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- Substitute Senate Bill 5,124 — network adequacy standards for post-acute care (nursing homes and inpatient rehabilitation facilities). Moved by Vice Chair Lakanoff; amendment week 042 was adopted; committee recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused. The committee report language was “do pass as amended.”

- Gross Substitute Senate Bill 5,200 — exemption from adult family home licensure requirements for medical foster homes. Moved by Vice Chair; committee recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.

- Substitute Senate Bill 5,351 — provisions on dental-only insurance and same-day reimbursement issues; recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.

- Senate Bill 5,361 — delays the implementation date for managed-care transition to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria, fourth edition, from Jan. 1, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2028; recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.

- Senate Bill 5,498 — removes the refill-only restriction to permit 12-month contraceptive supply coverage; recorded 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.

Each motion in the record was moved and seconded and the committee used expedited voice roll calls and staff-announced tallies. Committee members commented in support on policy goals — network adequacy for post-acute care, expanding medical foster options, improving dental coverage, maintaining quality standards for addiction-treatment criteria while delaying implementation for budget reasons, and increasing access to contraceptive supplies. The committee’s final recorded votes for these items were unanimous among members present according to the transcript’s roll-call tallies.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Health Care & Wellness - 3/25/2025 1:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","During executive session the Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee moved five bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations. All recorded roll-call tallies in the hearing record were 18 ayes, 0 nays, 1 excused.","taxTitle","Health Care & Wellness, House of Representatives, Legislative Sessions, Washington","taxId",20262,"location","Washington","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6107702,"Committee hears bill requiring hospitals to submit federal price-transparency data to state Department of Health",276,480000,756000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2772885-114d845724cd83dd4d71904de8861b35&start=480&end=756","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2772885-114d845724cd83dd4d71904de8861b35/thumbnail_480000.jpg","/articles/6107702/Washington/Committee-hears-bill-requiring-hospitals-to-submit-federal-price-transparency-data-to-state-Department-of-Health","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6107702-15d16b3f729fa6d0267220a337416012/orig.mp4?Expires=1771093042&Signature=S~Yzqon6jZafJ9lxaSMgwDDhtXKw1kJMnt6gW7bmU99-cyJSPf2ofEyRNHQFEIZdBznEGtIL7h88p-l~xCBWwXqcxP5cBoaw1jKQI2NNfneDroT4N9BVKfwUziLiQRy0~U5YbYwkkvAj15FxGUVrtori8-nwpCDqPFuo-3pkWA1GXqwgc7uZhSDZFJZrBdKsj5bVNuPxzmaG5-PrEo5WtNBP9cQRjJ0hClr9EhztPT3KLexN30FBgWWlowXysBdAzeNvMWTYjanua6KqsgLXhYnUUbOztmE39DYI5iYB436rZ0-eyOEluUDc74-Wm0euDoIKgGldIDhZGbcwaGqLcg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee heard March 25 on substitute Senate Bill 5,493, which would require hospitals to comply with federal hospital price-transparency rules as they existed on Jan. 1, 2025, and to submit specified charge data annually to the Washington State Department of Health beginning July 1, 2027.

Emily Poole, committee staff, said federal rules (effective in 2021) require hospitals to publish a list of standard charges for all items and services, including gross charge, payer-specific negotiated charge, and minimum and maximum negotiated charges. Substitute Senate Bill 5,493 would require hospitals to comply with the federal rules as they existed on Jan. 1, 2025, by July 1, 2027, and to submit the most recent lists of standard charges and consumer-friendly shoppable-service lists to the Department of Health at least once a year.

Senator Marcus Richelle, the bill’s prime sponsor, said transparency in hospital pricing helps consumers make informed decisions, identifies outliers and can work in tandem with other efforts such as an all-payers claims database. Lisa Thatcher, representing the Washington State Hospital Association, testified in support and commended the sponsor and hospitals for reaching agreement on the bill’s language.

The hearing record shows staff briefing and supporting testimony from the sponsor and the hospital association. No opposition testimony was recorded at the hearing; the committee closed public testimony and later moved on to executive-session business that included other bills.","A substitute bill would require hospitals to comply with federal price-transparency rules as of Jan. 1, 2025, and to submit their standard-charge lists annually to the state Department of Health beginning July 1, 2027; proponents included the bill sponsor and the Washington State Hospital Association.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6107708,"Panel hears bill to set 26-year retention period for hospital medical records",849,232000,1081000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2772885-114d845724cd83dd4d71904de8861b35&start=232&end=1081","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2772885-114d845724cd83dd4d71904de8861b35/thumbnail_232000.jpg","/articles/6107708/Washington/Panel-hears-bill-to-set-26-year-retention-period-for-hospital-medical-records","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6107708-b0ee475c20c6b9d1ed9ac0747040e626/orig.mp4?Expires=1771093042&Signature=gMXTEMn-aj4BrrSx6-9YrPVQd9Jm2dOOfbDfniI3bACp~YxyFw-3dE17vwc-2PNeM0e9OZCVNpTur15B-l7b419p-oBGzEC5FscGhlNJCHSOAbG8SZwJiXb22r4gEz1CQQny6yEt53S8KqknT9n34lHA1op3soQ7K2YgsmHYIfNxRMnfsvMhGt-d5e5TRSRSaQyhfu7zUg~2S4KauTRkY4O4tvJCiEYMA71~DsrnTExobs9kPAMwFT8CVJZUYkG57nBLVqeognLyE-W-fz3ozEOT5D2flRRusfdoO4InmOKSAmaVB18u1Bam4BwtNYNaJ~99fljW6DE3OEqF52S3Lg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee heard testimony March 25 on substitute Senate Bill 5,239, which would set hospital medical-record retention at 26 years from the record’s creation date and eliminate differences between adult and minor records.

Jim Morishima, staff to the committee, said the bill makes the retention period “26 years from the date the record was created” and permits hospitals to retain records on paper, microfilm, electronic media or other media. He told the committee the change removes reliance on discharge date as the retention trigger and applies the new rule to records still in a hospital’s custody on the act’s effective date; records destroyed before that date would not be covered.

Senator Vandana Slatter, the bill’s prime sponsor, said hospitals sought simplification to reduce storage costs and administrative complexity. “By changing the discharge date as a retention-period start, we change it now to when the record is created,” Slatter said, adding that the bill would allow hospitals to destroy outdated records and save money the hospitals could redirect to patient care. Rashi, testifying for UW Medicine, said the current reference to most recent discharge date makes retention difficult because trauma and emergent patients often transfer to other providers without a formal discharge date.

Committee members asked no additional questions during the hearing. Supporters said the change was requested by multiple hospital systems to address practical record-keeping challenges, reduce long-term storage costs and bring consistency across hospitals. The committee did not take a floor vote during the public hearing; the bill was later listed among other bills in the committee’s executive session for consideration.","A senator and hospital representatives told the committee that changing retention from discharge date to creation date and standardizing a 26-year retention period will simplify storage and reduce costs for hospitals.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6107713,"Committee hears changes to Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment governance",132,867000,999000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2772885-114d845724cd83dd4d71904de8861b35&start=867&end=999","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2772885-114d845724cd83dd4d71904de8861b35/thumbnail_867000.jpg","/articles/6107713/Washington/Committee-hears-changes-to-Andy-Hill-Cancer-Research-Endowment-governance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6107713-e1a6d740a952e0884b876a9f7d639db0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771093042&Signature=mW45~2K2q3349h9lCo05RezYRHydxrI3Pa7mYxVD~CmlqniRpUSbMcJ0mQ3CbIofF3IjXVXD8Lss63prH9QjSQaprWepm2v0U5iNgu0r29f2roi9B3hvvb5mTvlGAM2Wm3sMjA8k8unnO~vz2dFwHYZ2fgXAyFHqsRSTwwRBjikEUj91dn5jesNlBDmaK65D9sNjcrbTl0eze4TaapKoUOt8Oapkvj4JxxqRYhYjufvX6caLtCMGiUsQXLQbCJjPZ679LCpx6z~E53RpIk5biUeyEMhIeOQH6FrKgk3G8oSxAw-~EivrRo8QggUEf-kJ6rV03KQ80snmSzfZ97~ABA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Health Care & Wellness Committee heard testimony March 25 on Senate Bill 5,455, which would change how the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment selects a program administrator and adjusts review and matching requirements for certain outreach grants.

The bill, staff said, lets the endowment’s 13-member board “create one or more tax-exempt nonprofit corporations” and select the program administrator, who may be paid a board-determined fee and operating costs. Jim Morishima, staff to the committee, told members the bill removes the statutory requirement that the administrator have expertise in conducting or managing research-granting activities and exempts certain activities aimed at increasing participation of underrepresented groups in clinical trials from the grant-evaluation criteria and independent scientific advisory committee review.

The changes, proponents said, are intended to help the fund partner with local governments and nonprofits and to make program administration more flexible. Senator Paul Harris, the bill’s prime sponsor, said the measure “simplifies things for the board as far as how it operates” and asked the committee for approval. Libby Mung Wymore, a governor-appointed board member of the Andy Hill Care Fund and a cancer survivor, urged passage and said, “Care Fund has invested over $58,000,000 into cancer research in our state.” Lizette Carvana, representing Evergreen Social Impact, the fund’s administrator, told the committee the changes would allow partnerships with public health districts and clarify that community outreach grants to increase trial participation are not subject to scientific review.

Committee members did not take a vote on the bill during the hearing; the record shows the committee received staff briefing and public testimony and then moved on to other agenda items. Proponents said the changes would align the endowment’s governance with similar statewide programs and lower administrative obstacles to community outreach and partnerships.

The bill’s supporters included the endowment’s board members and the fund administrator; the committee briefing and testimony did not identify any formal opposition in the hearing record. The committee continued its agenda after closing public testimony on the bill.","A Senate committee heard public testimony and staff briefing on a bill that would let the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment board select its program administrator and exempt certain community outreach grants from independent scientific review and matching-fund requirements.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee reports five health bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations

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Panel hears bill to set 26-year retention period for hospital medical records

Committee hears changes to Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment governance