CARITAS SERVICES v. DSHS

No. 59181-4.

123 Wn.2d 391 (1994)

869 P.2d 28

CARITAS SERVICES, INC., Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellant. PACIFIC CARE CENTERS-WASHINGTON, INC., ET AL, Respondents, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Gretchen Leanderson and Robert L. Schroeter, Assistants, for appellant.

Bennett & Bigelow, David B. Robbins, and Sanford E. Pitler, for respondent Caritas Services.

Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder, P.S., by Thomas H. Grimm, for respondents Pacific Care Centers-Washington, Inc., et al.


DURHAM, J.

The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) directly appeals the trial court's decision on summary judgment that amendments to RCW 74.46 (the Nursing Homes Auditing and Cost Reimbursement Act of 1980) and related regulations violate the impairment of contracts and due process clauses of the state and federal constitutions by retroactively reducing nursing home reimbursement rates under the Medicaid program. The provisions at issue concern the valuation...

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