RCW 74.09.730
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(1)In establishing Title XIX payments for inpatient hospital services:
(a)To the extent funds are appropriated specifically for this purpose, and subject to any conditions placed on appropriations made for this purpose, the authority shall provide a disproportionate share hospital adjustment considering the following components:
(i)A low-income care component based on a hospital's medicaid utilization rate, its low-income utilization rate, its provision of obstetric services, and other factors authorized by federal law;
(ii)A medical indigency care component based on a hospital's services to persons who are medically indigent; and
(iii)A state-only component, to be paid from available state funds to hospitals that do not qualify for federal payments under (a)(ii) of this subsection, based on a hospital's services to persons who are medically indigent;
(b)The payment methodology for disproportionate share hospitals shall be specified by the authority in regulation.
(2)Nothing in this section shall be construed as a right or an entitlement by any hospital to any payment from the authority.
[ 2018 c 201 s 7020 ; 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 s 47 ; 2009 c 538 s 1 ; 1991 sp.s. c 9 s 8 ; 1989 c 260 s 1 ; 1987 1st ex.s. c 5 s 20 .]
Notes:
Findings — Intent — Effective date — 2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018 .
Effective date — Findings — Intent — Report — Agency transfer — References to head of health care authority — Draft legislation — 2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010 .
Effective dates — 1991 sp.s. c 9: See note following RCW 74.09.700 .