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By Sen. Mark Schoesler
9th Legislative District 

'Short-term' care delayed to 2023

 

February 3, 2022



Last week, I wrote that two bills addressing the state’s flawed and controversial long-term care program (LTC) (nicknamed the “short-term care program”) and the costly payroll tax (dubbed the “long-term tax”) funding it had come over to the Senate after being passed by the House.

The Senate fast-tracked these two measures this week, as the Ways and Means Committee held public hearings on them Monday and then approved them Tuesday. The full Senate yesterday passed the two bills, sending them to Gov. Jay Inslee for his likely signature.

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