SHB 1850 — Concerning the hospital safety net program.

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, 2023
  92 yea · 4 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 19, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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