FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 2364

                          C 29 L 98

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Extending the time for the secretary of health to establish administrative procedures and requirements for health professions.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Dyer, Cody and Backlund; by request of Department of Health).

House Committee on Health Care

Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

Background:  In 1996, the Legislature directed the Secretary of Health to establish uniform administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees for initial issuance, renewal, and reissuance of a credential to practice a regulated health service.  This includes modifying the duration of the license, certification, or registration periods if the modification will result in more economical or efficient government without adversely affecting the public health and safety.  The process involves 43 health professions regulated by the Department of Health.  The secretary's authority terminates July 1, 1998.

Summary:  The termination date of July 1, 1998, of the Secretary of Health's authority to establish uniform administrative procedures and administrative requirements for health service credentialing is extended to March 1, 1999.

Votes on Final Passage:

House950

Senate470

Effective:June 11, 1998