BILL REQ. #:  H-0791.1 

Read first time 02/05/13.   Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

     AN ACT Relating to convening a work group to develop a standardized clinical affiliation agreement for clinical placements associated with the education of physicians and nurses; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.70 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall convene a work group to study and recommend language for standardized clinical affiliation agreements for clinical placements associated with the education and training of physicians licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW, osteopathic physicians and surgeons licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, and nurses licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW.
     (2) When choosing members of the work group, the department shall consult with the health care personnel shortage task force and shall attempt to ensure that the membership of the work group is geographically diverse. The work group must, at a minimum, include representatives of the following:
     (a) Two-year institutions of higher education;
     (b) Four-year institutions of higher education;
     (c) The University of Washington medical school;
     (d) The college of osteopathic medicine at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences;
     (e) The health care personnel shortage task force;
     (f) Statewide organizations representing hospitals and other facilities that accept clinical placements;
     (g) A statewide organization representing physicians;
     (h) A statewide organization representing osteopathic physicians and surgeons;
     (i) A statewide organization representing nurses;
     (j) A labor organization representing nurses; and
     (k) Any other groups deemed appropriate by the department in consultation with the health care personnel shortage task force.
     (3) The work group shall develop one recommended standardized clinical affiliation agreement for each profession or one recommended standardized clinical affiliation agreement for all three professions. The work group shall report its findings to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature no later than November 15, 2014.
     (4) This section expires July 1, 2015.