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                         SENATE BILL 5186

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Thibaudeau, Winsley, Costa and Kohl‑Welles; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Read first time 01/15/2001.  Referred to Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care.

Modifying department of social and health services' family planning services.

    AN ACT Relating to department of social and health services' family planning services; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:

    The department may, upon receipt of approval from the federal health care financing administration, implement a waiver under section 1115 of the federal social security act to provide family planning services to persons with family incomes at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.  For purposes of this section, family planning services includes all federal food and drug administration-approved contraceptives, sterilization services, and medical services associated with use of contraceptive and sterilization services, educational services, intensive follow-up services to support contraceptive use, and interpretive services necessary to aid individuals to avoid unintended pregnancy.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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