Date of Adoption: June 28, 2001.

Purpose: Increase license fees for public psychiatric hospitals and public alcoholism hospitals.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-322-990 and 246-324-990.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71.12.470.

Other Authority: RCW 43.70.110 and 43.70.250.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-11-156 on May 23, 2001.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

M. C. Selecky

Secretary

OTS-4838.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-24-060, filed 11/29/99, effective 12/30/99)

WAC 246-322-990   Private psychiatric hospital fees.   Private psychiatric hospitals licensed under chapter 71.12 RCW shall:

(1) Submit an annual fee of ((forty-eight)) fifty dollars and ((eighty-five)) twenty cents for each bed space within the licensed bed capacity of the hospital to the department;

(2) Include all bed spaces and rooms complying with physical plant and movable equipment requirements of this chapter for twenty-four-hour assigned patient rooms;

(3) Include bed spaces assigned for less than twenty-four-hour patient use as part of the licensed bed capacity when:

(a) Physical plant requirements of this chapter are met without movable equipment; and

(b) The private psychiatric hospital currently possesses the required movable equipment and certifies this fact to the department;

(4) Limit licensed bed spaces as required under chapter 70.38 RCW;

(5) Submit applications for bed additions to the department for review and approval under chapter 70.38 RCW subsequent to department establishment of the private psychiatric hospital's licensed bed capacity; and

(6) Set up twenty-four-hour assigned patient beds only within the licensed bed capacity approved by the department.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250 and 43.20B.020. 99-24-060, 246-322-990, filed 11/29/99, effective 12/30/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250, 43.70.110 and 43.20B.020. 95-12-097, 246-322-990, filed 6/7/95, effective 7/8/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250. 92-12-028 (Order 273), 246-322-990, filed 5/28/92, effective 6/28/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-050 (Order 122), 246-322-990, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.]

OTS-4839.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-24-060, filed 11/29/99, effective 12/30/99)

WAC 246-324-990   Fees.   The licensee shall submit:

(1) An initial fee of ((forty-eight)) fifty dollars and ((eighty-five)) twenty cents for each bed space within the proposed licensed bed capacity; and

(2) An annual renewal fee of ((forty-eight)) fifty dollars and ((eighty-five)) twenty cents for each licensed bed space.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250 and 43.20B.020. 99-24-060, 246-324-990, filed 11/29/99, effective 12/30/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 71.12 RCW and RCW 43.60.040. 95-22-013, 246-324-990, filed 10/20/95, effective 11/20/95.]

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