CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2075
Chapter 204, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
INDIAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS—ESTABLISHMENT LICENSING
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 8, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 97 Nays 0
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
LAURIE JINKINS State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of certify that the attached is
Representatives SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2075 as
passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate February 28,
2024
Yeas 49 Nays 0 BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 19, 2024 3:02 PM FILED
March 21, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2075
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By House Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by
Representatives Lekanoff, Stearns, Reed, Ortiz-Self, and Reeves)
READ FIRST TIME 01/23/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to licensing of Indian health care providers as
2 establishments; and amending RCW 71.12.460.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 Sec. 1. RCW 71.12.460 and 2001 c 254 s 2 are each amended to
5 read as follows:
6 (1) No person, association, county, municipality, public hospital
7 district, or corporation, shall establish or keep, for compensation
8 or hire, an establishment as defined in this chapter without first
9 having obtained a license therefor from the department of health,
10 complied with rules adopted under this chapter, and paid the license
11 fee provided in this chapter.
12 (2)(a) Beginning no later than July 1, 2025, the department shall
13 issue a license under this chapter to an Indian health care provider,
14 as defined in RCW 71.24.025, attesting to have met the state minimum
15 standards as an establishment if the Indian health care provider
16 submits to the department a tribal attestation and payment of an
17 administrative processing fee as established in rule. The department
18 shall establish the administrative processing fee at a level
19 sufficient to cover the administrative processing costs for the
20 attestation while recognizing the reduced cost of an attestation
21 compared to a standard license.
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 1 (b) The issuance of a license under (a) of this subsection to an
2 Indian health care provider only applies to holding a license under
3 this chapter and does not satisfy any requirements that the Indian
4 health care provider may have to meet other credentialing standards
5 including, but not limited to, any licensure and certification
6 requirements for behavioral health agencies under chapter 71.24 RCW,
7 any certificate of need requirements under chapter 70.38 RCW, any
8 construction review requirements, any applicable test site
9 requirements under chapter 70.42 RCW, any applicable pharmacy
10 commission requirements, any fire protection standards established by
11 the director of fire protection of the Washington state patrol, and
12 any regulations established by local authorities.
13 (3) Any person who carries on, conducts, or attempts to carry on
14 or conduct an establishment as defined in this chapter without first
15 having obtained a license from the department of health, as in this
16 chapter provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
17 thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not
18 exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand
19 dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The managing and
20 executive officers of any corporation violating the provisions of
21 this chapter shall be liable under the provisions of this chapter in
22 the same manner and to the same effect as a private individual
23 violating the same.
Passed by the House February 8, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 28, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 19, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 21, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 71.12.460
Substitute Bill: 71.12.460
Bill as Passed Legislature: 71.12.460
Session Law: 71.12.460