PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: June 14, 2002.
Purpose: The proposed rules increase licensing fees for hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals, private alcohol and chemical dependency hospitals and childbirth centers by 3.29%, which is within the limitations of I-601.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-320-990, 246-322-990, 246-324-990, and 246-329-990.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.70.250.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-11-131 [02-10-131] on May 1, 2002.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 4, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 4, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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-5508.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-20-119, filed 10/3/01,
effective 11/3/01)
WAC 246-320-990
Fees.
Hospitals licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW shall:
(1) Submit an annual license fee of ((eighty-one))
eighty-four dollars and ((sixty-five)) thirty cents for each bed
space within the licensed bed capacity of the hospital to the
department;
(2) Include all bed spaces in rooms complying with physical plant and movable equipment requirements of this chapter for twenty-four-hour assigned patient rooms;
(3) Include neonatal intensive care bassinet spaces;
(4) 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 hospital currently possesses the required movable equipment and certifies this fact to the department;
(5) Exclude all normal infant bassinets;
(6) Limit licensed bed spaces as required under chapter 70.38 RCW;
(7) Submit an application for bed additions to the department for review and approval under chapter 70.38 RCW subsequent to department establishment of the hospital licensed bed capacity; and
(8) Set up twenty-four-hour assigned patient beds only within the licensed bed capacity approved by the department.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.41.100, 43.20B.110, and 43.70.250. 01-20-119, § 246-320-990, filed 10/3/01, effective 11/3/01; 99-24-096, § 246-320-990, filed 11/30/99, effective 12/31/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.41.030 and 43.70.040. 99-04-052, § 246-320-990, filed 1/28/99, effective 3/10/99.]
OTS-5509.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-15-092, filed 7/18/01,
effective 8/18/01)
WAC 246-322-990
Private psychiatric hospital fees.
Private
psychiatric hospitals licensed under chapter 71.12 RCW shall:
(1) Submit an annual fee of fifty-one dollars and ((twenty))
eighty-five 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 71.12.470, 43.70.110 and 43.70.250. 01-15-092, § 246-322-990, filed 7/18/01, effective 8/18/01. 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-5510.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-15-092, filed 7/18/01,
effective 8/18/01)
WAC 246-324-990
Fees.
The licensee shall submit:
(1) An initial fee of fifty-one dollars and ((twenty))
eighty-five cents for each bed space within the proposed licensed
bed capacity; and
(2) An annual renewal fee of fifty-one dollars and
((twenty)) eighty-five cents for each licensed bed space.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.12.470, 43.70.110 and 43.70.250. 01-15-092, § 246-324-990, filed 7/18/01, effective 8/18/01. 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.]
OTS-5511.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-15-090, filed 7/18/01,
effective 8/18/01)
WAC 246-329-990
Fees.
Childbirth centers licensed under
chapter 18.46 RCW shall submit an annual fee of five hundred
((thirteen)) thirty dollars and ((ninety)) eighty cents to the
department unless a center is a charitable, nonprofit, or
government-operated institution under RCW 18.46.030.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.46.030, 43.70.110 and 43.70.250. 01-15-090, § 246-329-990, filed 7/18/01, effective 8/18/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-050 (Order 122), § 246-329-990, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.]