

House Bill 1714 directed the department to submit a Nurse Staffing Report (PDF) to the legislature by December 31, 2020, that addresses the number of nurse staffing complaints received, the status of those complaints, the number of investigations conducted, the costs associated with the complaint investigations, projections for the effect on hospital fees over the next four years, and recommendations for any needed statutory changes.
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See the nurse staffing webpage for information on how to submit nurse staffing plans. The change to RCW 70.41.420 requiring acute care hospitals to submit their nurse staffing plans does not include private psychiatric and alcoholism hospitals (WAC 246-322), and private alcohol and chemical dependency hospitals (WAC 246-324). By posting these nurse staffing plans, the department makes no statement as to the content of these plans. The department posts the nurse staffing plans it has received in the table below. The department interprets “annual basis” as twelve months from the last submitted plan. Hospitals must also submit any nurse staffing plans that are updated throughout the year. Submit charity care policies to Nurse StaffingĮSHB 1714 passed in 2017 (PDF) to amend RCW 70.41.420, requiring hospitals to submit their nurse staffing plans to the department beginning January 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter. The following table contains the approved charity care policies currently on file. RCW 70.170.060 and WAC 246-453-070 require hospitals to submit charity care policies, procedures and sliding fee schedules to the department for review and approval.
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