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Committee hears bill requiring hospitals to submit federal price-transparency data to state Department of Health

2772885 · March 25, 2025
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Summary

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.

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…

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