FINAL BILL REPORT

                            SB 5455

                          C 131 L 93

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Correcting the codification of a section relating to chemical dependency.

SPONSORS: Senators Fraser, Deccio and Talmadge; by request of Law Revision Commission

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

BACKGROUND:

In 1989 the Legislature passed two major bills revising the drug and alcohol laws.  One bill repealed the law which prohibited the Department of Social and Health Services from refusing treatment to indigent applicants and recodified the alcohol treatment statutes into a new chapter.  The other bill revised the treatment statute allowing the department to prioritize admissions, but did not recodify the statute in the new alcohol treatment chapter.

SUMMARY:

The statute which allows the department to prioritize alcohol treatment admissions is recodified in the new alcohol treatment chapter.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    49   0

House     96   0

EFFECTIVE:July 25, 1993