Bills by Topic Results
Bills that have passed the Legislature are shown in bold text with an * preceding them.
HOSPITALS
 (See also ABORTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES) |
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Acquisition of hospital/hospital system, applying for/receiving approval of DOH, requirements/procedures:
SB 5335 |
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Acquisition of hospital/hospital system, impact on affordable/reproductive/end-of-life/gender affirming health care:
SB 5335 |
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Acute care hospitals, immediate jeopardy due to violations, imposing fines/limited stop service for:
HB 1148, SHB 1148,
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2SHB 1148, CH 61 (2021) |
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Acute care hospitals, information/data reporting obligations, comprehensive review of:
SSB 5420, 2SSB 5420 |
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Acute care hospitals, staffing personnel impact on patient mortality and outcomes, studying:
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Assault, of a child, examination of suspected victim of, L&I to pay hospital's costs:
SB 5814,
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SSB 5814, CH 171 (2022) |
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Births in hospitals, immediate postpartum contraception, health insurers to pay separately for:
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HB 1651, CH 122 (2022) |
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Charity health care and high-deductible insurance plan enrollment, studying:
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SHB 1616, CH 197 (2022) |
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Charity health care, for indigent persons, hospital policies, guidelines for:
HB 1616,
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SHB 1616, CH 197 (2022) |
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Critical access and sole community, provisions concerning:
HB 1272, SHB 1272,
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Critical access hospitals and public expenditure hospitals, safety net assessment for, extending expiration of:
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HB 1316, CH 255 (2021) |
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Death with dignity act, end-of-life care in connection with, requirements:
HB 1141, ESHB 1141 |
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Discharge from hospital, to protective arrangement, including long-term care setting or plan of care for medicaid:
HB 2083 |
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Emergency services, health plan claims, nonparticipating providers/out-of-network services/dispute resolution:
HB 1688, SHB 1688,
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E2SHB 1688, CH 263 (2022), SB 5618 |
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Facility fee, provider charging of, restricting to services provided to patient on hospital's campus:
HB 1862 |
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Health insurance carriers, hospital/affiliate contracts with, prohibitions:
HB 1160, SHB 1160, E2SHB 1160 |
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Health systems, loans from government entities in response to emergency/pandemic, reporting:
HB 1272, SHB 1272,
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Health systems, transparency, consolidated income statement/balance sheet:
HB 1272, SHB 1272,
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Health systems, transparency, data/activities/services/staffing/finances:
HB 1272, SHB 1272,
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Homeless persons, homeless when admitted into hospitals, including in state census of homeless persons:
SB 5607, SB 5954 |
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Hospitals/systems/other health entities, mergers/other material change transactions between, requirements:
HB 1809, SB 5688 |
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Hospitals/systems/provider organizations, mergers/acquisitions/contracting affiliations between, requirements:
HB 1809, SB 5688 |
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Information reporting, to include race/ethnicity/gender identity/language/disability, when:
HB 1272, SHB 1272,
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Information/data reporting, new requirements for, limiting to COVID-related patient care and vaccines:
SB 5420 |
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Information/data reporting, state/federal obligations of acute care and psychiatric hospitals for, review of:
SSB 5420, 2SSB 5420 |
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Licensing/other selected laws/regulations, automatic waiver or suspension during state of emergency of:
SB 5178 |
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Licensing/other selected laws/regulations, timely consideration of waiver or suspension of, when:
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ESSB 5178, CH 268 (2021) |
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Medicare dependent, hospitals designated as, provisions concerning:
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Miscarriage management/ectopic pregnancies treatment, health care entity care prohibitions, prohibiting:
SB 5140,
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SSB 5140, CH 235 (2021) |
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Nonprofit hospitals, community health improvement services activities:
HB 1272, SHB 1272,
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E2SHB 1272, CH 162 (2021) |
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Nurses/nursing assistants, in hospitals, meal and rest breaks and use of overtime and on-call shifts, violations:
HB 1868, SHB 1868, E2SHB 1868, SB 5751 |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication bulk purchasing and distribution program, establishing, role of hospitals:
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2SSB 5195, CH 273 (2021) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, dispensing in emergency department or when treated on a medical floor:
SSB 5195 |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, dispensing/distribution by hospital, when:
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2SSB 5195, CH 273 (2021) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, dispensing/distribution by nurse in hospital ER, requirements:
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HB 1761, CH 25 (2022) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, prescription in emergency department:
SB 5195 |
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Pathogens of epidemiological concern, each hospital to adopt policy regarding:
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HB 1739, CH 207 (2022) |
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Pregnancy, complications of, health care entity care prohibitions, prohibiting:
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SSB 5140, CH 235 (2021) |
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Provider compensation agreements, between hospitals/affiliates and health carriers, affordability standards for:
HB 1741, SHB 1741 |
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Provider contracts, between hospitals/affiliates and health carriers, certain contractual provisions in, prohibiting:
HB 1741, SHB 1741 |
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Psychiatric beds, certificate of need exemption to allow for:
SB 5236,
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SSB 5236, CH 277 (2021) |
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Public expenditure hospitals, certified, safety net assessment for, extending expiration of:
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HB 1316, CH 255 (2021) |
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Rural hospitals, nurse shortages, high school student certified nursing assistants/trainees utilization pilot programs:
SB 5892, SSB 5892 |
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Safety net assessment, for medicaid hospital services and public expenditure/critical access hospitals, extending:
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HB 1316, CH 255 (2021) |
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Services, in-network, for PEBB/SEBB/medical assistance enrollees, role of certain hospitals:
SB 5377 |
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Services, in-network, hospitals to contract with health benefit exchange public option plans, when:
SSB 5377,
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E2SSB 5377, CH 246 (2021) |
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Sexual assault nurse examiners, adult/adolescent and pediatric, hospital grant program for access to:
SHB 1621 |
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Sexual assault nurse examiners, hospital grant program for access to:
HB 1621 |
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Speed zones, hospital, automated traffic safety cameras use for speed violations in, authority for:
HB 1915 |
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Staffing, hospital staffing committees, creation and duties of:
HB 1868, SHB 1868, E2SHB 1868, SB 5751 |
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Staffing, minimum staffing standards for nurses/nursing assistants/ancillary health care personnel:
HB 1868, SHB 1868, E2SHB 1868, SB 5751 |
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Strangulation, nonfatal, victims of, exam costs payment by state, when:
SB 5183, SSB 5183,
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2SSB 5183, CH 269 (2021) |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, facility fee for, prohibiting originating- or distant-site hospitals from charging:
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SHB 1708, CH 126 (2022) |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, facility fee for, prohibiting originating-site hospitals from charging:
HB 1708 |
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Terminally ill patients, in hospitals, right to have visitors:
HB 2117 |
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Therapy animals and their human handlers, celebrating/honoring, and saluting therapy animal teams' service:
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HR 4656 (2022) |
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Visitors, during public health emergency/comparable threat, patient access to essential support person:
HB 1983 |
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Visitors, patient's right to, hospital interference with, prohibiting:
HB 1983 |