Signed by Governor Jay Inslee

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the disclosure of certain information regarding funding from hospitals.

Highlights:

• Requires hospitals to submit hospital financial and patient discharge information including but not limited to  (Sec. 1):

• Hospital:

• Revenues such as: 

• Donations;

• Grants;

• Joint venture revenue;

• Local taxes;

• Outpatient pharmacy;

• Parking;

•  Quality incentive payments;

•  Reference laboratories;

• Rental income;

• Retail cafeteria; and

• Other uncategorized revenues; and 

• Expenses such as:

• Blood supplies;

•  Contract staffing;

•  Information technology, including licenses and maintenance;

• Insurance and professional liability;

•  Laundry services;

• Legal, audit, and tax professional services;

• Purchased laboratory services;

• Repairs and maintenance;

• Shared services or system office allocation;

•  Staff recruitment;

• Training costs;

• Taxes;

•  Utilities; and

• Other uncategorized expenses; 

• Contractual allowances; 

• Charity care;

• Bad debt; 

• Other income; 

• Total units of inpatient and outpatient services; and 

• Other financial and employee compensation information.

• Requires hospitals to disclose any additional funds they received as a result of COVID-19 (Sec. 1). 

• Requires a hospital that is designated by medicare as a critical access hospital or sole community hospital to report line items and amounts for any expenses or revenues (Sec. 1).

• Establishes as part of the year-end financial reports submitted to the department of health all hospitals with provider-based clinics that bill a separate facility fee will report (Sec. 4-4):

• The number of provider-based clinics owned or operated by the hospital that charge or bill a separate facility fee;

• The number of patient visits at each provider-based clinic for which a facility fee was charged or billed for the year;

• The revenue received by the hospital for the year by means of facility fees at each provider-based clinic; and

• The range of allowable facility fees paid by public or private payers at each provider-based clinic.

Full Bill Text