SHB 1850: Concerning the hospital safety net program.
Signed into law: Chapter 430, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Macri
- Introduced
- March 27, 2023
- Status
- C 430 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date Contingent*. (May 11, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Changes the Hospital Safety Net Assessment (HSNA) to the Hospital Safety Net Program. Allows intergovernmental transfers for designated public hospitals. Creates a Medicaid directed payment program. Increases assessment amounts on hospitals. Changes the amounts of payments to hospitals from the HSNA Fund. Increases the amount of assessment dollars that the state may use in lieu of General Fund-State Medicaid payments to hospitals.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 6, 202392 yea · 4 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 19, 202349 yea · 0 nay
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