Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5923 — Concerning critical access hospital designations in Skagit county.
Signed into law — Chapter 84, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Muzzall
- Introduced
- February 5, 2026
- Status
- C 84 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 17, 2026)
What this bill does
Allows a hospital on an island in Skagit County upon certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be eligible for payment as a critical access hospital.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202696 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 16, 202649 yea · 0 nay
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