---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the medicaid payment methodology for contracted assisted living, adult residential care, and enhanced adult residential care."
description: "Updating the medicaid payment methodology for contracted assisted living, adult residential care, and enhanced adult residential care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2515"
citation: "Washington HB 2515 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "LONG-TERM CARE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c551ddb-b4f3-4d66-bda3-2c8d2fb251fc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2515&year=2017"
source_hash: "a7e77cf936cb054d7ff81e2bef84f7d7ff0a8024ca713675db2ce7bf1048fb8b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 2515 (2017-2018) — Updating the medicaid payment methodology for contracted assisted living, adult residential care, and enhanced adult residential care.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2515.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2515-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** HLTC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 225, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c551ddb-b4f3-4d66-bda3-2c8d2fb251fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).