BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

SB 6238: Long-term care services

Concerning long-term care services and supports.

Summary

Establishes a long-term services and supports trust (LTSS Trust) that is funded through an employee paid payroll tax.
Creates 365 daily benefit units of up to $100 each for beneficiaries to apply to the cost of their long-term care.
Requires that the Health Care Authority (HCA), Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), the Employment Security Department (ESD), and a newly established LTSS Trust Commission work together to administer the program.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6238), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to long-term care services and supports;

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.

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SB 6238 (2023–24) Property tax/veteran widows · Enacted · Chapter 334, Laws of 2024
SB 6238 (2019–20) Ballot statements/residency · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6238 (2015–16) Schedule II prescriptions · Enacted · Chapter 150, Laws of 2016
SB 6238 (2013–14) Liquor store spirits licnses · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6238 (2011–12) Aviation biofuels production · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6238 (2009–10) Overseas and service voters · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6238 (2007–08) Annexation valuation · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor