Nursing & Boarding Homes ~ Governor's budget details

Governor Gregoire's budget released...Nursing Home and Boarding Home license fee increases are assumed in the budget, and there appear to be no long-term-care- specific cuts (including Medicaid rates).

The Governor proposes an increase in the nursing home license fee to $329/bed per year (from $275) and the boarding home license fee would increase to $114/bed per year (from $79).


We will update the blog as further details become available. One reminder - the Governor's budget is only 1 of 3 which are negotiated during the legislative session; the House and Senate versions are the other 2. Much more is to come between January 11 and March 11, 2010.