Washington HB 1755: Concerning temporary assistance for needy families time limit extensions during times of high unemployment.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1755
Chapter 144, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
HOSPITALS—CERTIFICATE OF NEED—ELECTIVE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the House March 8, 2025
Yeas 96 Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 14, 2025
Yeas 49 Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is HOUSE
BILL 1755 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Approved April 22, 2025 2:36 PM FILED
April 23, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to exempting elective percutaneous coronary 1
intervention performed in certain hospitals owned or operated by a 2
state entity from certificate of need requirements; and reenacting 3
and amending RCW 70.38.111.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
Sec. 1. RCW 70.38.111 and 2024 c 259 s 5, 2024 c 165 s 1, and 6
2024 c 121 s 23 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:7
(1) The department shall not require a certificate of need for 8
the offering of an inpatient tertiary health service by:9
(a) A health maintenance organization or a combination of health 10
maintenance organizations if (i) the organization or combination of 11
organizations has, in the service area of the organization or the 12
service areas of the organizations in the combination, an enrollment 13
of at least 50,000 individuals, (ii) the facility in which the 14
service will be provided is or will be geographically located so that 15
the service will be reasonably accessible to such enrolled 16
individuals, and (iii) at least 75 percent of the patients who can 17
reasonably be expected to receive the tertiary health service will be 18
individuals enrolled with such organization or organizations in the 19
combination;20
HOUSE BILL 1755
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Street, Macri, Schmick, Parshley, Thai,
Salahuddin, Ormsby, Stonier, and Reed
Read first time 01/31/25. Referred to Committee on Health Care &
Wellness.
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(b) A health care facility if (i) the facility primarily provides 1
or will provide inpatient health services, (ii) the facility is or 2
will be controlled, directly or indirectly, by a health maintenance 3
organization or a combination of health maintenance organizations 4
which has, in the service area of the organization or service areas 5
of the organizations in the combination, an enrollment of at least 6
50,000 individuals, (iii) the facility is or will be geographically 7
located so that the service will be reasonably accessible to such 8
enrolled individuals, and (iv) at least 75 percent of the patients 9
who can reasonably be expected to receive the tertiary health service 10
will be individuals enrolled with such organization or organizations 11
in the combination; or12
(c) A health care facility (or portion thereof) if (i) the 13
facility is or will be leased by a health maintenance organization or 14
combination of health maintenance organizations which has, in the 15
service area of the organization or the service areas of the 16
organizations in the combination, an enrollment of at least 50,000 17
individuals and, on the date the application is submitted under 18
subsection (2) of this section, at least 15 years remain in the term 19
of the lease, (ii) the facility is or will be geographically located 20
so that the service will be reasonably accessible to such enrolled 21
individuals, and (iii) at least 75 percent of the patients who can 22
reasonably be expected to receive the tertiary health service will be 23
individuals enrolled with such organization;24
if, with respect to such offering or obligation by a nursing home, 25
the department has, upon application under subsection (2) of this 26
section, granted an exemption from such requirement to the 27
organization, combination of organizations, or facility.28
(2) A health maintenance organization, combination of health 29
maintenance organizations, or health care facility shall not be 30
exempt under subsection (1) of this section from obtaining a 31
certificate of need before offering a tertiary health service unless:32
(a) It has submitted at least 30 days prior to the offering of 33
services reviewable under RCW 70.38.105(4)(d) an application for such 34
exemption; and35
(b) The application contains such information respecting the 36
organization, combination, or facility and the proposed offering or 37
obligation by a nursing home as the department may require to 38
determine if the organization or combination meets the requirements 39
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of subsection (1) of this section or the facility meets