Exceptions. — Washington Code § 74.48.050

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§ 74.48.050. Exceptions.

(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section the department shall exempt the following nursing facility providers from the skilled nursing facility safety net assessment subject to federal approval under 42 C.F.R. Sec. 433.68(e)(2):

(a) Continuing care retirement communities;

(b) Nursing facilities with thirty-five or fewer licensed beds;

(d) Any nursing facility operated by a public hospital district and nursing facilities that are hospital-based.

(2) The department shall lower the skilled nursing facility safety net assessment for either certain high volume medicaid nursing facilities or certain facilities with high resident volumes to meet the redistributive tests of 42 C.F.R. Sec. 433.68(e)(2).

(3) The department shall lower the skilled nursing facility safety net assessment for any skilled nursing facility with a licensed bed capacity in excess of two hundred three beds to the same level described in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) To the extent necessary to obtain federal approval under 42 C.F.R. Sec. 433.68(e)(2), the exemptions prescribed in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section may be amended by the department.

(5) The per resident day assessment rate shall be the same amount for each affected facility except as prescribed in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section.

(6) The department shall notify the nursing facility operators of any skilled nursing facilities that would be exempted from the skilled nursing facility safety net assessment pursuant to the waiver request submitted to the United States department of health and human services under this section.

[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 7 s 17.]

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Citation: Revised Code of Washington § 74.48.050
Jurisdiction: Washington
Code: Revised Code of Washington
Subject: Exceptions.
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