| Passed by the House March 8, 2012 Yeas 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 8, 2012 Yeas 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2509 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2012 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/17/12. Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.
AN ACT Relating to improving workplace safety and health by enacting the blueprint for safety program; and adding a new section to chapter 49.17 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW
to read as follows:
The blueprint for safety program is established. The goal of the
program is to improve safety for employees and lower costs for
employers by assisting those employers for which the traditional safety
and health model has not been effective. The department shall design
the program to promote management and labor leadership in safety and
health as essential for long-term success. The criteria for
participation may include, but are not limited to: A history with the
department indicating a less than optimal leadership commitment to
safety and health, a rising experience modification factor, a recent
catastrophic workplace injury, a change in the employer's safety
management, and a request by the employer to participate. The
department shall expand the current blueprint for safety program to
include an additional department region of operation. The department
shall post information on its web page to provide information about the
program to employers. Participation by an employer is voluntary and
subject to approval by the department. The program shall supplement,
but not replace any of, the department's existing compliance or
consultation programs. The department shall adopt rules to establish
criteria for participation in the blueprint for safety program, and
shall initiate rule making in 2012. Funding for the blueprint for
safety program created in this section cannot be appropriated from the
medical aid fund or the accident fund, but shall be implemented within
existing resources.