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Last Updated: 05/27/2009
Welcome to our 2009 Legislative Bill Tracker. During the 2009 Washington State Legislative Session, the Washington Health Foundation will monitor and comment on bills falling into at least one of the following three policy categories:
- Educate government on making better investments for long-term health improvement.
- Engage neighborhoods, workplaces and schools to create environments built for healthy living.
- Empower people with the right to preventive care.
The list below is organized into four categories: Active Support, Support, Monitor and Oppose.
Click on a legislative bill in order to view more information.
Active Support
| HB 1161: |
Concerning early intervention services for children with disabilities. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Dickerson, Darneille, Hunt, Pettigrew, O'Brien, Roberts, Kagi, Pedersen, Conway, Simpson, Goodman, Kenney, Quall, Santos, Nelson |
| Status: |
Feb 27 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. |
| Description: |
Finds that early intervention services are cost-effective
and effectively serve the developmental needs of infants and
toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays and their
families.
Provides a comprehensive, coordinated, interagency,
interdisciplinary early intervention services system for all
eligible infants and toddlers and their families to enhance
the capacity to equitably provide quality early intervention
services, and to facilitate coordination of payments for early
intervention services from various public and private sources.
Requires the department of social and health services to,
in accordance with RCW 71A.14.030 and in coordination with
other funding sources for early intervention services,
contract with each county governing authority to provide
funding for early intervention services to all eligible
children with disabilities from birth to three years of age
who have been identified as needing services.
Directs all public early intervention funding sources to
assure that services are provided in accordance with the
requirements of Part C and the Washington state federally
approved plan.
Takes effect July 1, 2011. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5373 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1161 |
| HB 1162: |
Providing for social emotional learning in public schools. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Dickerson, Quall, Sullivan, Haigh, Orwall, Liias, Takko, Kagi, and Green |
| Status: |
Feb - 25 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education Appropriations at 8:00 AM. |
| Description: |
Finds that: (1) Basic education instruction in public schools in Washington state should include not only instruction in core academic skills, but also core social emotional learning skills; and (2) Social emotional learning skills should be incorporated into basic education instruction through appropriate learning standards, research-based curriculum and programs, classroom-based assessment, and professional development for educators. Declares an intent to support this goal through a social emotional learning public-private partnership and initiate the process through pilot school districts. Establishes a social emotional learning public-private partnership to support and provide leadership for the incorporation of social emotional learning into basic education instruction in the public schools. Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide grant funds for pilot projects in up to three school districts to incorporate social emotional learning into basic education instruction, if funds are appropriated. Creates the social emotional learning public-private partnership account. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1162 |
| HB 1249: |
Concerning internet and mail order sales of tobacco products. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Cody, Bailey, Dickerson, Roberts, Moeller, Kelley, Kenney, Morrell; by request of the Attorney General |
| Status: |
Feb 18 - Referred to General Government Appropriations. |
| Description: |
Prohibits a person from shipping cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, little cigars, or snuff, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network, to anyone other than a wholesaler or retailer in this state. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5340 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1249 |
| HB 1282: |
Creating a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives White, Rodne, Cody, Kenney |
| Status: |
Feb 11 - Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. |
| Description: |
Requires the department of health and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to jointly establish a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program using both killed vaccine and live attenuated vaccine in one urban school district and one rural school district. Directs the department of health to convene a working group to plan the school-based influenza vaccination pilot program. Expires July 1, 2011. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5372 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1282 |
| HB 1347: |
Regarding financial education. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Santos, Roach, Morrell, Moeller, Chase, Roberts |
| Status: |
May 11 - Governor signed.
Chapter 443, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Changes the name of the financial literacy public-private partnership to the financial education public-private
partnership; and modifies its duties. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1347 |
| HB 1416: |
Feeding hungry children through school breakfast and lunch programs and summer food service programs. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Sullivan, Pettigrew, Walsh, Roberts, Haigh, Chase, Seaquist, Ormsby, Miloscia, Kagi, Haler, Hudgins, Morrell, O'Brien, Hinkle, Hunt, Priest, Green, Wallace, Conway, Dickerson, Kenney, Santos, Appleton, Hasegawa, Rolfes, Williams, Van De Wege, Maxwell, Carlyle, Goodman, Darneille, Simpson, Nelson, Driscoll, Moeller, White |
| Status: |
Feb 20 - Referred to Ways & Means. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to: (1) Maintain its current commitment, to the maximum extent possible, to feed hungry low-income students in public schools at no cost to the students; (2) Ensure that all low-income students in public schools receive a nutritious school breakfast at no charge, and all low-income students in elementary schools receive school lunch at no charge; (3) Phase in the free provision of school lunches to all low-income students at all grade levels; and (4) Invest strategically in capacity building and provision of meals to low-income children during the summer months because children continue to need nutritious meals when school is not in operation during the summer. Directs the legislature to appropriate funds for allocation to school districts sufficient to eliminate the copayment for breakfast for all students qualifying for reduced-price lunch; and in any school that enrolls students in any of grades preschool through six, eliminate the copayment for lunch for all students qualifying for reduced-price lunch in the school. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Provide state support for summer food service programs, to the extent funds are appropriated; and (2) Conduct two cycles of grant awards per school year, with a fall cycle of grants of up to twenty thousand dollars to build local capacity to provide summer food service programs and a spring cycle of grants of up to five thousand dollars for expenses related to providing outreach and for planning and administrative tasks associated with initiating a new program. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5361 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1416 |
| HB 1418: |
Establishing a statewide dropout reengagement system. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Kagi, Priest, Sullivan, Walsh, Pettigrew, Roberts, Dickerson, Quall, Seaquist, Sells, Appleton, Hunt, Haler, Pedersen, Orwall, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Conway, Kenney, Maxwell, Santos, Probst, Driscoll, Goodman, Nelson |
| Status: |
Mar 6 - 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to: (1) Provide a statutory framework to support a statewide dropout reengagement system for older youth; and (2) Encourage school districts, community and technical colleges, and community-based organizations to participate in this system and provide appropriate instruction and services to reengage older students and help them make progress toward a meaningful credential and career skills. Creates a statewide dropout reengagement system to provide appropriate educational opportunities and access to services for students aged sixteen to twenty-one who have dropped out of high school or are not accumulating sufficient credits to reasonably complete a high school diploma in a public school before the age of twenty-one. Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop statewide model contracts and interlocal agreements for the dropout reengagement system; and (2) Allocate the basic education allocation generated under RCW 28A.150.260 and the student achievement fund allocation under RCW 28A.505.220 for each annual average full-time equivalent eligible student enrolled in a dropout reengagement program. Requires every educational service district board to oversee the dropout reengagement system in its district and fulfill the responsibilities described in statewide model contracts and interlocal agreements. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5618 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1418 |
| HB 1620: |
Establishing a community health care collaborative grant program. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Kenney, Ericksen, Driscoll, Seaquist, Hunt, Armstrong, Simpson |
| Status: |
Jan 26 - First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. |
| Description: |
Authorizes the Washington state health care authority, within funds appropriated for community health care collaborative grants, to award grants for community-based health care collaborative programs that increase access to appropriate, affordable health care for Washington residents, consistent with requirements established by the act. Establishes the community health care collaborative grant program to further the efforts of community-based coalitions to increase access to appropriate, affordable health care for Washington residents, particularly employed low-income persons and children in school who are uninsured and underinsured. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5360 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1620 |
| HB 1632: |
Regarding annual school reporting. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Seaquist, Moeller, and Cody |
| Status: |
Feb 6 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. |
| Description: |
Finds that: (1) Improving student health fosters educational achievement and educational achievement enables student health; (2) Research shows that rates of illness and premature death are greater for those with fewer years of education; (3) Students who drop out are more likely to engage in criminal acts and need taxpayer-supported health and social services; (4) Both academic achievement and health status in Washington vary significantly by income, gender, race, and ethnicity; (5) Recent investments in medical services for children have great potential to remediate serious and persistent health conditions; and (6) There is great promise for student health improvement and social-emotional learning in school-based efforts that coordinate school health personnel and programs with community resources through a school health advisory committee and provide community-wide visibility regarding such efforts. Declares an intent to establish a structure to disclose efforts to improve health and social-emotional learning in Washington schools. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Position Statement: |
 Feb. 06, 2009 WHF Public Testimony on HB 1632 [393 KB] |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1632 |
| HB 1647: |
Concerning administrative procedures for payors and providers of health care services. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Driscoll, Morrell, Green, Clibborn, Moeller, Williams, Wood, Simpson, Kenney, Ormsby |
| Status: |
Mar 5 - 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Finds that: (1) The health care system in the nation and in Washington state costs nearly twice as much per capita as other industrialized nations; and (2) The fragmentation and variation in administrative processes prevalent in our health care system contribute to the high cost of health care, putting it increasingly beyond the reach of small businesses and individuals in Washington. Declares an intent to: (1) Establish streamlined and uniform procedures for payors and providers of health care services in the state; and (2) Foster a continuous quality improvement cycle to simplify health care administration. Directs the department of social and health services, the department of labor and industries, and the health care authority to cooperate with the insurance commissioner and adopt the processes, guidelines, and standards to streamline health care administration pursuant to the act. Directs the insurance commissioner to designate one or more lead organizations to coordinate development of processes, guidelines, and standards to streamline health care administration and to be adopted by payors and providers of health care services operating in the state. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5346 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1647 |
| HB 1703: |
Concerning child immunization exemptions. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Cody, Pedersen, Green, White, Wood, Bailey, Moeller, Morrell, Walsh, Nelson, Kenney |
| Status: |
Mar 9 - 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 09).
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Requires certain documents for child immunization exemptions. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5707 |
| Position Statement: |
Feb. 02, 2009 Letter On HB 1703 [1.13 MB]
Feb. 02, 2009 Op-Ed [74 KB]
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| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1703 |
| HB 1762: |
Increasing parental and community involvement in public education. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Santos, Kenney, Morrell |
| Status: |
Mar 5 - 2nd substitute bill substituted (APPE 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 0.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to increase public awareness of the importance of parental and community involvement in education and foster mutually respectful interactions in an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation. Requires the governor to establish an education advisory committee to advise and make recommendations to the governor regarding the effectiveness of the education ombudsman and to the superintendent of public instruction regarding the effectiveness of the center for the improvement of student learning. In addition, the committee shall advise and make recommendations regarding methods to increase parental and community involvement in public education and strategies to improve the educational opportunities for all students in the state. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1762 |
| HB 1793: |
Addressing alternative student transportation. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Williams, Goodman, Nelson, White, Pedersen, Roberts, Upthegrove, Eddy |
| Status: |
May 7 - Governor signed.
Chapter 392, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Establishes a safe routes to school program within the
department of transportation.
Requires the department of transportation to administer a
competitive grant program for the safe routes to school
program.
Creates a statewide advisory committee within the
department of transportation to create and refine grant
criteria and review and recommend grant applications to the
department for the grant program.
Requires the department of transportation to:
(1) Fund an ongoing state center to provide information, resources,
outreach, training, and program evaluation support to grantees
awarded grants under the grant program;
(2) Contract with a nonprofit or a consortium of
nonprofits that demonstrate an expertise in alternative
transportation programs and policies, including implementation
of the safe routes to school program; and
(3) Coordinate evaluation methods and findings with those
of the national center for safe routes to school in order to
standardize program evaluation, measure Washington's progress
to that of other states, and learn from safe routes to school
programs across the country.
Provides funding for the safe routes to school program
from various sources. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5743 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1793 |
| HB 1813: |
Regarding establishing and meeting graduation and reengagement goals. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Hunt, Probst, Priest, Sullivan, Liias, Quall, Carlyle, Kelley, Santos, Ormsby |
| Status: |
Feb 25 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Education Appropriations at 8:00 AM. |
| Description: |
Declares it is the goal of the state that by 2020: (1)
Ninety-five percent of students must graduate from high school
in four years; and
(2) Sixty percent of youth who have dropped out of school
must be reengaged in education and be college and work ready.
Directs the office of the superintendent of public
instruction to establish a state-level building bridges
advisory committee.
Requires the state board of education to: (1) Establish
annual graduation rate targets for schools and school
districts in order to meet the graduation rate goal;
(2) Establish annual targets for youth who have dropped
out of school in order to meet the reengagement goal; and
(3) In consultation with the office of the superintendent
of public instruction and the building bridges advisory
committee, make recommendations to the legislature on a
focused assistance program and incentives for school districts
to improve their high school graduation rate.
Directs the workforce training and education coordinating
board to provide advice to the building bridges advisory
committee on how best to reengage older youth who have dropped
out of school and help them become college and work ready.
Requires the workforce training and education
coordinating board, the state board for community and
technical colleges, the employment security department, the
department of community, trade, and economic development, the
department of health, the department of social and health
services, and the family policy council to collaborate with
other state agencies and organizations to meet state
graduation rate goals and help reduce the dropout rate, in
accordance with the act. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5449 |
| Position Statement: |
Feb. 03, 2009 Letter On HB 1813 [437 KB] |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1813 |
| HB 1943: |
Requiring recommendations for preparation and professional development for the early learning and school-age program workforce. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Kagi, Goodman, Priest, Walsh, Probst, Quall, Rolfes, Kenney, Dickerson, Kelley, Santos |
| Status: |
May 7 - Governor signed.
Chapter 406, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Requires the professional development consortium convened by the early learning advisory council to develop recommendations for a statewide system of preparation and continuing professional development for the early learning and school-age program workforce. Expires July 1, 2011. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1943 |
| HB 1944: |
Regarding the development and implementation of a kindergarten assessment. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Sullivan, Haigh, Carlyle, Quall, Kenney, Ormsby |
| Status: |
Mar 2 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
Referred to Ways & Means. |
| Description: |
Directs the early learning advisory council, in collaboration with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to convene a work group to develop and implement a uniform statewide kindergarten assessment process to: (1) Provide parents and teachers with information about a child's knowledge, skills, and abilities upon entering kindergarten in order to inform instruction for the child; (2) Facilitate communication with parents about what children are learning and to empower parents to assist their children; and (3) Provide feedback to early learning programs to enable continuous improvement, support transitions, and improve alignment between early learning programs and kindergarten classrooms. Requires all school districts to implement the statewide kindergarten assessment beginning in the 2011-12 school year. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1944 |
| HB 1985: |
Concerning public health financing. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Moeller, Pedersen |
| Status: |
Mar 10 - 2nd substitute bill substituted (WAYS 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to help provide local health jurisdictions with a more stable dedicated funding system by creating a single account through which all state funding for public health will be distributed. Declares that local health jurisdictions receiving state funds be held accountable for the use of those funds based on the minimum standards of public health protection in the state's public health improvement plan. Directs the secretary of the department of health to establish a review process for determining whether a local health jurisdiction is in substantial compliance with the minimum standards for public health protection established under RCW 43.70.520. Requires the secretary of the department of health to notify the local health jurisdiction, in writing, and the state treasurer when the secretary finds that a local health jurisdiction is not in substantial compliance with the minimum standards for public health protection established under RCW 43.70.520. Authorizes the secretary of the department of health to exempt a local health jurisdiction from the review process if the jurisdiction is accredited by an organization whose accreditation standards meet or exceed the minimum standards for public health protection established under RCW 43.70.520. Creates the public health improvement account. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1985 |
| HB 2114: |
Establishing a forum for testing primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Seaquist, Cody. By Request: Governor Gregoire |
| Status: |
Mar 9 - 2nd substitute bill substituted (APPH 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Requires the health care authority and the department of social and health services to design, oversee implementation of, and evaluate one or more primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects in the state to include as participants public payors, private health carriers, and health care providers. Expires July 1, 2013. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5891 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2114 |
| HB 2117: |
Modifying the basic health plan. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Cody, Morrell, Kenney, Conway |
| Status: |
Mar 5 - Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Revises the basic health plan to enable unemployed workers to maintain their health and avoid the risk of financial hardship related to unpaid medical bills as they search for new employment. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2117 |
| HB 2128: |
Concerning health care coverage for children. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Sullivan, Haigh, Carlyle, Quall, Kenney, Ormsby |
| Status: |
May 12 - Governor partially vetoed.
Chapter 463, 2009 Laws PV.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1)Take the opportunity provided in the federal children's health insurance program reauthorization act to implement express lane eligibility for children's health coverage not later than July 1, 2010; (2) Manage its outreach, application, and renewal procedures with the goal of achieving year by year improvements in enrollment, enrollment rates, renewals, and renewal rates; (3) Use an eligibility card for the program that clearly identifies the bearer, by text and by logo, as a participant in the apple health for kids program; and (4) Establish a concise set of explicit performance measures that can indicate whether children enrolled in the program are receiving health care through an established and effective medical home, and whether the overall health of enrolled children is improving. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2128 |
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HB 2147: |
Closing the achievement gap in order to provide all students an excellent and equitable education. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Liias, Pettigrew, Quall, McCoy, Chase, Kenney |
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Status: |
Mar 9 - 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 09).
Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
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Description: |
Establishes the achievement gap advisory committee within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to advise the superintendent of public instruction, the professional educator standards board, and the state board of education on effective measures to close the achievement gap, to foster public accountability for achieving excellence and equity in public education, and to promote a greater sense of urgency and priority for doing so. |
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Companion Bill: |
SB 5973 |
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Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2147
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| HB 2164: |
Remediating racial disproportionality in child welfare practices. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Pettigrew, Haler, Santos, McCoy, Miloscia, Kagi, Hunt, Kenney, Sullivan, Darneille, Seaquist, Roberts, Chase, Hasegawa, Dickerson, Goodman |
| Status: |
Mar 9 - Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Evaluates selected child welfare practices to determine their impact on remediating racial disproportionality in Washington's child welfare system. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2164 |
| HB 2183: |
Establishing the small business employee wellness program. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Roach, Takko, Newhouse, Eddy |
| Status: |
Feb 12 - First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. |
| Description: |
Encourages the growth of workplace-based wellness programs by providing incentives for the adoption of employee wellness programs by small businesses. In providing these incentives, the legislature hopes to encourage all employers to provide health coverage to employees and dependents, but also ensure that all employers have an opportunity to adopt employee wellness programs for the use of their employees to promote wellness. Authorizes a small business or a nonprofit organization to claim a business and occupation tax credit for the costs of implementing a qualified employee wellness program.
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| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2183 |
| HJM 4002: |
Requesting reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act to include health and fitness. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Sullivan, Simpson, Kenney |
| Status: |
Feb 16 - Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
| Description: |
Petitions the President and Congress to make a positive change in the reauthorization of the no child left behind act to include health and fitness, including physical education, as a core academic subject area, to be taught by highly qualified teachers. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HM 4002 |
| SB 5340: |
Concerning internet and mail order sales of tobacco products. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Prentice, Regala, Pflug, Shin, Parlette |
| Status: |
Apr 29 - Governor signed.
Chapter 278, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Prohibits a person from shipping cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, little cigars, or snuff, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network, to anyone other than a wholesaler or retailer in this state. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1249 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5340 |
| SB 5346: |
Concerning administrative procedures for payors and providers of health care services. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Keiser, Franklin, Marr, Parlette, Murray, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Apr 30 - Governor signed.
Chapter 298, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Finds that: (1) The health care system in the nation and in Washington state costs nearly twice as much per capita as other industrialized nations; and (2) The fragmentation and variation in administrative processes prevalent in our health care system contribute to the high cost of health care, putting it increasingly beyond the reach of small businesses and individuals in Washington. Declares an intent to: (1) Establish streamlined and uniform procedures for payors and providers of health care services in the state; and (2) Foster a continuous quality improvement cycle to
simplify health care administration. Directs the department of social and health services, the health care authority, and, to the extent permissible under Title 51 RCW, the department of labor and industries to cooperate with the insurance commissioner and adopt the processes, guidelines, and standards to streamline health care administration pursuant to the act. Directs the insurance commissioner to designate one or more lead organizations to coordinate development of processes, guidelines, and standards to streamline health care administration and to be adopted by payors and providers of
health care services operating in the state. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1647 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5346 |
| SB 5360: |
Establishing a community health care collaborative grant program. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Keiser, Brandland, Franklin, Murray, Brown, Ranker, Fraser, Parlette, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Apr 30 - Governor partially vetoed.
Chapter 299, 2009 Laws PV.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Authorizes the Washington state health care authority, within funds appropriated for community health care collaborative grants, to award grants for community-based health care collaborative programs that increase access to appropriate, affordable health care for Washington residents, consistent with requirements established by the act. Establishes the community health care collaborative grant program to further the efforts of community-based coalitions to increase access to appropriate, affordable health care for Washington residents, particularly employed low-income persons and children in school who are uninsured and underinsured. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1620 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5360 |
| SB 5361: |
Feeding hungry children through school breakfast and lunch programs and summer food service programs. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators McDermott, Swecker, Pridemore, Oemig, Marr, Jarrett, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Kline, Murray, Kastama, McCaslin, Shin, Haugen, Kilmer |
| Status: |
Feb 25 - Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Referred to Ways & Means. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to: (1) Maintain its current commitment, to the maximum extent possible, to feed hungry low-income students in public schools at no cost to the students; (2) Ensure that all low-income students in public schools receive a nutritious school breakfast at no charge, and all low-income students in elementary schools receive school lunch at no charge; (3) Phase in the free provision of school lunches to all low-income students at all grade levels; and (4) Invest strategically in capacity building and provision of meals to low-income children during the summer months because children continue to need nutritious meals when school is not in operation during the summer. Directs the legislature to appropriate funds for allocation to school districts sufficient to eliminate the copayment for breakfast for all students qualifying for reduced-price lunch; and in any school that enrolls students in any of grades preschool through six, eliminate the copayment for lunch for all students qualifying for reduced-price lunch in the school. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Provide state support for summer food service programs, to the extent funds are appropriated; and (2) Conduct two cycles of grant awards per school year, with a fall cycle of grants of up to twenty thousand dollars to build local capacity to provide summer food service programs and a spring cycle of grants of up to five thousand dollars for expenses related to providing outreach and for planning and administrative tasks associated with initiating a new program. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1416 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5361 |
| SB 5372: |
Creating a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program. |
| Sponsors: |
Senator Jacobsen |
| Status: |
Jan 21 - First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. |
| Description: |
Requires the department of health and the office of the superintendent of public instruction to jointly establish a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program using both killed vaccine and live attenuated vaccine in one urban school district and one rural school district. Directs the department of health to convene a working group to plan the school-based influenza vaccination pilot program. Expires July 1, 2011. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1282 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5372 |
| SB 5373: |
Concerning early intervention services for children with disabilities. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Kauffman, Tom, Kline, Oemig, Kohl-Welles, Shin, Hargrove, Kastama, Regala, Marr, McDermott, Fairley, Jarrett, Pridemore, Kilmer, McAuliffe, Keiser, Jacobsen, Franklin, Fraser, Haugen |
| Status: |
Feb 5 - Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:00 AM. |
| Description: |
Finds that early intervention services are cost-effective and effectively serve the developmental needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays and their families. Provides a comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, interdisciplinary early intervention services system for all eligible infants and toddlers and their families to enhance the capacity to equitably provide quality early intervention services, and to facilitate coordination of payments for early intervention services from various public and private sources. Requires the department of social and health services to, in accordance with RCW 71A.14.030 and in coordination with other funding sources for early intervention services, contract with each county governing authority to provide funding for early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age who have been identified as needing services. Directs all public early intervention funding sources to assure that services are provided in accordance with the requirements of Part C and the Washington state federally approved plan. Takes effect July 1, 2011. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1161 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5373 |
| SB 5449: |
Regarding establishing and meeting graduation and reengagement goals. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, McDermott, Oemig, Jarrett, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Mar 9 - Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 09).
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Declares it is the goal of the state that by 2020: (1) Ninety-five percent of students must graduate from high school in four years; and (2) Sixty percent of youth who have dropped out of school must be reengaged in education and be college and work ready. Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish a state-level building bridges advisory committee. Requires the state board of education to: (1) Establish annual graduation rate targets for schools and school districts in order to meet the graduation rate goal; (2) Establish annual targets for youth who have dropped out of school in order to meet the reengagement goal; and (3) In consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the building bridges advisory committee, make recommendations to the legislature on a focused assistance program and incentives for school districts to improve their high school graduation rate. Directs the workforce training and education coordinating board to provide advice to the building bridges advisory committee on how best to reengage older youth who have dropped out of school and help them become college and work ready. Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board, the state board for community and technical colleges, the employment security department, the department of community, trade, and economic development, the department of health, the department of social and health services, and the family policy council to collaborate with other state agencies and organizations to meet state graduation rate goals and help reduce the dropout rate, in accordance with the act. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1813 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5449 |
| SB 5484: |
Concerning developmental screening. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Marr, Roach, Keiser, Tom, Hobbs, Kline, Oemig, Franklin, Shin, Kilmer, Kauffman |
| Status: |
Mar 10 - 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Requires the department of social and health services to select a developmental screening tool consistent with nationally accepted pediatric guidelines and to reimburse providers using the tool to conduct developmental screenings of children. The department shall also recommend a schedule for administering these developmental screens consistent with nationally accepted pediatric guidelines. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5484 |
| SB 5551: |
Regarding recess periods for elementary school students. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Franklin, Keiser, Kastama, Marr, Murray, McDermott, Shin, McAuliffe, Fairley, Kline, Pridemore, Oemig, Regala, Kauffman, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Apr 23 - Governor signed.
Chapter 182, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to collaborate with the statewide parent-teacher organization to conduct and report the results of a survey of Washington elementary schools to determine the current availability of recess for elementary students and the perceptions of the importance of recess in Washington elementary schools. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5551 |
| SB 5618: |
Establishing a statewide dropout reengagement system. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Kauffman, McAuliffe, Berkey, Shin, Murray, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Feb 9 - Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to: (1) Provide a statutory framework to support a statewide dropout reengagement system for older youth; and (2) Encourage school districts, community and technical colleges, and community-based organizations to participate in this system and provide appropriate instruction and services to reengage older students and help them make progress toward a meaningful credential and career skills. Creates a statewide dropout reengagement system to provide appropriate educational opportunities and access to services for students aged sixteen to twenty-one who have dropped out of high school or are not accumulating sufficient credits to reasonably complete a high school diploma in a public school before the age of twenty-one. Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop statewide model contracts and interlocal agreements for the dropout reengagement system; and (2) Allocate the basic education allocation generated under RCW 28A.150.260 and the student achievement fund allocation under RCW 28A.505.220 for each annual average full-time equivalent eligible student enrolled in a dropout reengagement program. Requires every educational service district board to oversee the dropout reengagement system in its district and fulfill the responsibilities described in statewide model contracts and interlocal agreements. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1418 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5618 |
| SB 5707: |
Concerning child immunization exemptions. |
| SB 5743: |
Addressing alternative student transportation. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Jarrett, McDermott, Marr, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Jan 30 - First reading, referred to Transportation. |
| Description: |
Establishes a safe routes to school program within the department of transportation. Requires the department of transportation to administer a competitive grant program for the safe routes to school program. Creates a statewide advisory committee within the department of transportation to create and refine grant criteria and review and recommend grant applications to the department for the grant program. Requires the department of transportation to: (1) Fund an ongoing state center to provide information, resources, outreach, training, and program evaluation support to grantees awarded grants under the grant program; (2) Contract with a nonprofit or a consortium of nonprofits that demonstrate an expertise in alternative transportation programs and policies, including implementation of the safe routes to school program; and (3) Coordinate evaluation methods and findings with those of the national center for safe routes to school in order to standardize program evaluation, measure Washington's progress to that of other states, and learn from safe routes to school programs across the country. Provides funding for the safe routes to school program from various sources. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1793 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5743 |
| SB 5848: |
Increasing immunization. |
| Sponsors: |
Senator Keiser |
| Status: |
Feb 4 - First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to promote positive health outcomes for the children of the state by transferring to local health jurisdictions those funds appropriated to the department of health for the purpose of administering immunization protection to the citizens of the state. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5848 |
| SB 5891: |
Establishing a forum for testing primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects. |
| Sponsors: |
Senator Keiser |
| Status: |
Apr 30 - Governor signed.
Chapter 305, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Requires the health care authority and the department of social and health services to design, oversee implementation of, and evaluate one or more primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects in the state to include as participants public payors, private health carriers, and health care providers. Expires July 1, 2013. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 2114 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5891 |
| SB 5958: |
Regarding vision screening for public school students. |
| Sponsors: |
Senator Oemig |
| Status: |
Mar 25 - Senate Rules "X" file. |
| Description: |
Authorizes additional visual screening for public school students who exhibit a striking behavior or discipline change, or a sudden drop in academic performance to determine whether the change in behavior, discipline, or grades is due to visual impairment. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5958 |
|
SB 5973: |
Closing the achievement gap in order to provide all students an excellent and equitable education. |
|
Sponsors: |
Senators Kauffman, McAuliffe, Oemig, Shin, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Kline |
|
Status: |
May 12 - Governor signed.
Chapter 468, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
|
Description: |
Establishes the achievement gap advisory committee within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to advise the superintendent of public instruction, the professional educator standards board, and the state board of education on effective measures to close the achievement gap, to foster public accountability for achieving excellence and equity in public education, and to promote a greater sense of urgency and priority for doing so. |
|
Companion Bill: |
HB 2147 |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5973 |
|
Support
|
HB 1307: |
Concerning public health financing. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Moeller, Williams, Green, Hunt, Driscoll, Pedersen, Jacks, Darneille, Hudgins, Dunshee, Blake, Chase, Kenney, Haigh, Conway, Dickerson, and Liias |
|
Status: |
Jan 16 - First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. |
|
Description: |
Declares an intent to help provide local health jurisdictions with a more stable dedicated funding system by authorizing local option revenue sources and creating a single account through which all state funding for public health will be distributed. Declares that local health jurisdictions receiving state funds be held accountable for the use of those funds based on the minimum standards of public health protection in the state's public health improvement plan. Authorizes a county to impose a tax on the acquisition, receipt, or possession of bottled water in the county, subject to certain requirements. Directs the secretary of the department of health to establish a review process for determining whether a local health jurisdiction is in substantial compliance with the minimum standards for public health protection established under RCW 43.70.520. Requires the secretary of the department of health to notify the local health jurisdiction, in writing, and the state treasurer when the secretary finds that a local health jurisdiction is not in substantial compliance with the minimum standards for public health protection established under RCW 43.70.520. Authorizes the secretary of the department of health to exempt a local health jurisdiction from the review process if the jurisdiction is accredited by an organization whose accreditation standards meet or exceed the minimum standards for public health protection established under RCW 43.70.520. Creates the public health improvement account. |
|
Companion Bill: |
N/A |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1307
|
| HB 1337: |
Concerning developmental screenings through medicaid. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Green, Goodman, Kagi, Walsh, Roberts, Seaquist, Morrell, and Appleton |
| Status: |
Jan 19 - First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. |
| Description: |
Finds that developmental screening of infants and young children is a cost-effective method to identify developmental delays early and provide appropriate services to reduce the negative impact of the developmental delay. Requires the department of social and health services to adopt a rule specifying: (1) Which developmental screening tools may be ordered for minors eligible for medical assistance; and (2) The frequency of administering these developmental screens. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1337 |
| HB 1355: |
Establishing the opportunity internship program for high school students. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Probst, Quall, Kessler, Sullivan, Wallace, Maxwell, Rolfes, Springer, Green, Jacks, Carlyle, Kenney, Ormsby, Seaquist, Liias, Sells, Priest, Dammeier, and Hunt |
| Status: |
Apr 25 - Governor signed.
Chapter 238, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009.
|
| Description: |
Finds that: (1) Basic education instruction in public schools in Washington state should include not only instruction in core academic skills, but also core social emotional learning skills; and (2) Social emotional learning skills should be incorporated into basic education instruction through appropriate learning standards, research-based curriculum and programs, classroom-based assessment, and professional development for educators. Declares an intent to support this goal through a social emotional learning public-private partnership and initiate the process through pilot school districts. Establishes a social emotional learning public-private partnership to support and provide leadership for the incorporation of social emotional learning into basic education instruction in the public schools. Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide grant funds for pilot projects in up to three school districts to incorporate social emotional learning into basic education instruction, if funds are appropriated. Creates the social emotional learning public-private partnership account. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1355 |
| HB 1401: |
Concerning the standards health questionnaire. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Cody, Hinkle, Morrell, Ericksen, Green, Moeller, Kelley |
| Status: |
Apr 9 - Governor signed.
Chapter 42, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Modifies the standard health questionnaire in regard to the basic health plan and an individual health benefit plan. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5406 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1401 |
|
HB 1412: |
Concerning health benefit plan coverage of neurodevelopmental therapies. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Kagi, Roach, Cody, Roberts, Dickerson, Appleton, Walsh, Green, Hunt, Seaquist, Chase, Morrell, Kessler, Kenney, Simpson, Nelson |
|
Status: |
Mar 2 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. |
|
Description: |
Finds that access to appropriate early intervention services significantly improves function in children with developmental delays and developmental disabilities. Health care services, including neurodevelopmental therapies, are an essential component of early intervention services. Requires each health plan offered to public employees and their covered dependents under chapter 41.05 RCW that is established or renewed on or after January 1, 2011, to include coverage for neurodevelopmental therapies for covered individuals under eighteen years of age. Requires all group health benefit plans entered into, or renewed, on or after January 1, 2011, to include coverage for neurodevelopmental therapies for covered individuals under twenty-one years of age. Directs the department of health to: (1) Conduct a review under chapter 18.120 RCW to determine the most appropriate means to regulate persons who utilize applied behavior analysis for the treatment of persons with an autism spectrum disorder. In developing its recommendations, the department shall consult with interested organizations and shall give strong consideration to certification criteria established by the institute for applied behavior analysis; and (2) Identify therapies for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders in individuals under eighteen years of age that should be considered to be in accordance with generally accepted standards of practice, as that term is defined in section 2 (5) and section 3 (5) of the act. Provides an effective date of January 1, 2011, for section 6 of the act. |
|
Companion Bill: |
N/A |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1412
|
| HB 1414: |
Concerning health care assistants. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Green, Morrell, Hinkle, Kirby, Kelley, Moeller, Blake, and Seaquist |
| Status: |
Apr 9 - Governor signed.
Chapter 43, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Declares an intent to enhance the delivery of health care to the citizens of the state. Encourages some minor expansions to the scope of practice of registered health care assistants, so long as there are clearly defined limitations to their scope expressly linked to education, training, and supervision. Grants limited authority to a health care assistant to administer certain over-the-counter and prescribed medications by oral, topical, rectal, otic, ophthalmic, or inhaled routes pursuant to a written order. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1414 |
|
HB 1493: |
Marketing prescription drugs. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Pedersen, Hinkle, Cody, Clibborn, Morrell, Campbell, Green, DeBolt, Seaquist, Nelson, Moeller, Ericks, Appleton, Hudgins, Hasegawa, Conway, Kagi, Kenney |
|
Status: |
Feb 23 - Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
|
Description: |
Finds that: (1) The state of Washington has clear and long-standing interests in maximizing the health and well-being of its residents, safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of the doctor-patient relationship, combatting undue influence of marketing on health care choices, and containing health care costs; (2) The state of Washington has shown a strong commitment to evidence-based care and cost-effective health purchasing. Washington state has been most active in this regard with respect to prescription drug purchasing focused on clinical and cost-effectiveness; (3) Health care providers in Washington who write prescriptions for their patients have a strong interest in the integrity of the patient-provider relationship and a reasonable expectation that the information in their prescriptions will not be used for purposes other than the filling and processing of the payment for that prescription; (4) It is estimated that the pharmaceutical industry spends between thirty billion dollars and fifty-four billion dollars annually on marketing pharmaceuticals in the United States. Marketing programs are designed to increase sales, income, and profit; and (5) The use of patient identifiable prescription data to market prescription drugs to patients runs counter to Washington's strong commitment to both evidence-based care and cost-effective health purchasing. Declares an intent to protect the confidentiality of prescribing information, safeguard the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship, and contain health care costs by prohibiting conduct involving the sale, disclosure, and use of individual patient prescription drug data for marketing purposes. Prohibits health care providers, including pharmacies and entities licensed under chapter 18.64 RCW; health carriers; pharmacy benefit managers; or the business associates, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the aforementioned entities from intentionally sharing, selling, or otherwise using any health care information for the purpose of marketing prescription drugs to patients, notwithstanding allowable disclosures under RCW 70.02.050, and unless expressly authorized by the patient as provided in RCW 70.02.030. |
|
Companion Bill: |
N/A |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1493
|
| HB 1502: |
Increasing the number of school nurses. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Green, Kenney, Morrell, Appleton, Blake, Pettigrew, Seaquist, Ormsby, Chase, Haigh, Liias, Quall, Cody, Roberts, Goodman, White, Santos, Conway, Simpson |
| Status: |
Feb 6 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. |
| Description: |
Finds that schools are increasingly required to play an expanding role in protecting our children's health and that school nurses play a pivotal role in improving the health and education success of school-age children. Current data from the office of the superintendent of public instruction indicates the statewide average ratio of nurses to students is one to two thousand six hundred fifty. Declares an intent to create a nurse-to-student ratio of one to seven hundred fifty by the 2015-16 school year, phased-in as follows: One to fifteen hundred during the 2009-2011 biennium; one to twelve hundred fifty during the 2011-2013 biennium; one to one thousand during the 2013-2015 biennium; and one to seven hundred fifty during the 2015-2017 biennium. Requires public school districts, in order to provide for the health and safety of students, to provide for professional registered nurse services to manage the student and school health services, as established in RCW 28A.150.260. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1502 |
| SB 5406: |
Concerning the standard health questionnaire. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Keiser, Pflug, Kohl-Welles, Parlette |
| Status: |
Mar 2 - 1st substitute bill substituted (HEA 09).
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Modifies the standard health questionnaire in regard to the basic health plan and an individual health benefit plan. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1401 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5406 |
| SB 5423: |
Regarding critical access hospitals not subject to certificate of need review. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Pflug, Oemig |
| Status: |
Apr 10 - Governor signed.
Chapter 54, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Provides that certain critical access hospitals are not subject to certificate of need review. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1460 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5423 |
| SB 5436: |
Concerning direct patient-provider primary care practice arrangements. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Murray, Keiser, Pflug, Marr, Parlette, Kastama, Roach |
| Status: |
May 19 - Governor partially vetoed.
Chapter 552, 2009 Laws PV.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Modifies provisions regarding payment arrangements involving direct patient-provider primary care practices. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1459 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5436 |
|
SB 5480: |
Creating the Washington health care discount plan organization act. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Delvin, Franklin, Fairley, Keiser, Shin |
|
Status: |
Apr 22 - Governor signed.
Chapter 175, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
|
Description: |
Creates the Washington health care discount plan organization act to promote the public interest by establishing standards for discount plan organizations, to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive marketing, sales, or enrollment practices, and to facilitate consumer understanding of the role and function of discount plan organizations in providing discounts on charges for health care services. Requires a person to obtain a license from the insurance commissioner to operate as a discount plan organization before conducting discount plan business to which the act applies. Provides that any person, organization, or entity that has engaged in a discount plan business to which the act applies, and has done so on or before the effective date of the act, has six months following the effective date of the act to submit a substantially complete application for a license as provided in section 5 of the act and to otherwise come into compliance with the requirements of the act. |
|
Companion Bill: |
N/A |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5480
|
|
SB 5497: |
Concerning telemedicine. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Marr, Keiser, Murray |
|
Status: |
Mar 25 - Senate Rules "X" file. |
|
Description: |
Regulates the delivery of home health care services through telemedicine. |
|
Companion Bill: |
HB 1529 |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5497
|
| SB 5502: |
Establishing the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Keiser, Pflug, Franklin, Murray, Roach, Marr, Kohl-Welles, Shin |
| Status: |
Mar 9 - Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
1st substitute bill substituted (HEWD 09).
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Finds that there is a critical shortage of primary care physicians in the state especially in rural areas. Declares an intent to create incentives for medical school students to choose primary care practice for their medical careers. Establishes the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program to be administered by the University of Washington. Creates the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver account. Provides that, within funds appropriated to the department of health for this purpose, and with the goal of increasing the number of family medicine residency positions at community health centers, and thereby increasing the number of family medicine physicians working in underserved settings, a family medicine residency training grant program is created. Creates the family medicine residency training account. Requires funding for graduate medical education to be directed toward residents in training in family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics who plan to pursue primary care following their residency programs. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5502 |
| SB 6019: |
Concerning employee wellness programs. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Keiser, Parlette, Kilmer, Jarrett, Tom, Holmquist, Pflug, Shin, Schoesler |
| Status: |
Apr 17 - Governor signed.
Chapter 131, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Addresses employee wellness programs. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 6019 |
| SB 6038: |
Concerning the basic health plan. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles |
| Status: |
Apr 26 - Referred to Rules. |
| Description: |
Revises the basic health plan to enable unemployed
workers to maintain their health and avoid the risk of
financial hardship related to unpaid medical bills as they
search for new employment. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 6038 |
Monitor
|
HB 1237: |
Changing the implementation date and benefit design of nonsubsidized state health coverage for children. |
|
Sponsors: |
Representatives Hinkle and Cody; by request of Department of Social and Health Services |
|
Status: |
Jan 27 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. |
|
Description: |
Revises the implementation date, benefit design, and obligations of participating managed health care systems for nonsubsidized state health coverage for children. |
|
Companion Bill: |
SB 5202 |
|
Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1237
|
| HB 1244: |
Making 2009-2011 operating appropriations. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Linville, Alexander, and Ericks; by request of Governor Gregoire |
| Status: |
May 19 - Governor partially vetoed.
Chapter 564, 2009 Laws PV.
Effective date 5/19/2009. |
| Description: |
Makes 2009-2011 operating appropriations. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5600 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1244 |
| HB 1322: |
Repealing scoliosis screening in schools. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Green, Morrell, Hinkle, Kirby, Kelley, Moeller, Blake, and Seaquist |
| Status: |
Apr 9 - Governor signed.
Chapter 41, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Repeals the program for scoliosis screening in schools. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1322 |
| HB 1373: |
Concerning children's mental health services. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Dickerson, Kagi, Green, Cody, Darneille, Dunshee, Roberts, Goodman, Appleton, Kenney, Orwall, Hurst, Moeller, Takko, Chase, Rolfes, Carlyle, Simpson, Nelson, Conway, Ormsby |
| Status: |
May 7 - Governor signed.
Chapter 388, 2009 Laws.
Effective date 7/26/2009. |
| Description: |
Provides equitable access to appropriate and effective
children's mental health services.
Makes appropriations. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1373 |
|
HB 1615: |
Addressing drug overdose prevention. |
|
Sponsors: |
Representatives Liias, Campbell, Hasegawa, Upthegrove, Miloscia, Moeller, Springer, Eddy, Sells, Simpson, Flannigan, Goodman, Kenney, Ormsby |
|
Status: |
Jan 26 - First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. |
|
Description: |
Declares an intent to save lives by increasing timely
medical attention to overdose victims through the
establishment of limited immunity from prosecution for people
who seek medical assistance in an overdose situation. |
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Companion Bill: |
SB 5516 |
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Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 1615
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| HB 2070: |
Regarding adoption of school environmental health and safety rules. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Sullivan, Dammeier, Kenney |
| Status: |
Feb 16 - Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. |
| Description: |
Recognizes that the legislature cannot practically implement the state board of health's proposed school environmental health and safety rules without an extended phase-in period in light of other budget constraints. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5779 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2070 |
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HB 2148: |
Implementing strategies to address the achievement gap. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Pettigrew, Hudgins |
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Status: |
Feb 11 - First reading, referred to Education. |
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Description: |
Establishes the achievement gap advisory committee within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to advise the superintendent of public instruction, the professional educator standards board, and the state board of education on effective measures to close the achievement gap, to foster public accountability for achieving excellence and equity in public education, and to promote a greater sense of urgency and priority for doing so. Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, allocate to each school district ten dollars per full-time equivalent student enrolled in a school in the district where more than forty percent of the students enrolled in the school were eligible for free and reduced price lunch during the prior school year; (2) Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, award a one-time planning grant to design and create a phased-in implementation plan for up to three millennium schools; (3) Examine the findings and recommendations of the 2008 achievement gap studies regarding student data and identify ways to incorporate the recommendations into the comprehensive data and research system and other data collection initiatives; and (4) Combine the findings and recommendations from each of the studies into a best practices manual to be distributed to school districts and made available on the office web site. Requires the state board of education to, by rule, require each school district to include in the school improvement plans of the district specific actions that will be taken to close the achievement gap across various subgroups of students. Requires the Washington professional educator standards board to: (1) In consultation with the advisory committee, establish competencies for all levels of educator certification that address knowledge, skills, and performance in multicultural understanding; (2) Establish a minimum number of continuing education credits or clock hours for purposes of continuing educator certification, including for teachers, school administrators, and educational staff associates, that must be designed to increase the multicultural understanding of the educator; and (3) Provide assistance to school districts where data indicates significant achievement gaps among subgroups of students and for large numbers of those students. |
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Companion Bill: |
N/A |
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Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2148 |
| HB 2167: |
Providing flexibility in the education system. |
| Sponsors: |
Representatives Maxwell, Priest, Green, Quall, Moeller, White, Orwall, Sullivan, Van De Wege, Liias, Probst |
| Status: |
Mar 9 - 2nd substitute bill substituted (WAYS 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
IN THE SENATE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Provides flexibility in the education system to reduce costs. |
| Companion Bill: |
SB 5889 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - HB 2167 |
| SB 5074: |
Concerning scoliosis screening in schools. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Marr, Jacobsen, Sheldon, Fairley, Franklin, Regala, Oemig, Hargrove, Hobbs, Keiser, Jarrett, Kline, Kilmer, Tom |
| Status: |
Mar 3 - Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Repeals the program for scoliosis screening in schools. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5074 |
| SB 5600: |
Making 2009 - 2011 operating appropriations. |
| Sponsors: |
Senator Prentice by request or Governor Gregoire |
| Status: |
Apr 16 - WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
| Description: |
Makes 2009-2011 operating appropriations. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 1244 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5600 |
| SB 5774: |
Regarding school levy equalization. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Schoesler, Honeyford, Morton |
| Status: |
Feb 19 - Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:00 AM. |
| Description: |
Modifies provisions regarding school levy equalization. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5774 |
| SB 5779: |
Regarding adoption of school environmental health and safety rules. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators McAuliffe, Hobbs, Jarrett, Tom |
| Status: |
Mar 10 - 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 09).
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Recognizes that the legislature cannot practically implement the state board of health's proposed school environmental health and safety rules without an extended phase-in period in light of other budget constraints. |
| Companion Bill: |
HB 2070 |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5779 |
Oppose
| SB 5588: |
Administering, suspending, and eliminating boards and commissions. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Pridemore, Tom, Murray |
| Status: |
Feb 25 - GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; do not pass.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
| Description: |
Administers, suspends, and eliminates boards and
commissions. Requires the governor, by July 1, 2010, to recommend to the legislature which of the boards and commissions, created either by statute or by action of the executive branch, shall receive state funding, those whose activities shall be suspended, and those which shall be terminated either by legislative or executive branch action. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5588 |
| SB 5589: |
Consolidating certain councils, boards, committees, and commissions. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators Pridemore, Tom, Murray |
| Status: |
Feb 25 - GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Minority; without recommendation.
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
| Description: |
Consolidates certain councils, boards, committees, and
commissions. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5589 |
| SB 5880: |
Providing flexibility in the education system. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators McAuliffe, Oemig, Hobbs, McDermott |
| Status: |
Mar 10 - 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 09).
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Provides flexibility in the education system to reduce costs. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Position Statement: |
Feb. 06, 2009 Letter On SB 5880 / 5889 / 5890 [410 KB]
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| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5880 |
| SB 5889: |
Providing flexibility in the education system. |
| SB 5890: |
Providing flexibility in the education system. |
| Sponsors: |
Senators McDermott, McAuliffe, Oemig, Hobbs |
| Status: |
Mar 10 - 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 09).
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2.
IN THE HOUSE
Apr 26 - By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. |
| Description: |
Provides flexibility in the education system to reduce costs. |
| Companion Bill: |
N/A |
| Position Statement: |
Feb. 06, 2009 Letter On SB 5880 / 5889 / 5890 [410 KB]
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| Links: |
Washington State Legislature - SB 5590 |
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