5092-S.E AMH DUFA MERE 591

  

ESSB 5092 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-1459.2/21) 526

By Representative Dufault

WITHDRAWN 04/03/2021

On page 395, line 21 of the striking amendment, after "nursing" insert ". No local health jurisdiction located in a county that has appropriated funding to study, facilitate, or operate a site for supervised drug consumption may receive funds under this section. For purposes of this section, a "site for supervised drug consumption" means any site or program including, but not limited to, safe consumption sites, safe injection sites, or needle exchange programs, or both, of federal schedule I controlled substances under RCW 69.50.204, except for those substances which may be possessed in accordance with RCW 69.50.4013"

EFFECT:   Prohibits the distribution of funding under this section to any local health jurisdiction located in a county where the county has appropriated funding to study, facilitate, or operate a site for supervised drug consumption. These sites include safe consumption sites, safe injection sites, and needle exchange programs.

FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

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