CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1035

 

 

                   Chapter 204, Laws of 1995

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

 

 

         DEATH INVESTIGATIONS‑-DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND

             HEALTH SERVICES RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the House April 18, 1995

  Yeas 89   Nays 0

 

 

 

CLYDE BALLARD

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1995

  Yeas 46   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1035 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

JOEL PRITCHARD

 

President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

 

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved May 3, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

             May 3, 1995 - 11:30 a.m.

 

 

 

    MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1035

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Children & Family Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Thibaudeau, Morris, Scott, Tokuda, Costa, Mason, Brown, Ogden, Basich, Wolfe, Patterson and Chopp)

 

Read first time 02/28/95.

 

Establishing notification and referral procedures for deaths occurring in children's residential facilities and in facilities serving developmentally disabled persons.



    AN ACT Relating to death investigations in residential facilities operated or under control of the department of social and health services; and creating a new section.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  (1) The department of health, in conjunction with the department of social and health services, local health jurisdictions, coroners, medical examiners, and other appropriate entities, shall develop a consistent process for review of all unexpected deaths of minors who are in the care of or receiving those services described in chapter 74.13 RCW from the department of social and health services.  For purposes of this section an "unexpected death of a minor" is a death not resulting from a diagnosed terminal illness or other debilitating or deteriorating illness or condition where death is anticipated.

    (2) The department of health shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by November 1, 1995.


    Passed the House April 18, 1995.

    Passed the Senate April 6, 1995.

Approved by the Governor May 3, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 1995.