SHB 2577 — Concerning hospital inspections.

What this bill does

Requires that acute care hospital inspections take place every 18 months, while allowing an exception during a federal, state, or local emergency. Allows an inspection by a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-accrediting organization to fulfill the inspection requirement once every 36 months.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2026
  94 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2026
  49 yea · 0 nay

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