SHB 2350 — Increasing transparency regarding residential habilitation center compliance with certain federal requirements.
Signed into law — Chapter 95, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Farivar
- Introduced
- January 23, 2026
- Status
- C 95 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 18, 2026)
What this bill does
Requires the Department of Social and Health Services, whenever it is notified that a residential habilitation center (RHC) is out of compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements, to provide notice of the noncompliance and certain other related notices to each resident of the affected RHC and additional designated persons.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 202694 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
- House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 9, 202695 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · February 28, 202649 yea · 0 nay
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