Bill Tracker

WSHA is tracking the following high-priority bills. (Companion bills are listed in parentheses.)

Bill # Abbrev. Title Short Description Position
HB 1026 WA health security trust Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust. Oppose
HB 1117 (SB 5619) Health care balance billing Addressing health care services balance billing. Oppose
HB 1145 (ESSB 5456) Unpaid accounts Concerning unpaid accounts. Support
HB 1337 (SB 5221) Medical licensure compact Creating the interstate medical licensure compact. Support
2SHB 1338 (SB 5253) State health insurance pool Addressing the Washington state health insurance pool. Support
ESHB 1339 Opioid drug prescriptions Providing for restrictions on prescriptions for opioid drugs. Oppose
ESHB 1359 (SB 5231) Hospital charity care notice Concerning notice of charity care availability at time of billing and collection. Neutral
SHB 1413 (SSB 5435) Mental health record discl. Specifying to whom information and records related to mental health services may be disclosed for the purposes of care coordination and treatment. Support
E2SHB 1426 Rx monitoring program data Concerning persons and entities to whom the department of health may provide prescription monitoring program data. Support
SHB 1477 (SB 5400) Health info. disclosure Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient. Concerns
SHB 1520 Hospital payment methodology Allowing alternative payment methodologies for critical access hospitals participating in the Washington rural health access preservation pilot. Support
HB 1546 (SSB 5434) Comm hospitals/mental health Concerning the addition of services for long-term placement of mental health patients in community hospitals that voluntarily contract and are certified by the department of social and health services. Support
ESHB 1547 (SB 5446) Cert. of need/psychiat. beds Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019. Support
HB 1637 (SSB 5471) Medicaid reimbursement/PCPs Concerning the reimbursement rate primary care providers receive to participate in medicaid. Support
HB 1640 (SB 5478) Advance directives Allowing notaries and proof of identity for advance directives. Support
SHB 1641 Homeless youth/health care Concerning informed consent for nonemergency, outpatient, primary health care services for unaccompanied homeless youth under the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act. Support
ESHB 1714 Nursing staffing/hospitals Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals. Support
HB 1715 Health care employees Addressing meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees. Oppose
HB 1766 Hospital safety net assess. Concerning the hospital safety net assessment. Support
HB 1810 (ESB 5800) Duty to warn/mental health Concerning obligations of mental health professionals. Support
HB 1811 Health provider changes Concerning notice of material changes to the operations or governance structure of a health care provider or provider organization. Oppose
SHB 1854 Skilled nursing transition Concerning the transition of medicaid enrollees to skilled nursing facility care. Support
HB 1870 (SB 5654) Out-of-network health care Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services. Support
2EHB 2107 Mental health placements Concerning the addition of services for long-term placement of mental health patients in community settings that voluntarily contract to provide the services. Support
ESHB 2114 Out-of-network health srvs Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health services. Oppose
SHB 2186 Taxes Concerning investing in Washington families by improving the fairness of the state’s excise tax system by narrowing or eliminating tax preferences, imposing a business and occupation tax surcharge while eliminating tax liability for small businesses, enacting an excise tax on capital gains, modifying the real estate excise tax, making administrative changes, and implementing marketplace fairness in Washington. Oppose
SSB 5186 Blood samples/forensic tests Concerning the collection of blood samples for forensic testing. Support
SB 5221 (HB 1337) Medical licensure compact Creating the interstate medical licensure compact. Support
SB 5231 (ESHB 1359) Hospital charity care notice Concerning notice of charity care availability at time of billing and collection. Oppose
SSB 5248 Prescribing opioids Concerning persons to whom the department of health may provide prescription monitoring program data. Support
SB 5253 (2SHB 1338) State health insurance pool Addressing the Washington state health insurance pool. Support
SB 5400 (SHB 1477) Health info. disclosure Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient. Concerns
SSB 5434 (HB 1546) Comm hospitals/mental health Concerning the addition of services for long-term placement of mental health patients in community hospitals that voluntarily contract and are certified by the department of social and health services. Support
SSB 5435 (SHB 1413) Mental health record discl. Specifying to whom information and records related to mental health services may be disclosed for the purposes of care coordination and treatment. Support
SB 5436 Telemedicine locations Expanding patient access to health services through telemedicine by further defining where a patient may receive the service. Support
SB 5446 (ESHB 1547) Cert. of need/psychiat. beds Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019. Support
ESSB 5456 (HB 1145) Unpaid accounts Concerning unpaid accounts. Support
SSB 5471 (HB 1637) Medicaid reimbursement/PCPs Concerning the reimbursement rate primary care providers receive to participate in medicaid. Support
SB 5478 (HB 1640) Advance directives Allowing notaries and proof of identity for advance directives. Support
SB 5579 Balance billing Concerning balance billing. Oppose
SB 5581 Self-insurance risk pools Authorizing public hospital districts to participate in self-insurance risk pools with nonprofit hospitals. Support
SB 5593 Postsurgical care Concerning postsurgical care. Oppose
SB 5619 (HB 1117) Health care balance billing Addressing health care services balance billing. Oppose
SB 5654 (HB 1870) Out-of-network health care Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services. Support
SB 5767 Health care provider notices Concerning notice requirements of health care providers. Oppose
ESB 5800 (HB 1810) Duty to warn/mental health Concerning obligations of mental health professionals. Support
SB 5811 Heroin abuse/invol treatment Expanding use of the involuntary treatment act to combat heroin abuse. Concerns
SSB 5815 Hospital safety net assess. Concerning the hospital safety net assessment. Support

 


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