CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1604
Chapter 139, Laws of 2015
64th Legislature
2015 Regular Session
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES--WORK GROUP--FIREFIGHTERS--HAZARDOUS EXPOSURES
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/2015
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1604
Passed Legislature - 2015 Regular Session
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2015 Regular Session |
By House Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Hayes, Sawyer, Van De Wege, Holy, Griffey, Riccelli, Fitzgibbon, Ormsby, and Pollet)
READ FIRST TIME 02/16/15.
AN ACT Relating to an occupational disease exposure reporting requirement for firefighters; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) Beginning August 1, 2015, the department of labor and industries shall convene a work group to discuss establishing definitions, policies, and procedures for mandatory reporting of hazardous exposures suffered in the course of employment by firefighters.
(2) The work group must include, at a minimum, stakeholders representing firefighter unions, fire departments, fire chiefs, state fund public employers, and self-insured employers.
(3) By January 1, 2016, the department must report to the appropriate committees of the legislature any recommendations for legislation or rule making.
(4) This section expires January 31, 2016.
Passed by the House March 2, 2015.
Passed by the Senate April 13, 2015.
Approved by the Governor April 29, 2015.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 29, 2015.
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