This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change. Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2017. HB 1054-S by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Harris, Cody, Orwall, DeBolt, Johnson, McBride, Clibborn, Short, Pettigrew, Robinson, Fey, Kilduff, Riccelli, Ryu, Nealey, Goodman, Tharinger, Stanford, Frame, Stokesbary, Pollet, Jinkins, Haler, Kagi, Hargrove, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Chapman, Senn, Bergquist, Gregerson, Young, Farrell, and Slatter; by request of Attorney General and Department of Health) Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made. Raises the legal age to twenty-one years in order for the sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products to be made.
HB 1060-S by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, J. Walsh, Appleton, and Chapman) Concerning the administration of marijuana to students for medical purposes. Requires a school district to permit a student who meets certain requirements to consume marijuana for medical purposes on school grounds, aboard a school bus, or while attending a school-sponsored event.Requires the board of directors of a school district to, upon the request of a parent or guardian of a student who meets certain requirements, adopt a policy that authorizes parents or guardians to administer marijuana to a student for medical purposes while the student is on school grounds, aboard a school bus, or attending a school-sponsored event.
HB 1076-S by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Graves, Bergquist, Griffey, Hargrove, and Van Werven) Permitting the donation of home-prepared foods to charitable organizations. Requires the state board of health to adopt rules that permit distributing organizations to accept the donation of foods prepared in a private residence.
HB 1152-S by House Committee on Commerce & Gaming (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake and Vick) Concerning licensing agreements and consulting contracts for licensed marijuana businesses. Authorizes a licensed marijuana business to enter into a licensing agreement, or consulting contract, with an individual, partnership, employee cooperative, association, nonprofit corporation, or corporation.Exempts the following from disclosure under the public records act: Trade secrets, technology, proprietary information, and financial considerations contained in certain agreements or contracts, entered into by a licensed marijuana business, that may be submitted to or obtained by the state liquor and cannabis board.
HB 1160-S by House Committee on State Govt, Elections & IT (originally sponsored by Representatives Springer, Kilduff, and Pollet) Enacting recommendations of the sunshine committee. Addresses the recommendations of the sunshine committee with regard to disclosure exemptions for the following under the public records act: (1) Investigative records compiled by an employing agency conducting an investigation of a possible unfair practice or a possible violation related to discrimination, however, once the agency has notified the complaining employee of the outcome of the investigation, the exemption no longer applies;(2) Proprietary data, trade secrets, or other information submitted by a vendor to the department of social and health services for the development, acquisition, or implementation of state purchased health care;(3) Trade secrets; and(4) Bids, quotations, or proposals submitted to an agency for goods or services in response to a solicitation issued for the goods or services but only until the agency announces the apparent successful bidder or decides not to accept bids, quotations, or proposals.Authorizes the court, in an action to enjoin disclosure of financial, commercial, or proprietary information, to award attorneys' fees to a defendant to the extent that the defendant prevailed in opposing an injunction.
HB 1296-S by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Nealey, Springer, Harris, Vick, MacEwen, Stokesbary, Orcutt, Haler, and Condotta) Consolidating and simplifying the annual report and annual survey used for economic development tax incentives. Addresses the consolidation and simplification of the annual report and annual survey used for economic development tax incentives.
HB 1330-S by House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Manweller, Tarleton, Fey, and Young) Extending the business and occupation tax exemption for amounts received as credits against contracts with or funds provided by the Bonneville power administration and used for low-income ratepayer assistance. Exempts the following from business and occupation taxes: Amounts received by a person in the form of credits against power contracts with the Bonneville power administration, or funds provided by the Bonneville power administration, for the purpose of implementing energy conservation programs or demand-side management programs, as long as the amount that would otherwise be owed is used for low-income ratepayer assistance.
HB 1340-S by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody, Harris, Jinkins, Johnson, Robinson, and Tharinger) Modernizing substance use disorder professional practice. Changes the name of the chemical dependency certification advisory committee to the substance use disorder certification advisory committee.Changes the name of the division of alcohol and substance abuse to the behavioral health administration.Revises various statutes to change the term "chemical dependency" to "substance use disorder."
HB 1344-S by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Dolan, Nealey, Doglio, Springer, Frame, Riccelli, Appleton, Ryu, Ormsby, and Goodman) Extending the period for which a bond levy may be increased. Provides Thurston county the ability to increase a bond levy, not to exceed twenty-five years, with a voter approved lid lift.
HB 1420-S by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, MacEwen, and Bergquist) Concerning theatrical wrestling. Authorizes a theatrical wrestling school to: (1) Hold wrestling shows at a school facility, or hold a limited number of wrestling shows off the school premises, for training purposes; and(2) Charge an admission fee without a promoter license.Authorizes the department of licensing to grant an annual license to a theatrical wrestling school.Requires a wrestling show, presented by a theatrical wrestling school, to have an ambulance or paramedical unit or emergency medical technician at the event location.
HB 2017 by Representative Sells Concerning the lemon law's application to recreational vehicles. Addresses the application of the lemon law to recreational vehicles.
HB 2018 by Representative Blake; by request of Department of Agriculture Concerning livestock inspection. Requires a licensee, when a livestock inspection is required, to collect from the consignor and pay to the department of agriculture a per head inspection fee for each animal inspected or a time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.Increases fees for the following: (1) Inspection of cattle at a processing plant where the United States department of agriculture maintains a meat inspection program;(2) Issuance of an inspection certificate by the director; and(3) The time and mileage fee.
HB 2019 by Representatives Fey and Jinkins Concerning overwater residences within a historic district listed in the Washington heritage register. Requires a historic overwater residence, permitted or legally established before January 1, 2017, to be classified as a conforming preferred use and accommodated through reasonable shoreline master program regulations, permit conditions, or mitigation that will not effectively preclude maintenance, repair, replacement, and remodeling of existing overwater residences by rendering these actions impracticable.
HB 2020 by Representatives Manweller and Irwin Concerning limitations on liability for agritourism activities. Requires an agritourism professional, in order to invoke the privilege of immunity, to post and maintain signs that contain a specific warning notice which must be placed at the entrance to the agritourism location and at the site of the agritourism activity.
HB 2021 by Representatives Farrell and Macri Authorizing the sale of marijuana plants and seeds to qualifying patients and designated providers. Authorizes a licensed marijuana producer to produce, process, package, label, and sell plants and marijuana seeds at retail, at the premises of the producer, to a qualifying patient or designated provider with a valid authorization or a valid recognition card.Allows plants grown in a cooperative to be grown from marijuana seeds purchased from a licensed marijuana producer.
HB 2022 by Representative Kilduff Concerning homeowners' association violations. Entitles an aggrieved party, if a willful violation of a homeowners' association is found, to exemplary damages up to two times the actual damages sustained.
HB 2023 by Representative Fitzgibbon Addressing the effective date of certain actions taken under the growth management act. Addresses the growth management act with regard to initial effective dates of actions that: (1) Expand an urban growth area;(2) Remove the designation of agricultural, forest, or mineral resource lands;(3) Create or expand a limited area of more intensive rural development;(4) Establish a new fully contained community; or(5) Create or expand a master planned resort.
HB 2024 by Representative Klippert Increasing the seriousness level of first degree rape. Increases the seriousness level of first degree rape.
HB 2025 by Representatives Goodman, Klippert, Pettigrew, Hayes, Griffey, Chapman, and Jinkins Requiring the development and implementation of a comprehensive plan to improve offender programs. Requires the department of corrections to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for programs which must prioritize funding for and implementation of programs that: (1) Follow the risk needs responsivity model;(2) Focus on high risk offenders, including violent and nonviolent offenders;(3) Are deemed evidence-based by the state institute for public policy or Washington State University, or are included in the substance abuse and mental health services administration's national registry of evidence-based programs and practices; and(4) Have measurable outcomes including reducing recidivism and readmissions to correctional institutions below current levels.
HB 2026 by Representatives Pettigrew, Stokesbary, Tarleton, Doglio, Wilcox, Macri, Nealey, and Johnson Providing a business and occupation tax credit for live arts performances. Provides a business and occupation tax credit for an eligible person that is involved with a production that occurs in a theater in the state with a seating capacity between eight hundred and three thousand five hundred.
HB 2027 by Representative Kilduff Concerning the regulation of adult family homes. Requires an adult family home inspection to include an interview with at least three neighborhood residents who live within five hundred feet of the adult family home to assess the home's ability to promote a residential home-like environment within the neighborhood.Requires a licensed adult family home to have outdoor areas that are: (1) Safe for residents to use;(2) Accessible to residents, caregivers, visitors, and fire services; and(3) Well-maintained and uncluttered without an accumulation of garbage, debris, or offensive odors.
HB 2028 by Representative Hudgins; by request of Joint Legislative Systems Committee Concerning legislative technology. Changes the following terms in chapter 44.68 RCW: (1) The joint legislative systems administrative committee to the joint legislative technology administrative committee;(2) The legislative service center to the legislative technology solutions agency;(3) The legislative systems coordinator to the legislative technology director; and(4) The joint legislative systems committee to the joint legislative technology committee.
HB 2029 by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Ryu, Santos, Tarleton, Fey, Farrell, McBride, Wylie, Peterson, Kloba, Gregerson, Clibborn, Jinkins, Kagi, Bergquist, Ormsby, Hudgins, Stanford, Tharinger, and Macri Providing a referral resource for those seeking information and assistance for immigration and citizenship related matters. Requires the human rights commission, in consultation with relevant state agencies, and individuals or groups having experience and knowledge of immigration law and the provision of immigration and citizenship related assistance, including those with experience providing culturally appropriate services to populations that have traditionally been underserved or unserved, to establish a toll-free telephone hotline and a web site to refer callers and users to sources of information and assistance for immigration and citizenship related matters.Exempts the following personal information from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Information revealing the identity of a person or entity requesting immigration and citizenship related information or assistance via the hotline or web site.
HB 2030 by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Ryu, Santos, Fey, Gregerson, McBride, Wylie, Farrell, Peterson, Tarleton, Kloba, Clibborn, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Kagi, Bergquist, Ormsby, Hudgins, Stanford, Tharinger, and Macri Addressing discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status. Addresses citizenship and immigration status discrimination.
HB 2031 by Representatives Appleton, Stokesbary, Kilduff, McDonald, and Jinkins Concerning the funding of public defense services. Modifies public defense services provisions regarding funding.
HB 2032 by Representatives McBride, Jinkins, and Ormsby Creating a work group on service animal issues. Requires the human rights commission, in collaboration with the governor's committee on disability issues and employment, to convene and coordinate a work group to examine service animal issues in the state.Requires the work group to gather information and develop recommendations regarding: (1) The use of service animals in housing settings;(2) The differences between service animals and comfort or therapy animals;(3) Intentional misrepresentation of pets as service animals; and(4) Web sites and other vendors that promote and sell items that could be used to support misrepresentation of pets as service animals.
HB 2033 by Representatives Ryu and Condotta Concerning cannabis health and beauty aids. Establishes a cannabis health and beauty aid permit that allows the holder to process and possess marijuana for the purposes of manufacturing cannabis health and beauty aids and allows the health and beauty aids to be sold only in retail outlets and in the general retail market.
HB 2034 by Representatives Lovick, Johnson, Tarleton, Chapman, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, Tharinger, and Macri Requiring teacher preparation programs to integrate Native American curriculum developed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction into existing Pacific Northwest history and government requirements. Requires educator preparation programs to use the Since Time Immemorial curriculum to improve the understanding of students and educators about the past contributions of Indian nations to the state and the contemporary and ongoing tribal and state government relations.
HB 2035 by Representatives Harmsworth, Hayes, Shea, and Young Concerning information on civil traffic infractions. Requires the administrative office of the courts to remove identifying information about certain cases filed in courts in this state that involve civil traffic infractions.
HB 2036 by Representative Orwall Relating to residential real property and the services and processes available when such property is abandoned or in foreclosure. Finds that there are issues that should be addressed with respect to residential property, and the services and processes available when the property is abandoned or in foreclosure.
HB 2037 by Representatives Frame, Haler, Ryu, Pollet, Stambaugh, Kagi, Kilduff, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Jinkins, Bergquist, and McDonald Reauthorizing the work group concerned with removing obstacles for higher education students with disabilities. Extends the expiration to August 1, 2018, for the work group convened by the council of presidents to explore ways to improve the process for students with disabilities when they are transferring between institutions of higher education.Requires the work group to: (1) Continue developing a plan that focuses on removing obstacles for students with disabilities; and(2) Focus on improving overall access for students with disabilities, including addressing conditions in which accommodations are not provided to students with disabilities, such as in some supplemental electronic course materials.
HB 2038 by Representatives Jenkin, Ryu, McBride, Condotta, Vick, Sawyer, and Harris Clarifying the applicability of RCW 70.345.080 to only vapor products. Clarifies that RCW 70.345.080 (prohibits the sale or distribution of vapor products from self-service displays) applies only to vapor products.
HB 2039 by Representatives Springer, Haler, Jenkin, Johnson, Doglio, Dolan, Jinkins, Sawyer, Pettigrew, Robinson, Fitzgibbon, Tarleton, and Ormsby Creating the Washington information and referral access account to provide funds for the Washington information network 211 system. Creates the Washington information and referral access account.Requires, every fiscal year, an amount of no less than two million dollars of the funds collected from the legislature by means of a biennial general fund appropriation to the department of social and health services and from federal government or other programs to be deposited into the account.
HB 2040 by Representatives Frame, Robinson, Jinkins, Bergquist, Ormsby, Stanford, and Macri Increasing the notice of termination for tenancies under the residential landlord-tenant act. Revises the residential landlord-tenant act with regard to the length of time in which a tenant must give notice for termination of a rental agreement.
HB 2041 by Representatives Koster, Volz, and Chapman Making existing local government authority to seek voter approval to raise property tax revenue more useful. Makes the existing local government authority to seek voter approval to raise property tax revenue more useful.
HJM 4008-S by House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representative Morris) Requesting that the Bonneville Power Administration consider a rate design for the Eastern Intertie that eliminates or reduces the transmission rate associated with that part of the Eastern Intertie known as the Montana Intertie. Requests that the Bonneville Power Administration consider a rate design for the eastern intertie that eliminates or reduces the transmission rate associated with that part of the eastern intertie known as the Montana intertie.
SB 5060-S by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators O'Ban and Conway) Concerning the number of adult family homes permitted in residential neighborhoods. Requires the rules and standards for adult family homes to recognize the additional vehicular traffic and need for services that adult family homes require in residential neighborhoods.Requires the rules and standards adopted by the department of social and health services to provide that no more than two adult family homes may be located within a four block area of a residential community.
SB 5180-S by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Walsh, Darneille, Keiser, Palumbo, and Conway) Establishing the legislative advisory committee on aging. Creates the legislative advisory committee on aging to review issues of importance to the state's aging community which may include housing, long-term care, health and wellness, transportation, and finances.
SB 5271-S by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs and King; by request of Department of Licensing) Aligning existing definitions and practices to establish a uniform process for updating addresses of record and make conforming amendments to statutes administered by the department of licensing. Establishes a uniform process for updating addresses of record and makes conforming amendments to statutes administered by the department of licensing by aligning existing definitions and practices.
SB 5347-S by Senate Committee on Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Walsh, Darneille, Zeiger, Rolfes, Sheldon, Angel, and Hasegawa) Concerning the definition of work activity for the purposes of the WorkFirst program. Revises the definition of "work activity" for purposes of the WorkFirst temporary assistance for needy families program to change the amount of vocational training time, from twelve months to twenty-four months, to qualify as work activity.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review the impact of extending that time.
SB 5360-S by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Rivers, Cleveland, Darneille, Brown, O'Ban, Conway, Walsh, Rolfes, Zeiger, Hasegawa, Keiser, Wellman, Kuderer, and Fain) Reducing training requirements for disability respite providers working three hundred hours or less in any calendar year. Requires a person working as an individual provider who provides respite care services only for individuals with disabilities and works three hundred hours or less in a calendar year to complete fourteen hours of training within the first one hundred twenty days after becoming an individual provider.
SB 5378-S by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Dansel, Hasegawa, Conway, and Fortunato) Modifying the operation of motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic. Allows the operator of a motorcycle to overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken and to drive between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles, but only if on a numbered state route that is a divided highway having two or more lanes of traffic in each direction separated by a physical barrier or unpaved median and the operator is traveling at a rate of speed no more than ten miles per hour over the speed of traffic flow and not more than twenty-five miles per hour.Prohibits an operator of a motor vehicle from intentionally impeding or attempting to prevent an operator of a motorcycle from operating the motorcycle as permitted.Requires the department of transportation, when it has opened the use of the shoulder of a limited access facility for public transportation vehicles, to allow motorcycles to use the shoulder during the same time periods and conditions.
SB 5381-S by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Baumgartner, Palumbo, Chase, Mullet, and Conway; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges) Making the customized employment training program permanent. Makes the customized employment training program permanent.
SB 5750 by Senators Warnick and Chase; by request of Department of Agriculture Concerning livestock inspection. Requires a licensee, when a livestock inspection is required, to collect from the consignor and pay to the department of agriculture a per head inspection fee for each animal inspected or a time and mileage fee, whichever is greater.Increases fees for the following: (1) Inspection of cattle at a processing plant where the United States department of agriculture maintains a meat inspection program;(2) Issuance of an inspection certificate by the director; and(3) The time and mileage fee.
SB 5751 by Senator Schoesler Concerning personnel requirements for municipal ambulance services. Requires an ambulance service established by a municipal corporation with insufficient personnel, with approval from the department of health, to use a driver without medical or first-aid training as long as the driver is at least seventeen years old, possesses a valid driver's license with no restrictions, is accompanied by a nondriving emergency medical technician while operating the ambulance, and does not provide medical care to patients.
SB 5752 by Senator Rivers Conducting a study of the costs and funding sources for the core services and functions provided by county offices. Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to: (1) Conduct a study to determine the cost per county resident to provide core services and functions of certain county offices and the funding sources for all funds used by the county offices to provide core services and functions; and(2) Use the county population data released by the office of financial management when determining costs per county resident.
SB 5753 by Senators Zeiger, Rolfes, Billig, Braun, Warnick, Hunt, and Walsh Concerning the financing of early learning facilities. Creates the early learning facilities revolving account.Requires the department of early learning, in consultation with stakeholders, to review existing licensing standards related to facility requirements to eliminate potential barriers to licensing.Requires the department of commerce to: (1) In consultation with the department of early learning, oversee the early learning facilities revolving account;(2) Act as the lead state agency for early learning facilities grant and loan program development;(3) Expend money from the account to provide state matching funds for grants or loans to provide classrooms necessary for children to participate in the early childhood education and assistance program and working connections child care;(4) Monitor performance of the grant and loan program; and(5) Convene a committee of early learning facilities experts to advise the department regarding the prioritization methodology of grant applications for certain projects.Provides a list of: (1) Activities eligible for funding through the account; and(2) Organizations eligible to receive grants or loans.Provides that sections 3 through 10 of this act are null and void if appropriations are not approved.
SB 5754 by Senators Short and Schoesler Concerning the management of noxious weeds on state lands. Addresses liens, with regard to the management of noxious weeds, on lands owned by the state.
SB 5755 by Senator Short Simplifying the population growth criteria for planning required by the growth management act. Revises the growth management act to simplify the population growth criteria for planning required by the act.
SB 5756 by Senators Pearson, Frockt, Hasegawa, and Hunt Addressing noncompetition agreements. States that a noncompetition agreement between an employer and an employee is void and unenforceable if the employee's compensation, excluding benefits, is less than: (1) Fifty-five thousand dollars per year in 2017; and(2) Beginning January 1, 2018, and each January 1st thereafter, the amount provided in (1) above adjusted for inflation.
SB 5757 by Senator Rivers Concerning use of step therapy in prescription drug coverage. Requires a patient and prescribing practitioner to have access to a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process to request a step therapy exception override determination when coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition is restricted for use by a carrier or utilization review organization through the use of a step therapy protocol.
SB 5758 by Senators Rivers, Rolfes, Keiser, and Frockt Increasing college and career readiness and graduation rates in public schools. Creates the high school graduation and college and career readiness account.Requires the legislature, at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, to appropriate from the account amounts equaling not less than four hundred dollars per full-time equivalent student enrolled in a public middle school and high school per school year, for state support of the requirements of this act during the ensuing biennium.Requires the amounts distributed to school districts to be used to establish or expand: (1) Career and technical education programs in middle schools, high schools, or skill centers;(2) College-level courses in high schools;(3) Drop-out prevention strategies in middle schools and high schools; and(4) Courses, counseling, and coaching in middle school and high school to provide early exposure for students to employment opportunities and requirements and options for postsecondary education.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to review and report on the performance of school districts receiving certain funds under this act.Requires the state auditor to conduct financial, program, and performance audits of the uses and effectiveness of certain appropriated funds under this act.
SB 5759 by Senators Zeiger, Hobbs, O'Ban, Takko, Angel, Sheldon, Walsh, Liias, Wilson, Pearson, Kuderer, Fortunato, Rivers, Miloscia, Mullet, Conway, Bailey, Billig, Hasegawa, Palumbo, Chase, Short, Hunt, Rolfes, Pedersen, and Cleveland Concerning passenger-carrying vehicles for railroad employees. Requires the utilities and transportation commission to: (1) Regulate persons providing contract railroad crew transportation and contract crew hauling vehicles with respect to the safety of equipment, driver qualifications, insurance, and safety of operations;(2) Compile data regarding reported safety complaints, accidents, regulatory violations and fines, and corrective actions taken by the commission involving passenger-carrying vehicles; and(3) Develop an inspection program for contract crew hauling vehicles.
SB 5760 by Senators Ranker, Cleveland, Wellman, Frockt, Darneille, Keiser, Kuderer, Hasegawa, Mullet, Walsh, McCoy, Takko, Billig, Liias, Hobbs, Hunt, Carlyle, Rolfes, Pedersen, and Conway Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device. Establishes the employee reproductive choice act.Declares an intent to clarify that, in this state, barrier-free access to birth control remains a fundamental right and that discriminating against women through limitations on access to essential health benefits is against the public policy of this state and subject to the jurisdiction of the human rights commission and the state's law against discrimination.
SB 5761 by Senators McCoy, Hunt, and Hasegawa Exempting certain confidential fish and shellfish harvest information from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW, the public records act. Exempts the following from disclosure under the public records act: Confidential fish or shellfish harvest information shared with the department of fish and wildlife by a tribe, including fisher name and signature, harvest weight, value, and tax information.
SB 5762 by Senators Hunt, Short, and Sheldon Concerning financing of the mercury-containing light stewardship program. Addresses the mercury-containing light stewardship program.Decreases the amount of the annual fee required to be paid by a stewardship organization to the department of ecology.Requires a stewardship organization, when submitting the annual report to the department of ecology, to include an independent financial audit only once every three years.Prohibits the department of ecology from retaining fees in excess of the estimated amount necessary to cover the agency's administrative costs related to the mercury light stewardship program.Requires the department to refund fees collected in excess of the administrative costs to an approved stewardship organization.
SB 5763 by Senators Warnick, Darneille, Keiser, and Rolfes Implementing recommendations from the children's mental health work group. Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Oversee the coordination of resources and services through the managed health care system for children who are eligible for medical assistance and have been identified as requiring mental health treatment; and(2) Require universal screening and provider payment for depression for certain children.Requires the department of early learning to establish a child care consultation program linking child care providers with resources for caring for infants and young children who present behavioral concerns.Requires educational service districts to establish a lead staff person for mental health.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to employ a children's mental health services coordinator.Requires the health workforce council to collect and analyze workforce survey and administrative data for clinicians qualified to provide children's mental health services.Requires Washington State University to offer one, and the University of Washington to offer one additional, twenty-four month residency position that is approved by the accreditation council for graduate medical education to a resident specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry.Requires a behavioral health organization to reimburse a provider for a behavioral health service provided to certain covered persons.
SB 5764 by Senators Wellman, Hasegawa, and Rolfes Concerning higher education records. Requires the registrar of a private college or university that participates in the state need grant program and an institution of higher education or other employee, office, or department of the institution responsible for maintaining student academic records, to include a prominent notation on the academic transcript of a student who has been suspended for, has been permanently dismissed for, or withdraws from the institution while under investigation for, an offense involving sexual violence, stating that the student was suspended, dismissed, or withdrawn from the institution while under investigation for an offense involving sexual violence.Exempts the following from public inspection and copying under the public records act: Survivor communications with, and survivor records maintained by, campus-affiliated advocates.
SB 5765 by Senator Hasegawa Repealing certain tax exemptions and deductions to help pay for the full funding of basic education. Repeals certain tax exemptions and deductions for international banking facilities and professional employer organizations to help pay for the full funding of basic education.
SJM 8005-S by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator O'Ban) Requesting that the Interstate 5 bridges over the Nisqually River be named for and recognize the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Requests that the Interstate 5 bridges over the Nisqually River be named for and recognize the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
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