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Senate committee advances three Medicaid and long‑term care bills in executive session
Summary
In executive session the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee adopted substitutes and sent three bills—Senate Bills 5,019; 5,124; and 5,258—forward for further review, with due‑pass recommendations and referral to the appropriate committees for fiscal review.
The Washington State Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee met in executive session and advanced three bills relating to prescription dispensing limits, post‑acute care network adequacy, and Medicaid concurrent enrollment reconciliations.
Committee Chair Cleveland convened the executive session and identified the three bills under consideration: Senate Bill 5,019, Senate Bill 5,124 and Senate Bill 5,258. Staff provided briefings on each measure before the committee took action.
The committee adopted a proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5,019 (substitute S1144.1). After the substitute was adopted, the committee moved that the proposed substitute receive a due‑pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee; members approved the motion by voice vote. The committee record shows the bill was “passed subject to signatures.”
On Senate Bill 5,124 (amendment S1097.2), the committee adopted the amendment and moved that it be rolled into a proposed substitute and that it receive a due‑pass recommendation to the Ways and Means Committee. Committee staff advised that the committee did not yet have a full fiscal picture on the bill and that Ways and Means would continue fiscal review; the motion was approved by voice vote and the bill was “passed subject to signatures.”
Senate Bill 5,258 (amendment S1156.1) had its amendment adopted, was rolled into a proposed substitute, and was recommended for due pass and referral to the Ways and Means Committee. Committee staff again noted work to continue on developing the fuller fiscal picture; the motion was approved by voice vote and the bill was recorded as “passed subject to signatures.”
Why it matters: All three items were advanced out of committee with due‑pass recommendations so they can continue through the legislative process. Two of the bills were explicitly referred to Ways and Means for additional fiscal review, signaling that more detailed cost information will be developed before final action.
Meeting context: The committee considered these items entirely in executive session; the transcript records voice votes but does not provide roll‑call tallies or individual recorded votes for these motions.
Speakers quoted or recorded on this item were committee staff and the chair. No formal numeric vote tallies were captured in the public transcript for these motions; the record uses voice votes ("Aye"/"Nay").
