WASHINGTON STATE HOSP. ASS'N v. STATE

No. 69461-8-1.

309 P.3d 534 (2013)

175 Wash.App. 642

WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, Susan N. Dreyfus, in her official capacity as Secretary of Social & Health Services, Doug Porter, in his official capacity as Director of the Washington State Health Care Authority, and James L. McIntire, in his official capacity of Treasurer of the State of Washington, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, Tukwila, WA, Michael F. Madden , Bennett Bigelow & Leedom PS, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

William Thomas Stephens , Angela COAts McCarthy , Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.


GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 A legislature, here the 2010 legislature, cannot prevent a future legislature, here the 2011 legislature, from exercising its plenary power to enact laws, including the amendment or repeal of prior laws. And here, despite what might appear to have been legitimate expectations on the part of the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) to a continuing commitment to a funding scheme to maintain and increase state funds available for federal Medicaid...

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