CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1016
Chapter 250, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
HOSPITALS--AVAILABILITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE KIT COLLECTION--PLAN AND NOTICES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the House April 24, 2019 Yeas 94 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 2019 Yeas 46 Nays 0 CYRUS HABIB
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 HOUSE BILL 1016 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved May 7, 2019 9:52 AM | FILED May 13, 2019 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
HOUSE BILL 1016
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Caldier, Cody, Griffey, Mosbrucker, Maycumber, Macri, Jinkins, Slatter, Shea, Van Werven, Irwin, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Wylie, Doglio, Robinson, Chambers, Orwall, Stanford, Rude, Frame, Leavitt, Walen, and Young
Prefiled 12/05/18.Read first time 01/14/19.Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
AN ACT Relating to hospital notification of availability of sexual assault evidence kit collection; and adding a new section to chapter
70.41 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
70.41 RCW to read as follows:
(1) By July 1, 2020, any hospital that does not provide sexual assault evidence kit collection, or does not have appropriate providers available to provide sexual assault evidence kit collection at all times, shall develop a plan, in consultation with the local community sexual assault agency, to assist individuals with obtaining sexual assault evidence kit collection at a facility that provides such collection.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2020:
(a) If a hospital does not perform sexual assault evidence kit collection or does not have appropriate providers available, the hospital shall, within two hours of a request, provide notice to every individual who presents in the emergency department of the hospital and requests a sexual assault evidence kit collection that the hospital does not perform such collection or does not have appropriate providers available; and
(b) Pursuant to the plan required in subsection (1) of this section, if the hospital does not perform sexual assault evidence kit collection or does not have appropriate providers available, hospital staff must coordinate care with the local community sexual assault agency and assist the patient in finding a facility with an appropriate provider available.
(3) A hospital must notify individuals upon arrival who present in the emergency department of the hospital and request a sexual assault evidence kit collection that they may file a complaint with the department if the hospital fails to comply with subsection (2)(a) of this section.
Passed by the House April 24, 2019.
Passed by the Senate April 15, 2019.
Approved by the Governor May 7, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 13, 2019.
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