BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5948: Outpatient services/costs

Regarding transparency and costs for state-purchased outpatient services.

Summary

Prohibits the state health care authority, the department of social and health services, and the director of the department of labor and industries from reimbursing facility charges from a freestanding emergency room unless that freestanding emergency room is physically connected to a fully serviceable inpatient operating room.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving transparency and containing costs for state-purchased outpatient services;

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

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

SB 5948 (2025–26) Universal health deadlines · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5948 (2023–24) Health provider contracting · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5948 (2021–22) WASPC records/PRA · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5948 (2019–20) Small business rights · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5948 (2017–18) Intangible property taxation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5948 (2015–16) Wrestling special lic plates · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5948 (2013–14) State procurement · Enacted · Chapter 34, Laws of 2013, 2nd Special Session
SB 5948 (2009–10) Water conserving appliances · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor