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Statutes > Washington > Title-74 > 74-60 > 74-60-900Severability — 2010 1st sp.s. c 30. (Expires July 1, 2013.)
(1) The provisions of this chapter are not severable: If the conditions set forth in RCW 74.60.150(1) are not satisfied or if any of the circumstances set forth in RCW 74.60.150(2) should occur, this entire chapter shall have no effect from that point forward, except that if the payment under RCW 74.60.100, or the application thereof to any hospital or circumstances does not receive approval by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as described in RCW 74.60.150(1)(b) or is determined to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the other provisions of this chapter or its application to hospitals or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
(2) In the event that any portion of this chapter shall have been validly implemented and the entire chapter is later rendered ineffective under this section, prior assessments and payments under the validly implemented portions shall not be affected.
(3) In the event that the payment under RCW 74.60.100, or the application thereof to any hospital or circumstances does not receive approval by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as described in RCW 74.60.150(1)(b) or is determined to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the amount of the assessment shall be adjusted under RCW 74.60.050(1)(c).
[2010 1st sp.s. c 30 § 18.]
