Concerning certain state ethnic and cultural diversity commissions.

Authorizes the commission on African-American affairs and the commission on Hispanic affairs, instead of the governor, to appoint an executive director and set his or her salary within the limits of the office of financial management.

Requires the Asian Pacific American affairs commission to: (1) Appoint an executive director and set his or her salary within the limits of the office of financial management; and

(2) Advise the legislature on issues of concern to the Asian Pacific American community.

Eliminates the repeal and termination, under the sunset act, of the Washington state commission on Hispanic affairs.

Concerning government performance and accountability.

Establishes the performance management act.

Creates the office of performance management, in the office of the governor, which should: (1) Be granted administrative authority over state performance management programs, ensuring that all executive branch agencies properly implement world-class lean performance management systems to achieve operational excellence; and

(2) Coordinate performance assessments of state agencies by independent examiners.

Concerning driver's license formats for persons approaching twenty-one years of age.

Clarifying the appropriate format for signed written authorizations for special parking privileges.

Concerning removal of juvenile convictions or adjudications from sexually violent predator status under RCW 71.09.030.

Concerning the sealing of juvenile records.

Concerning the development of a juvenile special sex offender disposition alternative treatment court.

Concerning breakfast after the bell programs.

Requires each high-needs school to offer breakfast after the bell to each student and provide adequate time for students to eat.

Requires the state to provide financial assistance to support the costs of implementing breakfast after the bell programs at participating high-needs schools.

Encourages all public schools to offer breakfast after the bell.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop and distribute procedures and guidelines for the implementation of this act;

(2) Dedicate staff within the office to offer training and technical and marketing assistance to public schools and school districts related to offering breakfast after the bell;

(3) Collaborate with nonprofit organizations knowledgeable about equity, the opportunity gap, hunger and food security issues, and best practices for improving student access to school breakfast; and

Developing a standardized prescription drug benefit package for individual and small group market offerings.

Requires the insurance commissioner, in collaboration with the state health benefit exchange, to convene a committee to develop a recommendation on a standardized prescription benefit design.

Concerning cannabis health and beauty aids.

Addressing pharmacy appeals of payments made by pharmacy benefit managers.

Requiring training for long-term care providers on the needs of the LGBTQ population.

Requires adult family home licensees, assisted living facility licensees, and nursing home licensees to complete one hour of cultural competency training on issues relating to the LGBTQ population.

Creating the Washington apple care trust.

Creates the Washington apple care trust as an agency of state government to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.

Improving state funding for school construction, modernization, and asset preservation.

Establishing a special allegation for habitual property offenders.

Increases the sanctions for habitual property offenders to provide more effective deterrents to recidivism.

Concerning the modification of the disposable income calculation for the property tax exemption for senior citizens, disabled veterans, and disabled retired persons.

Concerning inspection and review of state contracted behavioral health and recovery agencies.

Declares that the state: (1) Finds that the department of social and health services should not engage in the improper and inappropriate reduction of the number of license violations found by field inspectors for the purpose of allowing agency licensees to avoid liability in a manner that permits the violating agency to stay open at the risk of public safety; and

(2) Recognizes the need to prohibit sham transfers of licenses between behavioral health licensees found in violation of the terms of their license agreement and their family members.

Addressing parent-initiated behavioral health treatment for children aged thirteen to seventeen years old.

Requires a parent to, during the evaluation of a minor at the request of the parent and during the course of medically necessary treatment commenced pursuant to the evaluation, be considered the personal representative of the minor for the purpose of transmission of medical information, making treatment decisions, and reviewing the compliance of the minor with treatment recommendations.

Authorizing the replacement of Interstate 405 express toll lanes with a general purpose lane and a high occupancy vehicle lane.

Establishes the eastside corridor congestion relief act.

Authorizes the department of transportation to designate one lane of traffic moving in each direction on interstate 405 as a high occupancy vehicle lane to be used by certain vehicles.

Requires the department of transportation, to the extent applicable, to create a fourth general purpose lane of traffic moving in each direction on interstate 405.

Repeals the interstate 405 express toll lanes operations account.

Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools.

Establishes the apple a day act of 2017.

Creates a competitive equipment assistance grant program, to be known as the apple a day program, to enhance overall student nutrition in public schools.

Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a competitive process to prioritize applications for state assistance.

Providing notification to parents when a minor accesses behavioral health services.

Addresses a minor's access to behavioral health services.

Concerning penalties awarded for violations of the public records act.

Concerning telecommunications services.

Developing a bilingual educational workforce.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to administer the bilingual educator initiative, which is a long-term program to recruit, prepare, and mentor bilingual high school students to become future bilingual teachers and counselors.

Creating the skilled worker outreach, recruitment, and key training program.

Creates the skilled worker outreach, recruitment, and key training program to increase the state's skilled workforce by awarding matching grants to eligible applicants.

Requires the department of commerce to: (1) Administer the grant program and establish a process for accepting grant applications;

(2) Establish a grant review committee to review grant applications and make recommendations on who should receive a matching grant and the amount; and

(3) In coordination with the workforce training and education coordinating board, assess current and future workforce needs and coordinate skilled worker training and education programs throughout the state to assist with implementation of the grant program.

Extending the duration of the social emotional learning benchmarks work group to complete additional work.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to continue to convene the social emotional learning benchmarks work group.

Requires the work group to develop: (1) Indicators to provide concrete examples of what it might look like when a student meets a social emotional learning benchmark; and

(2) Resources to support schools and school districts with implementing social and emotional learning.

Expires August 1, 2019.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 3	First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.