Tri-State Memorial Hospital — Ayuda económica y atención caritativa

At a minimum, a hospital owned or operated by a health system that owns or operates three or more acute hospitals licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW, an acute care hospital with over 300 licensed beds located in the most populous county in Washington, or an acute care hospital with over 200 licensed beds located in a county with at least 450,000 residents and located on Washington's southern border shall grant charity care per the following guidelines: (i) All patients and their guarantors whose income is not more than 300 percent of the federal poverty level, adjusted for family size, shall be deemed charity care patients for the full amount of the patient responsibility portion of their hospital charges; (ii) All patients and their guarantors whose income is between 301 and 350 percent of the federal poverty level ... shall be entitled to a 75 percent discount ...; (iii) All patients and their guarantors whose income is between 351 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level ... shall be entitled to a 50 percent discount ... At a minimum, a hospital not subject to (a) of this subsection shall grant charity care per the following guidelines: (i) All patients and their guarantors whose income is not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, adjusted for family size, shall be deemed charity care patients for the full amount of the patient responsibility portion of their hospital charges; (ii) All patients and their guarantors whose income is between 201 and 250 percent of the federal poverty level ... shall be entitled to a 75 percent discount ...; (iii) All patients and their guarantors whose income is between 251 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level ... shall be entitled to a 50 percent discount ...