CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 2824
Chapter 100, Laws of 2002
57th Legislature
2002 Regular Session
LONG-TERM CARE
OMBUDSMAN--CONFLICT OF INTEREST
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/13/02
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Passed by the House February 14,
2002
Yeas 98 Nays 0
 FRANK
CHOPP
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 8,
2002
Yeas 48 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL
2824 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
 CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
Chief Clerk
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved March 22, 2002 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 22, 2002 - 12:48 p.m.
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 GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 2824
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Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/29/2002. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
Revising conflict of interest provisions for the long-term
care ombudsman program.
AN
ACT Relating to conflict of interest provisions for the long-term care
ombudsman program; and amending RCW 43.190.040.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
43.190.040 and 1983 c 290 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Any long-term care ombudsman authorized by this chapter or a local governmental
authority shall have training or experience or both in the following areas:
(a)
Gerontology, long-term care, or other related social services programs.
(b)
The legal system.
(c)
Dispute or problem resolution techniques, including investigation, mediation,
and negotiation.
(2)
A long-term care ombudsman shall not have been employed by or participated
in the management of any long-term care facility within the past ((three
years)) year.
(3)
A long-term care ombudsman shall not have been employed in a governmental
position with direct involvement in the licensing, certification, or regulation
of long-term care facilities within the past year.
(4)
No long-term care ombudsman or any member of his or her immediate family shall
have, or have had within the past ((three years)) year, any ((pecuniary))
significant ownership or investment interest in ((the provision of
long-term health care facilities)) one or more long-term care
facilities.
(5)
A long-term care ombudsman shall not be assigned to a long-term care facility
in which a member of that ombudsman's immediate family resides.
Passed the House February 14, 2002.
Passed the Senate March 8, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
March 22, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2002.