BILL REQ. #:  Z-0642.1 

Read first time 01/20/14.   Referred to Committee on Health Care .

     AN ACT Relating to expenditures from the public health supplemental account; and amending RCW 43.70.327.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.70.327 and 2001 c 80 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The public health supplemental account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from gifts, bequests, devises, or funds, whose use is determined to further the purpose of maintaining and improving the health of Washington residents through the public health system must be deposited into the account. Money in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for maintaining and improving the health of Washington residents through the public health system, which may include funding for staff. ((Expenditures from the account shall not be used to pay for or add permanent full-time equivalent staff positions.))
     (2) The department shall file an annual statement of the financial condition, transactions, and affairs of any program funded under this section in a form and manner prescribed by the office of financial management. A copy of the annual statement shall be filed with the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.