CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1274
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House March 4, 2023
  Yeas 96  Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 5, 2023
  Yeas 48  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 ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1274 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1274
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Couture, Lekanoff, Eslick, Waters, Walsh, Griffey, Low, Hutchins, Dent, Taylor, Barnard, Connors, Rude, Sandlin, Slatter, Stonier, Harris, Reeves, Abbarno, Robertson, Senn, Davis, Gregerson, Christian, Schmidt, Orwall, Ramel, and Pollet
Read first time 01/12/23.Referred to Committee on Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning.
AN ACT Relating to creating a child malnutrition field guide for the department of children, youth, and families; and adding a new section to chapter 74.13 RCW.
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:
By September 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the department of health, shall produce and make available to department staff a child malnutrition field guide. This child malnutrition field guide must:
(1) Be concise, but provide references to additional comprehensive and trauma-informed resources for department staff to access if needed;
(2) Be easily accessible by department staff;
(3) Describe how to identify signs of child malnutrition;
(4) Include appropriate questions to ask the child and others close to the child when child malnutrition is suspected;
(5) Include the appropriate next steps department staff may take when child malnutrition is suspected; and
(6) Include any additional information the department deems relevant.
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