SB 6351 - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/13/18)

Requires the director of the state health care authority to, in order to determine the character, competence, and suitability of an applicant or service provider to have unsupervised access to the vulnerable population, require a fingerprint-based background check through both the Washington state patrol and the federal bureau of investigation any time services are to be provided under the nonemergency medical transportation program.

Requires the Washington state patrol to furnish a transcript of a conviction record pertaining to a person for whom the state patrol or federal bureau of investigation has a record upon the written request of the state health care authority for the purpose of protecting the vulnerable population served by the nonemergency medical transportation program.