CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6191
Chapter 251, Laws of 2020
66TH LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY--ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2020
Passed by the Senate March 7, 2020 Yeas 45 Nays 3 CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 2020 Yeas 96 Nays 1 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6191 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary Secretary |
Approved March 31, 2020 11:13 AM | FILED March 31, 2020 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6191
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2020 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2020 Regular Session |
BySenate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Darneille, Hasegawa, O'Ban, Rolfes, Short, and Wilson, C.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/03/20.
AN ACT Relating to assessing the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in middle and high school students to inform decision making and improve services; adding a new section to chapter
28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature stated in RCW 70.305.005 that "adverse childhood experiences are a powerful common determinant of a child's ability to be successful at school and, as an adult, to be successful at work, to avoid behavioral and chronic physical health conditions, and to build healthy relationships." (2) The legislature recognizes that the healthy youth survey is a voluntary and anonymous survey administered every two years to students in sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth grades.
(3) The legislature intends to include questions related to adverse childhood experiences in the healthy youth survey to help assess the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences throughout the state. The legislature further intends for these data to help inform school district and community decision making and improve services for students.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter
28A.300 RCW to read as follows:
(1)(a) The health care authority, in collaboration with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of health, and the liquor and cannabis board, must incorporate questions related to adverse childhood experiences into the healthy youth survey that are validated for children and would allow reporting of adverse childhood experiences during childhood to be included in frequency reports. The questions must be administered for two cycles of the healthy youth survey and then evaluated by the agencies for any needed changes.
(b) Student responses to the healthy youth survey are voluntary and must remain anonymous.
(c) The aggregated student responses to the adverse childhood experiences questions must be made publicly available and disaggregated by state, educational service district, and county.
(d) School districts and school buildings must be provided the aggregated student responses of their students.
(e) The student response data specified in (c) and (d) of this subsection must comply with state and federal privacy laws.
(2) School districts are encouraged to use the information about adverse childhood experiences in their decision making and to help improve services for students.
Passed by the Senate March 7, 2020.
Passed by the House March 4, 2020.
Approved by the Governor March 31, 2020.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2020.
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