quality nursing home care

Regarding providing quality nursing home care.

Summary

  • Authorizes nursing facilities to assign qualified staff to perform duties concurrently in units that have beds serving clients with acuity needs that meet nursing facility level of care and in units where beds have been converted to serve lesser acuity clients.
  • Reduces minimum occupancy from 85 to 80 percent for essential community providers in the nursing home rate components of therapy, support services, operations, and property.
  • Establishes a quality incentive payment system through a temporary nursing home licensing fee surcharge.
  • Places revenue into the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Trust Fund (Fund) to provide for Medicaid payments and quality incentive payments to nursing facilities.
  • Requires that any funds remaining in Fund at the end of the year be refunded to nursing facilities.
  • Requires the Department of Social and Health Services, the Department of Health, the Washington State Health Care Association, and Aging Services of Washington to design a system of quality incentive payments.

From the House Bill Analysis 2011 (HB 1982), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 16, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Joel Kretz (R-7)
Introduced
February 16, 2011 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to ensuring quality nursing home care through regulatory relief, modifying provisions for essential community providers, and establishing a temporary licensing fee surcharge;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Joel Kretz (R-7)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. Referred to Ways & Means.
  7. Committee relieved of further consideration.
  8. Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight.
  9. Committee relieved of further consideration.
  10. First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

HB 1982 in other sessions

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