H-3434              _______________________________________________

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1262

                        _______________________________________________

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                          1987 3rd Special Session

By Representatives Rust, Nelson, Barnes, Todd, May, Unsoeld, Grimm, Miller, Hankins, Lewis, Jacobsen and Lux

Read first time 10/10/87 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to environmental monitoring and radioactive waste management; amending section 211, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess. (uncodified); and declaring an emergency.

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

        Sec. 1.   Section 211, chapter 7, Laws of 1987 1st ex. sess. (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

!tp1FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES‑-PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM

@i2General Fund Appropriation‑-State!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr((58,177,000))

!tr58,757,000

General Fund Appropriation‑-Federal!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr73,551,000

General Fund Appropriation‑-Local!w×!tr$!sc ,16

!ae0!tr8,025,000

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!ae0!tr((139,753,000))

!tr140,333,000

          The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations:

          (1) Vendor rates shall be increased by 2.0 percent on September 1, 1987, and 4.0 percent on September 1, 1988.

          (2) Public and private community health clinics providing dental services under this section shall give priority to populations that lack access to federally supported dental services.  The department shall prepare contracts which implement this requirement.

          (3) $1,919,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to carry out the department's responsibilities contained in the Puget Sound water quality plan and perform corresponding state-wide activities, including $50,000 for a review of the alternative on-site sewage program at both the state and local levels.  The review shall address, but not be limited to, the process and procedures associated with the review and application of alternative systems.  Recommendations shall include, but not be limited to:

          (a) Ways to expedite review of applications;

          (b) Changes in rules and statutes to address unique alternative on-site system applications;

          (c) Staffing and resources required to implement an effective alternative on-site program; and

          (d) Any additional issues that are necessary for an effective and efficient alternative on-site sewage system program.

          The department shall report to the legislature no later than January 30, 1988.

          (4) $5,500,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to continue prenatal care services for low-income pregnant women who do not qualify for full coverage under the medical assistance program.

          (5) A maximum of $86,842,000, of which $24,437,000 is from the general fund‑-state appropriation, and 132 biennial full time equivalent staff may be transferred from the public health program to the division of children and family services to provide parent and child health services, dental health care for  children, women, infant and children services, crippled children's services, nutrition services to children, family planning services, and program and category support services.  If this transfer affects the comparability of historical expenditure information at the program, category, or budget-unit level, the department shall reconstruct historical data for the preceding six fiscal years.

          (6) $3,100,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to continue the kidney disease program.

          (7) $300,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to enhance high-risk infant tracking.

          (8) $41,000 of the general fund‑-state appropriation is provided solely to expand PKU testing.

          (9) $1,500,000, of which $300,000 is from the general fund‑-state appropriation, is provided solely for enhancing the women, infants, and children programs.

(10) $580,000 of the general fund--state appropriation is provided solely to fund the environmental monitoring and radioactive waste management activities of the office of radiation protection not otherwise funded through fees or federal funding.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.