{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.730","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 74.09.730","heading":"Disproportionate share hospital adjustment.","body":"(1) In establishing Title XIX payments for inpatient hospital services:\n(a) To the extent funds are appropriated specifically for this purpose, and subject to any conditions placed on appropriations made for this purpose, the authority shall provide a disproportionate share hospital adjustment considering the following components:\n(i) A low-income care component based on a hospital's medicaid utilization rate, its low-income utilization rate, its provision of obstetric services, and other factors authorized by federal law;\n(ii) A medical indigency care component based on a hospital's services to persons who are medically indigent; and\n(iii) A state-only component, to be paid from available state funds to hospitals that do not qualify for federal payments under (a)(ii) of this subsection, based on a hospital's services to persons who are medically indigent;\n(b) The payment methodology for disproportionate share hospitals shall be specified by the authority in regulation.\n(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a right or an entitlement by any hospital to any payment from the authority.","path":["Title 74","Chapter 74.09"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=74.09.730","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:10:01Z","sha256":"60ac36cca64ec5c4c0f596d8358144bd85e111be65c3fef4269081d2001d950f","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.725","next":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.741"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}