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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 873

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Valle, Jacobsen and Wineberry

Read first time 2/13/87 and referred to Committee on Human Services.

AN ACT Relating to teenage suicide; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The secretary of the department of social and health services shall instigate a study on teenage suicide.  The secretary shall report to the legislature on the results of the study within one year from the effective date of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act shall expire December 1, 1988.