CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5035

Chapter 166, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



FORENSIC PATHOLOGY PROGRAM



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the Senate April 16, 2005
  YEAS 41   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 6, 2005
  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5035 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 22, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 22, 2005 - 4:20 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5035
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE     

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Thibaudeau, Brandland and Franklin)

READ FIRST TIME 02/14/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to forensic pathology; amending RCW 43.103.030 and 43.79.445; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 28B.20.426.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The Washington state forensic investigations council shall study and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the need for a state forensic pathologist program. The council may include in its recommendations information regarding the state forensic pathologist's annual salary, budget, and duties.
     The study and recommendations shall be presented to the legislature by December 1, 2005.

Sec. 2   RCW 43.103.030 and 1999 c 40 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     There is created the Washington state forensic investigations council. The council shall oversee the bureau of forensic laboratory services and, in consultation with the chief of the Washington state patrol or the chief's designee, control the operation and establish policies of the bureau of forensic laboratory services. The council may also study and recommend cost-efficient improvements to the death investigation system in Washington and report its findings to the legislature.
     ((Further, the council shall, jointly with the chairperson of the pathology department of the University of Washington's School of Medicine, or the chairperson's designee, oversee the state forensic pathology fellowship program, determine the budget for the program and set the fellow's annual salary, and take those steps necessary to administer the program.))
     The forensic investigations council shall be responsible for the oversight of any state forensic pathology program authorized by the legislature.
     The forensic investigations council shall be actively involved in the preparation of the bureau of forensic laboratory services budget and shall approve the bureau of forensic laboratory services budget prior to its formal submission to the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.88.030.

Sec. 3   RCW 43.79.445 and 1997 c 454 s 901 are each amended to read as follows:
     There is established an account in the state treasury referred to as the "death investigations account" which shall exist for the purpose of receiving, holding, investing, and disbursing funds appropriated or provided in RCW 70.58.107 and any moneys appropriated or otherwise provided thereafter.
     Moneys in the death investigations account shall be disbursed by the state treasurer once every year on December 31 and at any other time determined by the treasurer. The treasurer shall make disbursements to: The state toxicology laboratory, counties for the cost of autopsies, ((the University of Washington to fund the state forensic pathology fellowship program,)) the state patrol for providing partial funding for the state dental identification system, the criminal justice training commission for training county coroners, medical examiners and their staff, and the state forensic investigations council. Funds from the death investigations account may be appropriated during the 1997-99 biennium for the purposes of statewide child mortality reviews administered by the department of health.
     ((The University of Washington and the Washington state forensic investigations council shall jointly determine the yearly amount for the state forensic pathology fellowship program established by RCW 28B.20.426.))

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   RCW 28B.20.426 (Fellowship program in forensic pathology -- Funding -- Recipient's services to county coroners) and 1991 c 176 s 3 & 1986 c 31 s 1 are each repealed.


         Passed by the Senate April 16, 2005.
         Passed by the House April 6, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor April 22, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 22, 2005.