3024-S2 AMH CHAB HELA 106

2SHB 3024 - H AMD 1196

By Representative Chandler

ADOPTED 2/15/2010

    On page 1, line 6, after "(1)" strike "A hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW" and insert "An employer"

    On page 2, after line 18, insert the following:

    "(6) For purposes of this section, "employer" means hospitals licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW; state hospitals as defined in RCW 72.23.010; state veterans' homes as defined in RCW 72.36.035; residential habilitation centers listed in RCW 71A.20.020, RCW 71A.20.030, and RCW 71A.20.040; facilities owned and operated by the department of corrections, or by a governing unit as defined in RCW 70.48.020, in a correctional institution as defined in RCW 9.94.049 that provide health care services to inmates as defined in RCW 72.09.015; and facilities in an institution as defined in RCW 13.40.020 or a detention facility as defined in RCW 13.40.020 that provide health care services to juveniles committed to the custody of the department of social and health services under RCW 13.40.185 or confined in a detention facility."

EFFECT:  Extends the uninterrupted meal and rest break requirements to the following public entities:

                  (1) State hospitals that are operated and maintained by the state for the care of the mentally ill;

                      (2) State veterans' homes;

                 (3) Residential habilitation centers established to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities;

                 (4) State or local correctional institutions with respect to facilities owned and operated by the state or by local governments that provide health care services to adult inmates;

                 (5) Facilities that provide health care in an institution for juveniles committed to the custody of the DSHS or in a county detention facility where juveniles are confined.

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