BILL REQ. #:  H-1042.1 

Read first time 01/25/2007.   Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

     AN ACT Relating to parent and child health services provided by the department of health; amending RCW 43.70.080 and 43.70.010; and adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.70.080 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 201 are each amended to read as follows:
     The powers and duties of the department of social and health services and the secretary of social and health services under the following statutes are hereby transferred to the department of health and the secretary of health: Chapters 16.70, 18.20, 18.46, 18.71, 18.73, 18.76, 69.30, 70.28, 70.30, 70.32, 70.33, 70.50, 70.58, 70.62, 70.83, 70.83B, 70.90, 70.98, 70.104, 70.116, 70.118, 70.119, 70.119A, 70.121, 70.127, 70.142, and 80.50 RCW. More specifically, the following programs and services presently administered by the department of social and health services are hereby transferred to the department of health:
     (1) Personal health and protection programs and related management and support services, including, but not limited to: Immunizations; tuberculosis; sexually transmitted diseases; AIDS; diabetes control; primary health care; cardiovascular risk reduction; kidney disease; regional genetic services; newborn metabolic screening; sentinel birth defects; cytogenetics; communicable disease epidemiology; and chronic disease epidemiology;
     (2) Environmental health protection services and related management and support services, including, but not limited to: Radiation, including X-ray control, radioactive materials, uranium mills, low-level waste, emergency response and reactor safety, and environmental radiation protection; drinking water; toxic substances; on-site sewage; recreational water contact facilities; food services sanitation; shellfish; and general environmental health services, including schools, vectors, parks, and camps;
     (3) Public health laboratory;
     (4) Public health support services, including, but not limited to: Vital records; health data; local public health services support; and health education and information;
     (5) Licensing and certification services including, but not limited to: Health and personal care facility survey, construction review, emergency medical services, laboratory quality assurance, and accommodations surveys; and
     (6) Effective January 1, 1991, parent and child health services and related management support services, including, but not limited to: Maternal and infant health; child health; parental health; nutrition; handicapped children's services; family planning including screening, testing, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; adolescent pregnancy services; high priority infant tracking; early intervention; parenting education; prenatal regionalization; and power and duties under RCW 43.20A.635. The director of the office of financial management may recommend to the legislature a delay in this transfer, if it is determined that this time frame is not adequate.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 43.70 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) In order to promote healthy birth outcomes and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, Washington state reaffirms its commitment to encourage health plan coverage of family planning as an essential component of the health care system and to provide public health funding for preventive family planning services for women and men with family incomes up to two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.
     (2) Within funds appropriated specifically for this purpose, the department of health shall provide, through its contracted local family planning agencies, family planning services to women and men in accordance with eligibility requirements established by the department. Funds appropriated to the department for this purpose shall be used to provide family planning services to men and women not otherwise eligible for family planning services under the medicaid program administered under chapter 74.09 RCW, and for family planning services not otherwise covered by the medicaid program under chapter 74.09 RCW.

Sec. 3   RCW 43.70.010 and 1995 c 269 s 2201 are each amended to read as follows:
     As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
     (1) "Assessment" means the regular collection, analysis, and sharing of information about health conditions, risks, and resources in a community. Assessment activities identify trends in illness, injury, and death and the factors that may cause these events. They also identify environmental risk factors, community concerns, community health resources, and the use of health services. Assessment includes gathering statistical data as well as conducting epidemiologic and other investigations and evaluations of health emergencies and specific ongoing health problems;
     (2) "Board" means the state board of health;
     (3) "Department" means the department of health;
     (4) "Family planning services" means the provision of effective risk reduction education and counseling; preventive medical exams and testing; screening, testing, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; cancer screening; contraceptive supplies and devices; and sterilization counseling and services;
     (5) "Policy development" means the establishment of social norms, organizational guidelines, operational procedures, rules, ordinances, or statutes that promote health or prevent injury, illness, or death; and
     (((5))) (6) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.