SB 5252 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Directs the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs to, when funded, convene a jail medication management work group to develop a model policy regarding the management of medications in jails, to be applicable to jails as defined in RCW 70.48.020.

Authorizes a jail to provide for the delivery and administration of medications and medication assistance for inmates in their custody by nonpractitioner jail personnel, subject to certain conditions.