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type: "Bill"
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title: "Limiting nursing home direct care payment adjustments to the lowest case mix weights in the reduced physical function groups and authorizing upward adjustments to case mix weights in the cognitive and behavior groups."
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description: "Limiting nursing home direct care payment adjustments to the lowest case mix weights in the reduced physical function groups and authorizing upward adjustments to case mix weights in the cognitive and behavior groups."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "SB 5715"
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citation: "Washington SB 5715 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LONG-TERM CARE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-02-06"
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last_action: "2017-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16404a3a-048c-4b8c-a779-d0332725f0b7"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5715&year=2017"
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source_hash: "ae6713ed6f917de54ba3bb8cf992ad7b22efc644161afb901d3c6df5ff8a3047"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5715 (2017-2018) — Limiting nursing home direct care payment adjustments to the lowest case mix weights in the reduced physical function groups and authorizing upward adjustments to case mix weights in the cognitive and behavior groups.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5715.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rivers — primary (person)
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- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
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- Becker — cosponsor (person)
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- Billig — cosponsor (person)
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- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-06** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** HLTH - Majority; without recommendation.
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- **2017-02-09** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Referred to Ways & Means.
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- **2017-03-20** WM - Majority; do pass.
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- **2017-03-20** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2017-03-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2017-03-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2017-03-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-27** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
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- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-10** Chapter 286, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2017-05-10** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16404a3a-048c-4b8c-a779-d0332725f0b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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