Creating the medicaid access program.

 S-0676.1

SENATE BILL 5372

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Riccelli, Harris, Bateman, Liias, Nobles, and Valdez

Read first time 01/20/25. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

AN ACT Relating to creating the medicaid access program; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092 and 43.84.092 ; adding a new chapter to Title 74 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; providing an expiration date; providing a contingent expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter and chapter 48.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 15 of this act) unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Authority" means the Washington state health care authority.