SSB 5318: Limiting estate recovery.
Did not pass. The 2023-24 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Nobles
- Introduced
- January 12, 2023
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (January 8, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Removes the authority of the Washington Health Care Authority and Department of Social and Health Services to file liens against the property of certain individuals prior to death and seek adjustment and recovery from the individual's estate or sale of property subject to the lien. Removes the requirement that the personal funds and final accounting of certain long-term care facility residents be sent to the Department of Social and Health Services.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202328 yea · 21 nay
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