SENATE BILL REPORT
SB 6206
BYSenators Deccio, Johnson and West
Requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to be posted at multifamily swimming pools.
Senate Committee on Health Care & Corrections
Senate Hearing Date(s):January 26, 1988
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6206 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Deccio, Chairman; Johnson, Vice Chairman; Kreidler, Niemi, Smith, Wojahn.
Senate Staff:Dee Knapp (786-7452)
January 26, 1988
AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE & CORRECTIONS, JANUARY 26, 1988
BACKGROUND:
Current law allows for health and safety regulations of swimming pools at multifamily housing facilities but do not specify that instructions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation be posted.
SUMMARY:
Owners of multifamily housing facilities that include a swimming pool are required to conspicuously post instructions for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
EFFECT OF PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE:
The Department of Social and Health Services is not required to adopt rules or civil monetary penalties for enforcement.
Appropriation: none
Revenue: none
Fiscal Note: available
Senate Committee - Testified: no one