BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

SB 6601: Small rural hospitals

Providing enhanced payment to small rural hospitals that meet the criteria of a sole community hospital.

Summary

Requires payments for recipients eligible for certain medical assistance programs for services provided by a hospital, regardless of the beneficiary's managed care enrollment status, to be increased to one hundred fifty percent of the hospital's fee-for-service rates, when services are provided by a rural hospital that satisfies the requirements of RCW 74.09.5225 (3)(a) (section 1 (3)(a) of this act).

From the Bill Digest (SB 6601), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing enhanced payment to small rural hospitals that meet the criteria of a sole community hospital;

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 6601 (2019–20) Indian tribes compact/taxes · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6601 (2015–16) WA college savings program · Enacted · Chapter 69, Laws of 2016
SB 6601 (2011–12) Scratch ticket machines · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6601 (2009–10) Online learning/nonresidents · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6601 (2007–08) Home care agencies · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6601 (2005–06) Freight mobility multimodal · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6601 (2003–04) Obesity lawsuits · Enacted · Chapter 139, Laws of 2004
SB 6601 (2001–02) Licensed distillers · Enacted · Chapter 109, Laws of 2002