Authorizing funeral planning and funeral services as noninsurance benefits under group life and disability insurance policies.

Protecting public safety through responsible storage of firearms.

Includes in the crime of reckless endangerment, when a person leaves or stores a firearm in a location where he or she knows or reasonably should know that a child is likely to gain access, and the child does gain possession of the firearm, and: (1) Causes physical harm or death with the firearm;

(2) Displays the firearm in a public place;

(3) Displays the firearm in an angry or threatening manner; or

(4) Uses the firearm in the commission of a crime.

Encouraging low-water landscaping practices as a drought alleviation tool.

Prohibits homeowner association and condominium association restrictions that limit private property owners' ability to install drought resistant landscaping or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping.

Ensures that state-funded buildings achieve the highest landscaping water efficient benchmarks that are consistent with nationally recognized consensus green building standards as reflected in the water efficiency provisions of the international green construction code.

Concerning unlawful entry on certain properties.

Authorizes a peace officer to: (1) Remove a person from real property and order the person to remain off the property, when the person is unlawfully entering the property; and

(2) If he or she has probable cause to believe that the person is guilty of criminal trespass, make an arrest or exclude anyone under penalty of criminal trespass.

Addressing health care authority auditing practices.

Addresses auditing requirements of the state health care authority and contractors that conduct audits on behalf of the authority.

Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Develop and implement a procedure by which an improper payment identified by an audit may be resubmitted as a claims adjustment; and

Addressing fair dental insurance practices.

Requires a health carrier that offers a dental plan to maintain a documented utilization review program description and written utilization criteria based on prevention of dental disease and chronic disease implications.

Prohibits a health carrier that offers a dental plan from subjecting a provider to an additional level of oversight under the health carrier's provider agreement solely because the provider, on behalf of a patient, files an appeal or grievance.

Requires the office of the insurance commissioner to convene a work group to examine current health carrier practices related to explanations of benefits sent to covered persons.

Concerning the public disclosure of global positioning system data corresponding to residential addresses of public employees and volunteers.

Requiring establishment of a systemwide policy for granting credit for AP exams.

Concerning restrictions on prescriptions for opioid drugs.

Requires a practitioner, in order to prescribe an opioid drug, to annually complete continuing education regarding best practices in the prescribing of opioid drugs.

Concerning tribal-state relations.

Addresses issues of mutual concern to the tribes and the state.

Creates the joint summit council on Indian affairs which is part of the legislative branch of state government.

Concerning reimbursement for services provided pursuant to community assistance referral and education services programs.

Requires the state health care authority to adopt standards for the reimbursement of health care services provided to eligible clients by fire departments pursuant to a community assistance referral and education services program.

Establishing the practice of dental therapy.

Concerning dental practice and solicitation by corporations.

Concerning dental licensure through completion of a residency program.

Specifying to whom information and records related to mental health services may be disclosed for the purposes of care coordination and treatment.

Authorizes information and records related to mental health services, other than those obtained through treatment under chapter 71.34 RCW (mental health services for minors), to be disclosed to a person who is: (1) A health care provider who is providing care to a patient, or to whom a patient has been referred for evaluation or treatment; or

Enhancing election reconciliation reports.

Requires the county auditor to: (1) Make election reconciliation reports available to the public at the auditor's office;

(2) Publish the reports on the auditor's web site at the time of certification; and

(3) Submit the reports to the secretary of state at the time of certification.

Requires the election reconciliation report to include the number of: (1) Overseas and service ballots issued, received, counted, and rejected by mail, e-mail, web site link, or facsimile, as appropriate;

(2) Nonoverseas and nonservice ballots sent and received by e-mail, web site link, or facsimile, as appropriate; and

(3) Nonoverseas and nonservice ballots that were rejected for failing to send an original or hard copy of the ballot by the deadline or any other reason, including the reason for rejection.

Concerning county treasurer administrative efficiencies.

Concerning disposition of property subject to forfeiture.

Requires the proceeds from the foreclosure of property to be deposited in the education legacy trust account for common schools.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 1	First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).