In 2024, the Legislature directed the Office of Financial Management (OFM) in coordination with the Department of Revenue (DOR) to conduct a study of costs to the state related to nonprofit health care providers, facilities, and insurers focused on state and federal tax preferences such as tax-preferred capital financing and other public reimbursement streams outside of health care claims payments. (Section 23, Chapter 376, Laws of 2024.) Many of these deductions are not specific to health care operations and are applicable to a broad range of businesses or nonprofits. OFM contracted with Western Washington University’s Center for Economic and Business Research in the College of Business and Economics to conduct this study. In collaboration with DOR, this report was prepared with a focus on nonprofit health care entities (NHCEs).

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Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (RCW 70A.65.200(10)) requires OFM to submit a report to the Legislature summarizing two categories of state laws: laws that regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources and laws whose implementation may effectuate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources.

Experiences of patients who were discharged from a hospital and who went directly into a skilled nursing facility (SNF) between 2015 and 2018. Of this group, we identified patients who experienced preventable negative (adverse) outcomes during their SNF stay

ESSB 5092 2021–2023 Biennial Budget, Section 9531 called for a “feasibility study regarding the establishment of a system for streamlining the vacation of criminal conviction records.”

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Submitted in fulfillment of the annual reporting requirements of RCW 41.06.133(4).

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Estimates for Washington state, counties and accountable communities of health

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Summary of current primary care expenditures and investment in Washington

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An annual survey of employees in the executive branch of state government.

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Data reflecting the state executive branch workforce.

An entity audit of Washington state that includes both the financial statements and the expenditures of federal awards by all state agencies, including institutions of higher education.

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Detailed list of all Washington's Boards and Commissions, previously required by statute. The requirement was removed from statute in 2016.

This report looks at how community attributes can contribute or detract from school and student success. It finds, among other things, that people with adverse childhood experiences are shown to have increased risk of health and social problems, and that poverty is highly predictive of rates of unexcused absences.

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2012 Projections developed for Growth Management Act.

Prepared Pursuant to Section 708 of Third Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2127.

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