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WA Rev Code § 74.66.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.66 - Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act.|74.66.110 - Jurisdiction—Seal on action.

RCW 74.66.110 Jurisdiction—Seal on action.(1) Any action under RCW 74.66.040 or 74.66.050 may be brought in the superior court in any county in which the defendant or, in the case of multiple defendants, any one defendant can be found, resides, transacts business, or in which any act proscribed by RCW 74.66.020 occurred. The appropriate court must issue a summons as required by the superior court civil rules and service must occur at any place within the state of Washington.(2) The superior courts have jurisdiction over any action brought under the laws of any city or county for the recovery of funds paid by a government entity if the action arises from the same transaction or occurrence as an action brought under RCW 74.66.040 or 74.66.050.(3) With respect to any local government that is named as a coplaintiff with the state in an action brought under RCW 74.66.050, a seal on the action ordered by the court under RCW 74.66.050 does not preclude the attorney general or the person bringing the action from serving the complaint, any other pleadings, or the written disclosure of substantially all material evidence and information possessed by the person bringing the action on the law enforcement authorities that are authorized under the law of the local government to investigate and prosecute the action on behalf of the local government, except that the seal applies to the law enforcement authorities so served to the same extent as the seal applies to other parties in the action.[ 2012 c 241 § 211.]NOTES:Intent—Finding—2012 c 241: See note following RCW 74.66.010.
WA Rev Code § 74.66.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.66 - Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act.|74.66.130 - Reporting.

RCW 74.66.130 Reporting.Beginning November 15, 2012, and annually thereafter, the attorney general in consultation with the health care authority must report results of implementing the medicaid fraud false claims act. This report must include:(1) The number of attorneys assigned to qui tam initiated actions;(2) The number of cases brought by qui tam actions and indicate how many cases are brought by the attorney general and how many by the qui tam relator without attorney general participation;(3) The results of any actions brought under subsection (2) of this section, delineated by cases brought by the attorney general and cases brought by the qui tam relator without attorney general participation;(4) The amount of recoveries attributable to the medicaid false claims; and(5) Information on the costs, attorneys' fees, and any other expenses incurred by defendants in investigating and defending against qui tam actions, to the extent this information is provided to the attorney general or health care authority.[ 2012 c 241 § 213.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.Intent—Finding—2012 c 241: See note following RCW 74.66.010.
WA Rev Code § 74.67.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.67 - Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.|74.67.005 - Finding—Intent.

RCW 74.67.005 Finding—Intent.The legislature finds that medicaid provider fraud and the abuse and neglect of persons in nursing facilities, adult family homes, and long-term care services present a serious risk of harm to the people of the state of Washington in general and to vulnerable adults in particular. The legislature intends with this chapter to enable the medicaid fraud control unit within the office of the attorney general to achieve its limited but vital mission to detect, deter, and prosecute the specialized areas of medicaid fraud, abuse, and neglect in Washington's medicaid system. This jurisdiction will also facilitate the medicaid fraud control unit's capacity to fulfill its investigative and prosecutorial obligations under the federal grant, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q), to ensure that the federal grant funding requirements for Washington's medicaid program are met. Failure to meet these federal program integrity standards could jeopardize the federal funding for Washington's medicaid program. Furthermore, the legislature intends by this chapter that the medicaid fraud control unit will fully coordinate its efforts with county and local prosecutors and law enforcement to maximize effectiveness and promote efficiency.[ 2018 c 238 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 74.67.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.67 - Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.|74.67.010 - Medicaid fraud control unit—Establishment—Authority and criminal jurisdiction—Duties.

RCW 74.67.010 Medicaid fraud control unit—Establishment—Authority and criminal jurisdiction—Duties.(1) The attorney general shall establish and maintain within his or her office the medicaid fraud control unit.(2) The attorney general shall employ and train personnel to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including attorneys, investigators, auditors, clerical support personnel, and other personnel as the attorney general determines necessary.(3) The medicaid fraud control unit has the authority and criminal jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute medicaid provider fraud, abuse and neglect matters as enumerated in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q)(4) where authority is granted by the federal government, and other federal health care program fraud as set forth in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q).(4) The medicaid fraud control unit shall cooperate with federal and local investigators and prosecutors in coordinating local, state, and federal investigations and prosecutions involving fraud in the provision or administration of medical assistance, goods or services pursuant to medicaid, medicaid managed care, abuse and neglect matters as enumerated in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q)(4), or medicare where such authority is obtained from the federal government, and provide those federal officers with any information in its possession regarding such an investigation or prosecution.(5) The medicaid fraud control unit shall protect the privacy of patients and establish procedures to ensure confidentiality for all records, in accordance with state and federal laws, including but not limited to chapter 70.02 RCW and the federal health insurance portability and accountability act.(6) The attorney general may appoint medicaid fraud control investigators to detect, investigate, and apprehend when it appears that a violation of criminal law relating to medicaid fraud, medicaid managed care fraud, medicare fraud, or abuse and neglect matters as enumerated in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q)(4) has been or is about to be committed and specify the extent and limitations of the investigators' duties and authority in carrying out the limited scope and purposes of this chapter.(7) The department of social and health services or law enforcement agencies that receive mandatory reports under RCW 74.34.035 may share such reports in a timely manner with the medicaid fraud control unit within the office of the attorney general.[ 2018 c 238 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 74.70.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.010 - Finding—Purpose.

RCW 74.70.010 Finding—Purpose. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)The legislature finds that the payments to private emergency ambulance service providers for transports for medicaid recipients have not been increased since 2004, resulting in a loss for carriers who provide this service. This has resulted in the shifting of cost of medicaid transports to other payers.The purpose of this chapter is to provide for a quality assurance fee for specified providers of emergency ambulance services as referenced in 42 C.F.R. Sec. 433.56, which will be used to add on to base funding from all other sources, thereby supporting additional medicaid payments to nonpublic and nonfederal providers of emergency ambulance services as specified in this chapter.[ 2020 c 354 § 1.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.030 - Ambulance transport fund—Sources—Use.

RCW 74.70.030 Ambulance transport fund—Sources—Use. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)(1) A dedicated fund is hereby established within the state treasury to be known as the ambulance transport fund. The purpose and use of the fund shall be to receive and disburse funds, together with accrued interest, in accordance with this chapter. Moneys in the fund, including interest earned, shall not be used or disbursed for any purposes other than those specified in this chapter. Any amounts expended from the fund that are later recouped by the authority on audit or otherwise shall be returned to the fund. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.(2) The quality assurance fees collected by the authority pursuant to RCW 74.70.050 must be deposited in the ambulance transport fund.(3) The moneys in the ambulance transport fund, including any interest and dividends earned on money in the fund, shall be available exclusively for the following purposes in the following order of priority:(a) To provide funding in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the annual quality assurance fee rate collection amount, exclusive of any federal matching funds, for health care coverage for Washingtonians and for the authority's staffing and administrative costs directly attributable to administering this chapter; and(b) To make increased payments to ambulance transport providers pursuant to RCW 74.70.060.[ 2020 c 354 § 3.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.040 - Report to authority.

RCW 74.70.040 Report to authority. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)(1) Each ambulance transport provider must report to the authority the number of emergency ambulance transports by payer type and the annual gross receipts for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, pursuant to form and timing required by the authority. The authority shall establish the timing for such reporting to occur on or after August 15, 2020.(2) Each ambulance transport provider must report to the authority the number of emergency ambulance transports by payer type for each state fiscal quarter commencing with the state fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2020, pursuant to form and timing required by the authority. The authority shall establish the timing for such reporting to occur on or after the forty-fifth day after the end of each applicable state fiscal quarter.(3) Each ambulance transport provider must report to the authority the annual gross receipts for each state fiscal year commencing with the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, pursuant to form and timing required by the authority. The authority shall establish the timing for such reporting to occur on or after the forty-fifth day after the end of each applicable state fiscal year.(4) The authority may require a certification by each ambulance transport provider under penalty of perjury of the truth of the reports required under this section. Upon written notice to an ambulance transport provider, the authority may impose a civil penalty of one hundred dollars per day against an ambulance transport provider for every day that an ambulance transport provider fails to make a report required by this section within five days of the date upon which the report was due. Any funds resulting from a penalty imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the ambulance transport fund established in RCW 74.70.030.[ 2020 c 354 § 4.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.060 - Add-on increase—Funding.

RCW 74.70.060 Add-on increase—Funding. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)(1) Beginning July 1, 2021, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, reimbursement for emergency ambulance transports provided by ambulance transport providers shall be increased by application of an add-on to the associated medicaid fee-for-service payment schedule. The add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule under this section shall be calculated by June 15, 2021, and shall remain the same for later state fiscal years, to the extent the authority determines federal financial participation is available. The authority shall calculate the projections required by this subsection based on the number of emergency ambulance transports and gross revenue data submitted pursuant to RCW 74.70.040. The fee-for-service add-on shall be equal to the quotient of the available fee amount projected by the authority on or before June 15, 2021, for the 2021–22 state fiscal year, divided by the total medicaid emergency ambulance transports, projected by the authority on or before June 15, 2021, for the 2021–22 state fiscal year. The resulting fee-for-service payment schedule amounts after the application of this section shall be equal to the sum of the medicaid fee-for-service payment schedule amount and the add-on increase.(2) The increased payments required by this section shall be funded solely from the following:(a) The quality assurance fee set forth in RCW 74.70.050, along with any interest or other investment income earned on those funds; and(b) Federal reimbursement and any other related federal funds.(3) The proceeds of the quality assurance fee set forth in RCW 74.70.050, the matching amount provided by the federal government, and any interest earned on those proceeds shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, existing funding for emergency ambulance transports provided by ambulance transport providers.(4) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the authority may seek federal approval to implement any add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule pursuant to this section for any state fiscal year or years, as applicable, on a time-limited basis for a fixed program period, as determined by the authority.[ 2020 c 354 § 6.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.070 - Rules.

RCW 74.70.070 Rules. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)The authority may adopt rules to implement this chapter.[ 2020 c 354 § 7.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.080 - Federal approval.

RCW 74.70.080 Federal approval. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)(1)(a) The authority shall request any approval from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services it determines are necessary for the use of fees pursuant to this chapter and for the purpose of receiving associated federal matching funds.(b) This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that any necessary federal approvals are obtained and federal financial participation is available. The quality assurance fee pursuant to RCW 74.70.050 shall only be assessed and collected for quarters in which the add-on pursuant to RCW 74.70.060 is paid.(2) The authority may modify or make adjustments to any methodology, fee amount, or other provision specified in this chapter to the minimum extent necessary to meet the requirements of federal law or regulations or to obtain federal approval. If the authority, after consulting with ambulance transport providers, determines that a modification is needed, the authority shall execute a declaration stating that this determination has been made and that the actual or projected available fee amount for a state fiscal year remains approximately equal to the actual or projected aggregate fee schedule amount for each applicable state fiscal year, as defined by RCW 74.70.050(2)(c). The authority shall retain the declaration and provide a copy, within ten working days of the execution of the declaration, to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature.[ 2020 c 354 § 8.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.090 - Delayed implementation—Retroactive fees.

RCW 74.70.090 Delayed implementation—Retroactive fees. (Contingent expiration date; expires July 1, 2024.)If there is a delay in the implementation of this chapter for any reason, including a delay in any required approval of the quality assurance fee and reimbursement methodology specified by the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services, the following shall apply:(1) An ambulance transport provider may be assessed the amount the provider would be required to pay to the authority if the add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule described in RCW 74.70.050(2)(c) were already approved, but shall not be required to pay the fee until the add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule described in RCW 74.70.060 is approved. The authority shall establish a schedule for payment of retroactive fees pursuant to this subsection in consultation with ambulance transport providers to minimize the disruption to the cash flow of ambulance transport providers.(2) The authority may retroactively implement the add-on increase to the fee-for-service payment schedule pursuant to RCW 74.70.060 to the extent the authority determines that federal financial participation is available.[ 2020 c 354 § 9.]NOTES:Contingent expiration date—2020 c 354: See RCW 74.70.100(4)(b).
WA Rev Code § 74.70.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.900 - Effective date—2020 c 354.

RCW 74.70.900 Effective date—2020 c 354.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 3, 2020].[ 2020 c 354 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 74.70.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.70 - Ambulance Transport Fund.|74.70.901 - Expiration date—2020 c 354.

RCW 74.70.901 Expiration date—2020 c 354.This act expires July 1, 2024.[ 2020 c 354 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 74.98.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.98 - Construction.|74.98.010 - Continuation of existing law.

RCW 74.98.010 Continuation of existing law.The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.[ 1959 c 26 § 74.98.010.]
WA Rev Code § 74.98.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.98 - Construction.|74.98.020 - Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.

RCW 74.98.020 Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.[ 1959 c 26 § 74.98.020.]
WA Rev Code § 74.98.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.98 - Construction.|74.98.030 - Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.

RCW 74.98.030 Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.[ 1959 c 26 § 74.98.030.]
WA Rev Code § 74.98.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.98 - Construction.|74.98.040 - Purpose—1959 c 26.

RCW 74.98.040 Purpose—1959 c 26.It is the purpose and intent of this title to provide for the public welfare by making available, in conjunction with federal matching funds, such public assistance as is necessary to insure to recipients thereof a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health.[ 1959 c 26 § 74.98.040.]
WA Rev Code § 74.98.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.98 - Construction.|74.98.050 - Repeals and saving.

RCW 74.98.050 Repeals and saving.See 1959 c 26 s 74.98.050.
WA Rev Code § 74.98.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.98 - Construction.|74.98.060 - Emergency—1959 c 26.

RCW 74.98.060 Emergency—1959 c 26.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.[ 1959 c 26 § 74.98.060.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.016 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.016 - Fire prevention and suppression capacity—Duties owed to public in general—Legislative intent.

RCW 76.04.016 Fire prevention and suppression capacity—Duties owed to public in general—Legislative intent.The department when acting, in good faith, in its statutory capacity as a fire prevention and suppression agency, is carrying out duties owed to the public in general and not to any individual person or class of persons separate and apart from the public. Nothing contained in this title, including but not limited to any provision dealing with payment or collection of forest protection or fire suppression assessments, may be construed to evidence a legislative intent that the duty to prevent and suppress forest fires is owed to any individual person or class of persons separate and apart from the public in general. This section does not alter the department's duties and responsibilities as a landowner.[ 1993 c 196 § 1.]