Senate2023-24 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5920 — Lifting certificate of need requirements for psychiatric hospitals and beds.
Signed into law — Chapter 165, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Padden
- Introduced
- January 25, 2024
- Status
- C 165 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 18, 2024)
What this bill does
Reinstates certain temporary certificate of need exemptions for increasing psychiatric bed capacity.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 29, 202496 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 7, 202447 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
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