CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1837



60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 14, 2007
  Yeas 94   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 5, 2007
  Yeas 48   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1837 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1837
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Newhouse, Cody and Schual-Berke)

READ FIRST TIME 02/28/07.   



     AN ACT Relating to directing the department of health to develop guidelines for the safety of individuals who rely upon stretchers and personal mobility devices; amending RCW 18.73.180; and creating a new section.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.73.180 and 1987 c 214 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
     Other vehicles not herein defined by this chapter shall not be used for transportation of patients who must be carried on a stretcher or who may require medical attention en route, except that such transportation may be used when:
     (1) A disaster creates a situation that cannot be served by licensed ambulances; or
     (2) The use of a stretcher is necessary because an individual's personal mobility aid cannot be adequately secured in the nonambulance vehicle and the individual has written authorization from his or her physician that it is safe to transfer the individual from a personal mobility aid to a stretcher.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) The department of health shall convene a stakeholder group including the department of social and health services, the department of transportation, and local special needs transportation providers who shall assist in the development of guidelines for the safe transport of individuals who rely on stretchers and personal mobility devices.
     (2) The department of health shall prepare guidelines for the public and vehicle operators relating to:
     (a) Appropriate situations in which vehicles other than ambulances may be used to transport individuals who rely upon personal mobility aids in the normal course of their lives; and
     (b) Methods for properly securing personal mobility aids on vehicles other than ambulances and determining if they are adequately secured.

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