CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1605
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House March 5, 2019
  Yeas 98  Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 12, 2019
  Yeas 45  Nays 0
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1605 as passed by House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1605
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByHouse Human Services & Early Learning (originally sponsored by Representatives Dent, Peterson, Griffey, Caldier, Goodman, Volz, Stanford, Lovick, Reeves, Klippert, Frame, Schmick, Harris, Appleton, Kretz, DeBolt, Cody, Macri, Orwall, Shea, Blake, Kloba, Doglio, Ortiz-Self, Eslick, Jinkins, Van Werven, Fey, Ormsby, Callan, Bergquist, Tarleton, and Leavitt)
READ FIRST TIME 02/19/19.
AN ACT Relating to requiring traumatic brain injury screenings for children entering the foster care system; adding a new section to chapter 74.13 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 74.13 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department, in consultation with the health plan contracted to provide health care coverage to foster youth, shall evaluate:
(a) Traumatic brain injury screening tools that could be used with children entering out-of-home care as defined under RCW 13.34.030 and the evidence base for such tools;
(b) Options to include traumatic brain injury screening tools in existing screens or regular health care appointments for children in out-of-home care as defined under RCW 13.34.030; and
(c) The recommended treatment actions based on health care, behavioral health care, and trauma-related best practices for youth for whom a potential traumatic brain injury is identified using a screening tool.
(2) By December 1, 2019, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the department shall provide a report based on the requirements in this section to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
(3) This section expires July 1, 2020.
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