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Bisphenol A in products, prohibition: 2SHB 1180, SB 6248, * SSB 6248, CH 140 (2010)
Bisphenol A in products, prohibition and alternatives: HB 1180, SHB 1180, SB 5282
Bisphenol A in products, prohibitions, violations, and penalties: SSB 5282
Hazardous substances information to be provided by hazardous substance information and education office: SB 5756
Hazardous substances, additional excise tax on possession of: HB 3181, SHB 3181, 2SHB 3181, SB 6851, SSB 6851
Hazardous substances, disclosure requirements prior to placement upon, ingestion by, or injection into another person: SB 5756
Local toxics control account, priority consideration for loans and grants to be given to local governments: SB 5181
HAZARDOUS WASTE  HAZARDOUS WASTE RSS Feed
               
Cleanup and compliance at facilities with large releases of hazardous wastes, provisions: HB 2150
Cleanup for waste sites, applicability of radioactive waste clean-up business and occupation tax classification to kinds of work performed at Hanford site: SHB 1321, SB 6170, * ESSB 6170, CH 469 (2009)
Cleanup for waste sites, reduced business and occupation tax rate for cleanup at Hanford and other nuclear sites: HB 1321, SB 5390
Environmental cleanup opportunity grant program and account, higher education coordinating board to award conditional scholarships: HB 1594
Fee provisions, updating: HB 2459, SB 6242, SSB 6242
Hanford Reservation, full federal funding for cleanup: SJM 8008
Local toxics control account, priority consideration for loans and grants to be given to local governments: SB 5181
Mercury and mercury-added general purpose lights, provisions for sales, recycling, and disposal: HB 1799, SHB 1799, HB 1809, SB 5813
HEALTH CARE  HEALTH CARE RSS Feed
               (See also HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS)
Abortion, informed consent and related provisions in the case of minor females and females subject to guardianship: HB 1688
Accountable care organization pilot projects, health care authority administrator to appoint lead organization to support: * ESSB 6522, CH 220 (2010)
Accountable care organization pilot projects, work group to support: SB 6522
Acupuncture profession, name of and titles within modified: HB 1390, SB 5320
Acupuncture quality assurance commission, creation: HB 1398, SB 5535
Acupuncture, redesignation of acupuncturists as East Asian medicine practitioners: SB 6280, * SSB 6280, CH 286 (2010)
Advanced diagnostic imaging services, work group appointed by legislative leaders to identify best practice guidelines: HB 2105, * ESHB 2105, CH 258 (2009), SB 5981
Advanced registered nurse practitioners, mental health care involving commitment: HB 1071, * SHB 1071, CH 217 (2009)
AIDS program grants, consolidation of administrative services in department of health: * EHB 2360, CH 3 (2010)
Alternative health care practitioners, practice requirements: SB 5755
Ambulances and aid vehicles, exemption from health care fees and charges notice posting requirements: HB 2788, SB 6496
Anatomic pathology services, insurance billing for: HB 2605, SB 6328
Anatomical gifts made by driver's license and identicard applicants, assumption that all applicants will donate unless otherwise indicated: SB 6814
Autism spectrum disorders, insurance coverage: HB 1210, SB 5203
Basic health care services, use of certain cigarette and tobacco tax revenues to fund: * ESHB 2493, CH 22 (2010)
Behavioral health disorders, colocation of patients with substance abuse disorders and patients with mental health disorders for treatment: SB 6539, SSB 6539
Breast cancer awareness license plates, issuance as a new special license plate: SB 6633
Cancer treatments, coverage to provide financial parity for cancer chemotherapy and oral anticancer medication costs: SB 5512
Cardiac and stroke care, establishment of voluntary emergency system for: HB 2396, SHB 2396, * 2SHB 2396, CH 52 (2010)
Cardiovascular disease prevention measures, petitioning department of health to review: SJM 8019
Certificate of need program for health facilities and services, abolished: HB 1867
Charity care, requirements for hospitals: SB 5347
Children, affordable nonsubsidized state coverage for children: HB 1237, SB 5202
Children, developmental screenings through medicaid program: HB 1337
Chiropractic adjustments of the spine not included in definition of physical therapy: HB 1918, SB 5230
Chiropractic, repealing the expiration of the fair payment for chiropractic services requirement: HB 2815, * SB 6487, CH 121 (2010)
Cigarette and tobacco taxation, use of certain revenues to fund basic health care services: * ESHB 2493, CH 22 (2010)
Colon hydrotherapy, indirect supervision by naturopath of unlicensed practitioner performing procedure: HB 2004, SHB 2004
Commission on health care insurance reform, creation of: HB 3173
Community health care collaborative grant program, established: HB 1620, SB 5360, * SSB 5360, CH 299 (2009) PV
Community health care, extending immunity from liability for certain health care providers in certain community settings: HB 2478
Community health centers to be allowed to purchase surplus department of transportation property if federally qualified: * HB 2734, CH 157 (2010)
Community health centers, purchase of department of transportation surplus real property by federally qualified nonprofit community health organizations for use as: SB 6825
Complementary and alternative health care practitioners, practice requirements: HB 1861
Comprehensive health options, incentives, and consumer empowerment (CHOICE) act: HB 2174
Congenital disorder screening for newborn infants, increasing fee collected by department of health for: HB 3201, * SHB 3201, CH 17 (2010), SB 6877
Consent for medical or dental care by a minor, conditions: HB 2073
Contracts for health care with a health care provider, required provisions: HB 2213
Coordinated school health public-private partnership, establishment: HB 3098, SB 6755
Core benefit plans for state employees, health savings accounts in the form of: HB 1870
Cosmetic medical services, modifying taxation of certain: HB 2221
Cost information, all fees and charges for services and procedures to be disclosed by provider: HB 1869, * SHB 1869, CH 529 (2009)
Criminal offenders with traumatic brain injuries, mental health court provisions for: HB 2865, SHB 2865
Critical access hospitals not subject to certificate of need review under some circumstances: EHB 1460, * ESB 5423, CH 54 (2009)
Department of health and rehabilitative services, creation of: SHB 2197
Department of medical assistance, creation of: SHB 2197
Developmental screenings for children, public medical assistance to include: SB 5484, SSB 5484, 2SSB 5484
Direct patient-provider primary care practices, payment arrangements: HB 1459, SB 5436, * SSB 5436, CH 552 (2009) PV
Donate life month: * SR 8662 (2009)
Drug administration, requiring informed consent of patient with known allergy to same drug or family of drugs: HB 2544
Drug overdose prevention, limited immunity from prosecution for people who seek medical assistance in an overdose situation: HB 1615, * ESB 5516, CH 9 (2010)
Drug overdose, seeking treatment for self or other: SHB 1796, 2SHB 1796
Drug overdose, seeking treatment in good faith for self or other: HB 1796
Drug overdose, use of naloxone to treat: HB 1796, SHB 1796, 2SHB 1796
Drugs, conforming uniform controlled substances act to state and federal law: HB 2443, * SHB 2443, CH 177 (2010), SB 6224, SSB 6224
Drugs, disposal of unwanted drugs by pharmaceutical product stewardship programs: HB 1165, SHB 1165, 2SHB 1165, SB 5279, SSB 5279, 2SSB 5279
Durable medical equipment, health plans to include sales or use tax calculation in plan payment: HB 2673, SHB 2673, SB 6273, * SSB 6273, CH 44 (2010)
Durable medical equipment, tax exemptions when prescribed for home use: HB 1411, HB 1485, SB 5033
East Asian medicine practitioners, licensing provisions: SB 6280, * SSB 6280, CH 286 (2010)
Electronic registry of emergency contact persons, to be accessed by health care providers or law enforcement officers: HB 1278
Emergency cardiac and stroke care, establishment of voluntary system for: HB 2396, SHB 2396, * 2SHB 2396, CH 52 (2010)
Emergency medical care and services, property tax limit for levies to fund: HB 1318, SB 5143
Emergency services provided by nonparticipating providers in hospitals, provisions: HB 2779, SHB 2779, SB 6400
Emergency services provided by nonparticipating providers in participating hospitals, provisions: SB 6532, SSB 6532
Employees, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, reclassified as legend drugs and schedule III controlled substances: HB 2454
Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, reclassified as schedule III controlled substances: HB 1236
Eye care, insurance plan enrollees to have direct access to medical eye care providers without prior referral: HB 1396
Facilities construction and development, certificate of need program: HB 1777, * SB 5673, CH 315 (2009)
Facilities, uninterrupted meal and rest breaks for employees of certain health care facilities: E2SHB 3024
Facility initial medicare certification surveys, fee requirement: HB 2296
Family and medical leave act of 2007, repealed: SB 5558
Family and medical leave, provisions of family security act: HB 1609, SB 5679
Federal financing of health care, department of social and health services to request further funding for certain programs: SB 5730, SSB 5730
Financing, tax revenues and accounts to fund: HB 1892, SB 6093, SB 6094
Fitness, establishment of coordinated school health public-private partnership: HB 3098, SB 6755
Freestanding emergency departments, department of health to develop certificate of need program for: SB 6671
Freestanding emergency rooms, studying and evaluating the impact and need for regulation of: SSB 6671
Genetic counselors, licensing: HB 1723, SB 5608, * SSB 5608, CH 302 (2009) PV
Health care assistants, administration of medications and vaccines: HB 1414, * SHB 1414, CH 43 (2009), SB 5852
Health care authority, applying prohibitions against unfair practices by insurers and their remedies and penalties to: HB 2895, SB 6584
Health care facility employees, expanding the application of the prohibition on mandatory overtime: HB 1850
Health care facility employees, limiting exceptions to prohibition on mandatory overtime: HB 1680, SHB 1680
Health care facility employees, meal and rest periods: HB 1642
Health care trust account, funding for various health care programs to be appropriated from: HB 2377, SHB 2377
Health information technology, uniform national standard of interoperability compliance date: * SJM 8003 (2009)
Health insurance partnership board, duties: HB 2926
Health maintenance organizations, maximum capital and reserves accumulations: HB 1858
Health sciences and services authorities, provisions: SB 6727, * SSB 6727, CH 33 (2010)
Health services account, elimination: HB 1453, SB 5408
Health technology assessment program, health care authority and health technology clinical committee roles in assessment process: HB 2809, SB 6150
Health technology clinical committee, review process for health technology: SB 6026
HIV early intervention program steering committee, dissolution and assumption of duties and powers by HIV/AIDS education program review panel: SSB 5589
Holistic medicine, work group to study: HB 1032
Home care quality authority, abolition and transfer of powers, duties, and functions to department of social and health services: HB 2953, SB 6879
Hospice care agencies, certificate of need exemption when serving unique needs of religious groups or ethnic minorities: HB 1926, * ESHB 1926, CH 89 (2009)
Hospital safety net assessment for increased hospital payments, provision of: HB 2956, SHB 2956, * E2SHB 2956, CH 30 (2010), SB 6758
Immunization of children, required documentation for exemption from: HB 1703, ESHB 1703, HB 2706, SHB 2706, SB 5707, SB 6563
Immunization of health care workers, requirements: SB 6486
Immunizations, developing a school-based vaccination guide: HB 2733
Immunizations, increasing annual immunization rates: SB 5848
Immunizations, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of health carriers in state: SHB 2551, * 2SHB 2551, CH 174 (2010), ESB 6263, SSB 6263
Immunizations, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of licensed health carriers in state: HB 2551
Infections, hospitals to report certain health care-related infections to state hospital association's quality benchmarking system: HB 2828, * SHB 2828, CH 113 (2010)
Influenza vaccination pilot program, school-based: HB 1282, SHB 1282, SB 5372
Information, sharing to promote coordination of behavioral and medical care services: * HB 2025, CH 398 (2009)
Informed consent before administration of drug to be required if patient has known allergy to same drug or family of drugs: HB 2544
Insurance, access for small employers and their employees: HB 1868
Insurance, adult family home provider health benefits collective bargaining: HB 2158, SB 5787
Insurance, aligning premium changes and annual deductible periods: SB 6607, SSB 6607
Insurance, apple health community care demonstration waiver: SB 6523
Insurance, association health plan premium rates: HB 1714
Insurance, association health plan provisions: HB 1712
Insurance, authority of health care authority administrator to offer health coverage plans to nonsubsidized enrollees: HB 3203
Insurance, autism spectrum disorders: HB 1210, SB 5203
Insurance, basic health plan eligibility revisions: SB 6154
Insurance, basic health plan funding within state expenditure limit through cigarette tax increase: SB 6874, SSB 6874
Insurance, basic health plan modified to include economic recovery enrollees: HB 2117, SB 6038, SSB 6038, 2SSB 6038
Insurance, basic health plan option for enrollees wishing to purchase individual health insurance: HB 2169
Insurance, basic health plan program changes necessary to implement 2009-2011 operating budget: HB 2341, * SHB 2341, CH 568 (2009)
Insurance, billing for anatomic pathology services: HB 2605, SB 6328
Insurance, business and occupation tax credit for certain employers providing health care insurance for employees: HB 1872
Insurance, carriers allowed to implement alternative methods of communicating information to enrollees: * SB 5731, CH 304 (2009)
Insurance, compelling participation in a health care system to be prohibited: SB 6890
Insurance, comprehensive health options, incentives, and consumer empowerment (CHOICE) act: HB 2174
Insurance, constitutional amendment to prohibit compelling health care system participation: SJR 8220
Insurance, conversion rights upon termination of eligibility for group coverage: * HB 2521, CH 110 (2010), SB 6269
Insurance, coverage deductions allowed for calculation of disposable income for senior property tax programs: SB 5662
Insurance, coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas for infants and children: SB 5814
Insurance, coverage for surgical treatment of morbid obesity: SB 6052, SSB 6052
Insurance, coverage to provide financial parity for cancer chemotherapy and oral anticancer medication costs: SB 5512
Insurance, creation of commission on health care insurance reform: HB 3173
Insurance, deductible for individual health coverage to be prorated from time of coverage to annual renewal date: HB 2552
Insurance, defining small group and small employer for health benefit plan purposes: SB 6538, * ESSB 6538, CH 292 (2010)
Insurance, determination of date of small employer group's composition: HB 2997, SHB 2997, SB 6681
Insurance, eligibility for Washington state health insurance pool: HB 1713, SHB 1713, SB 5777, * SSB 5777, CH 555 (2009)
Insurance, emergency services provided by nonparticipating providers in hospitals: HB 2779, SHB 2779, SB 6400
Insurance, emergency services provided by nonparticipating providers in participating hospitals: SB 6532, SSB 6532
Insurance, enforcement of primacy of coverage when third-party liability exists regarding claims under plans administered by the state: HB 2330
Insurance, enlisted Washington national guard members: HB 1125, SB 5275
Insurance, enrollees to have direct access to medical eye care providers without prior referral: HB 1396
Insurance, exemptions from filling out standard health questionnaire: HB 1401, * ESHB 1401, CH 42 (2009), HB 2841, * SHB 2841, CH 277 (2010), SB 5406, ESSB 5406
Insurance, group medical insurance for nontraditional groups: SB 6670, SSB 6670
Insurance, guaranteed health benefit program created: HB 2121
Insurance, guaranteed health benefits board created: HB 2121
Insurance, health benefit plan coverage of neurodevelopmental therapies: HB 1412, SHB 1412
Insurance, health care authority to convene work group concerning health benefits for K-12 employees: 2SSB 5491
Insurance, health care discount plan organizations: HB 2012, SB 5480, * SSB 5480, CH 175 (2009)
Insurance, health care insurance partnership timeline revisions: HB 2052, * SHB 2052, CH 257 (2009), SB 5841
Insurance, health carrier authority to offer plans equivalent to the basic health plan: HB 3050, SB 6812, SB 6824
Insurance, health insurance partnership board duties: HB 2926
Insurance, health plans to include sales or use tax calculation for durable medical or mobility enhancing equipment in plan payment: HB 2673, SHB 2673, SB 6273, * SSB 6273, CH 44 (2010)
Insurance, health savings accounts in the form of core benefit plans for state employees: HB 1870
Insurance, information on direct patient-provider primary health care practices to be collected by insurance commissioner: HB 2796, SB 6497
Insurance, insurance commissioner to gather information on association health plans: * ESHB 1714, CH 172 (2010)
Insurance, interstate compact for sale and issue of health benefit plans: HB 3015, SHB 3015, SB 6781
Insurance, issuers of medicare supplement insurance policies or certificates providing coverage: * HB 1567, CH 161 (2009), SB 5670
Insurance, LEOFF plan 2 member access to catastrophic disability medical insurance: EHB 1679, SB 5541
Insurance, LEOFF plan 2 member totally disabled in line of duty to receive reimbursement for certain medical insurance premiums: * SHB 1679, CH 259 (2010)
Insurance, limited restrictions on an endorsing practitioner's authority to write a prescription to dispense only as written through state purchased health care plans: * ESSB 5892, CH 575 (2009)
Insurance, maximizing appropriate prescription drug use through state purchased health care plans: SB 5892
Insurance, offering a separate health plan targeted at young adults: HB 1866
Insurance, options for young adults: SB 5052
Insurance, organ transplant coverage terms and conditions: SB 5725, * SSB 5725, CH 487 (2009)
Insurance, out-of-state health carrier certificate of authority requirements: HB 1871
Insurance, pharmacy services coverage through open pharmacy networks: HB 1905
Insurance, procedures and penalties for false claims against a governmental entity: SB 5144
Insurance, providing coverage not subject to RCW 48.43.045(1): HB 1865
Insurance, providing wellness incentives with public employee benefits: SB 6756
Insurance, reconciliation of deductible and benefits for individual health plans with member's plan year: SHB 2552
Insurance, reducing organ transplant benefit waiting periods based on prior creditable coverage: HB 1308, * SHB 1308, CH 82 (2009), SB 5236
Insurance, requirement for school districts and educational service districts to purchase coverage through health care authority: HB 2177, SB 5491, SSB 5491
Insurance, revised definition of emergency services: HB 2522, SB 6270
Insurance, small employer discount for employee wellness programs: SB 6019, * SSB 6019, CH 131 (2009)
Insurance, state patrol officers totally disabled during line duty to receive reimbursement for certain medical insurance premiums: * SHB 1679, CH 259 (2010)
Insurance, streamlined and uniform administrative procedures for payors and providers of health care services: HB 1647, SHB 1647, SB 5346, SSB 5346, * 2SSB 5346, CH 298 (2009)
Insurance, subsidies for purchase of health insurance for those who lack coverage and their relation to the basic health plan: HB 2807
Insurance, transfer of funds to health savings accounts: HB 2875
Insurance, urging removal of cornhusker kickback from federal health care legislation: SJM 8022
Insurance, Washington health care partnership plan to be established: SB 5945, SSB 5945
Insurance, Washington state apple health insurance board and community care premium assistance program established: SB 5947
Insurance, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of health carriers in state: SHB 2551, * 2SHB 2551, CH 174 (2010), ESB 6263, SSB 6263
Insurance, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of licensed health carriers in state: HB 2551
Insurance, wellness incentives paid by health carrier: HB 2160, * SHB 2160, CH 329 (2009), SB 5998
Jason McKissack act: * SHB 1679, CH 259 (2010)
Joint select committee on health reform implementation, creation of: SCR 8409, SSCR 8409
Language access services, persons with limited English proficiency: HB 1519, SB 5140
Lead levels in blood, assessments for children younger than twenty-one years: HB 1345
Lead levels in blood, pilot program for screening children at risk for elevated levels: HB 1342
Liability, comprehensive civil liability reform: HB 2811, HB 2814
Long-term care facilities, requests for waiver of rights of residents prohibited: SB 5226
Long-term care services, supporting autonomy and informal caregivers for the aging and persons with disabilities: HB 1330
Marine employees of the department of transportation, collective bargaining provisions concerning health care benefits for: HB 3163, SB 6815
Medicaid, annual personal needs allowance adjustments for medicaid-eligible persons receiving care in institutions or community settings: SB 5196
Medicaid, creation of single state medicaid agency to administer medicaid in place of the department of social and health services: HB 3048, SB 6710
Medicaid, designation by governor of single state medicaid agency to administer medicaid: ESHB 3048
Medicaid, nursing facility payment system provisions: SB 6872, * ESSB 6872, CH 34 (2010) PV
Medicaid, simplifying nursing facility payment system: HB 2898, SB 6194
Medical and dental services grants to be funded through voter-approved sales and use tax on candy: SB 6189
Medical malpractice, closed claim reporting provisions: HB 2963, SB 6412, SSB 6412
Medical marijuana, affirmative defense for qualifying patients and their designated providers to be prohibited in certain cases: HB 2434
Medical marijuana, health care professionals to be excepted from liability and prosecution for authorizing use of: HB 2046, SB 5798, * SSB 5798, CH 284 (2010)
Medical pregnancy resource centers: HJM 4016
Medically intensive home health care, rates: HB 1503
Medications, occupational therapists authorized to purchase, store, and administer: HB 1041, * SHB 1041, CH 68 (2009), SB 5100
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: HB 1123, * ESHB 1123, CH 244 (2009)
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, nursing homes to report infections: HB 2453
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, pre-surgical testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, screening for and reporting of: SB 5500
Midwives, fees for licensure: HB 2168
Midwives, online access to University of Washington health sciences library: HB 2435
Minors in need of lifesaving medical treatment, department of social and health services to investigate refusal of treatment: HB 1759
Mobility enhancing equipment, health plans to include sales or use tax calculation in plan payment: HB 2673, SHB 2673, SB 6273, * SSB 6273, CH 44 (2010)
Mobility enhancing equipment, tax exemptions when prescribed: HB 1411, HB 1485, SB 5033
Morbid obesity, insurance coverage for surgical treatment: SB 6052, SSB 6052
National nurse, establishment of office of the: HJM 4018
Neurodevelopmental therapies, health benefit plan coverage: HB 1412, SHB 1412
Newborn children, appropriate locations for transfer: SB 5318, * SSB 5318, CH 290 (2009) PV
Newborn infants, increasing congenital disorder screening fees collected by department of health: HB 3201, * SHB 3201, CH 17 (2010), SB 6877
Nurses, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Nurses, meal and rest periods when employed by health care facilities: HB 1642
Nutrition, establishment of coordinated school health public-private partnership: HB 3098, SB 6755
Occupational diseases of firefighters, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and esophageal cancer considered to be in certain cases: HB 1932
Opticianry, certain students to be able to practice under supervision without registration as apprentice: HB 2462, * SB 6227, CH 16 (2010)
Organ transplant benefit waiting periods, reducing based on prior creditable coverage: HB 1308, * SHB 1308, CH 82 (2009), SB 5236
Organ transplant insurance coverage, terms and conditions: SB 5725, * SSB 5725, CH 487 (2009)
Osteoporosis awareness and prevention month, celebrating: * HR 4662 (2010), * SR 8678 (2010)
Overdose, use of naloxone to treat: * ESB 5516, CH 9 (2010)
Pain management programs, certain health care providers required to complete one program: HB 2876
Pain management programs, secretary of health to approve: HB 2876
Pain management, certain boards and commissions to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Personal health services account, elimination of: SB 6572, * SSB 6572, CH 9 (2010) PV
Personnel, health care provider right of conscience: HB 1687
Pharmaceutical product stewardship programs: HB 1165, SHB 1165, 2SHB 1165, SB 5279, SSB 5279, 2SSB 5279
Pregnancy, limited service pregnancy center health care information provisions: HB 2837, SB 6452
Premature infants, examining procedures and improving outcomes for: HB 3074
Prescription drugs, excluding disclosure of patient health care information from definition of appropriate marketing of: HB 1493, SHB 1493
Prescriptions, privately funded prescription monitoring program to be monitored by secretary of health: HB 2829
Primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects, evaluation of by health care authority and department of social and health services: HB 2114, SHB 2114, 2SHB 2114, SB 5891, * SSB 5891, CH 305 (2009)
Professionals, health professional shortage plan to be developed by department of health and a medical school in central Washington: SB 5772
Professionals, reporting violent injuries: SB 5056, * SSB 5056, CH 359 (2009)
Programs, revisions to implement 2009-2011 state operating budget: HB 2364
Provider billing statements, admissibility in certain proceedings: HB 1737, SB 5573
Providers, comprehensive civil liability reform: HB 2811, HB 2814
Providers, credential surcharge: HB 2348
Providers, extending immunity from liability for certain providers: HB 2478
Public employees' benefits board, employee eligibility for benefits: HB 2245, * ESHB 2245, CH 537 (2009), SB 5869, SSB 5869
Records, access to a minor's mental health treatment information by a parent, guardian, or custodian: SB 5546
Respite care for primary care providers of persons with developmental disabilities, eligibility: HB 1429, SHB 1429, 2SHB 1429, * SB 5547, CH 312 (2009)
School nurses, increasing number of: HB 1502
Scoliosis screening in schools, eliminating: * HB 1322, CH 41 (2009)
Scoliosis screening in schools, eliminating requirements for: SB 5074
Secure exchange of health information, health care authority to designate lead organization(s) to coordinate development of system for: SB 5501, * SSB 5501, CH 300 (2009)
Service contractors, maximum capital and reserves accumulations: HB 1858
Service dogs, pilot program to assess value of using service dogs for treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities: SB 6809
Sexually transmitted diseases, sexual health education funding for programs to help prevent: HB 1612, * SB 5629, CH 303 (2009)
Sickle cell disease, congenital disorder screening fee uses to include education and outreach related to: HB 3201, * SHB 3201, CH 17 (2010)
Small group and small employer, defining for group health benefit plan purposes: SB 6538, * ESSB 6538, CH 292 (2010)
Small group, determination of date of small employer group's composition: HB 2997, SHB 2997, SB 6681
Special education programs, billing for medical services through: * HB 1155, CH 73 (2009), SB 5201
Stroke and cardiac care, establishment of voluntary emergency system for: HB 2396, SHB 2396, * 2SHB 2396, CH 52 (2010)
Telemedicine, delivery of medical assistance program home health care services through: HB 1529, * SHB 1529, CH 326 (2009), SB 5497, SSB 5497
Tobacco and tobacco products, prohibition of sales if retail establishment located on same premises as a health care clinic: HB 2257
Training projects for improvement of medical services for adults with developmental disabilities, grant program: HB 1446, SB 5376, SSB 5376
Traumatic brain injuries, increasing awareness of: * HR 4674 (2010)
Traumatic brain injuries, mental health court provisions for: HB 2865, SHB 2865
Traumatic brain injuries, recognizing national brain injury awareness month: * SR 8707 (2010)
Traumatic brain injuries, victims and advocacy groups: * SR 8635 (2009)
Traumatic brain injury grant advisory board, dissolution and assumption of duties and powers by traumatic brain injury council: SSB 5589
Traumatic brain injury strategic partnership advisory council, provisions concerning: HB 2999
Unfair practices by insurers and their remedies and penalties, applying prohibitions to state health care authority: HB 2895, SB 6584
Unintended pregnancy, sexual health education funding for programs to help prevent: HB 1612, * SB 5629, CH 303 (2009)
Vaccination of health care workers, requirements: SB 6486
Vaccination, developing a school-based vaccination guide: HB 2733
Vaccination, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of health carriers in state: SHB 2551, * 2SHB 2551, CH 174 (2010), ESB 6263, SSB 6263
Vaccination, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of licensed health carriers in state: HB 2551
Vaccines containing mercury, requirements: SB 5457
Vaccines, universal vaccine purchase account created: HB 2342
Volunteer health practitioners, registration requirements for volunteering during emergency declaration: HB 1400
Waiver of rights of residents of long-term care facilities, requests prohibited: SB 5226
Washington global health technologies and product development competitiveness program, creation of: HB 2983, SHB 2983, SB 6675, SSB 6675, * 2SSB 6675, CH 13 (2010)
Washington health care partnership plan, establishment: SB 5945, SSB 5945
Washington health security trust, creation and replacement of health care authority by: HB 1892, SB 6093, SB 6094
Washington state apple health insurance board and community care premium assistance program established: SB 5947
Washington state health care freedom act of 2010: SB 6890
Washington state health care freedom act of 2010, adoption of: HB 2669, SB 6535
Wound care management by occupational therapists, provisions: HB 3072, ESHB 3072, SB 6773
Youth sports, adoption of policies for the management of concussions and head injuries: * EHB 1824, CH 475 (2009), SB 5763, ESSB 5763
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY  HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY RSS Feed
               
Abolished, to be replaced by Washington health security trust: HB 1892, SB 6093, SB 6094
Accountable care organization pilot projects, authority administrator to appoint lead organization to support pilot projects: * ESSB 6522, CH 220 (2010)
Accountable care organization pilot projects, authority to convene work group with department of social and health services to support pilot projects: SB 6522
Adult family home providers, considered employees for collective bargaining purposes: HB 2158, SB 5787
Advanced diagnostic imaging services, authority to implement for all state purchased health care programs the best practice guidelines identified by the legislative work group: HB 2105, * ESHB 2105, CH 258 (2009), SB 5981
Appropriate prescription drug use, maximizing through state purchased health care plans: SB 5892
Basic health plan eligibility revisions: SB 6154
Basic health plan modified to include economic recovery enrollees: HB 2117, SB 6038, SSB 6038, 2SSB 6038
Basic health plan program changes necessary to implement 2009-2011 operating budget: HB 2341, * SHB 2341, CH 568 (2009)
Basic health plan, funding within state expenditure limit through increase in cigarette tax: SB 6874, SSB 6874
Cancer treatments, coverage to provide financial parity for cancer chemotherapy and oral anticancer medication costs: SB 5512
Child care providers, various provisions: SB 5506, SSB 5506
Community health care collaborative grant program, established: HB 1620, SB 5360, * SSB 5360, CH 299 (2009) PV
Complaints to authority about customer service or health service availability, authority to process and annually report on: * SSB 6584, CH 293 (2010)
Core benefit plans, health savings accounts in the form of: HB 1870
Disability benefit options for PERS, SERS, and TRS plans 2 and 3, authority to provide recommendations, communication, and a report: HB 2919, SB 6493
Domestic partners, state insurance benefits: * EHB 1616, CH 523 (2009)
Electronic signatures as part of benefit application process: * HB 1270, CH 201 (2009), SB 5197
Eligibility for benefits, determination and periodic review of state employees concerning: HB 2245, * ESHB 2245, CH 537 (2009), SB 5869, SSB 5869
Grants for increasing dental and medical services, referral of revenue receipts from voter-approved sales and use tax on candy to fund: SB 6189
Guaranteed health benefit program, created under the management of the authority: HB 2121
Health benefits for K-12 employees, convening work group concerning: 2SSB 5491
Health insurance exchange mechanism to facilitate access to coverage, authority to operate: SB 5730, SSB 5730
Health savings account option for state employees: HB 2875
Health technology assessment program, administrator and health technology clinical committee roles in assessment process: HB 2809, SB 6150
Health technology clinical committee, review process for health technology: SB 6026
Insurance, enforcement of primacy of coverage when third-party liability exists regarding claims under plans administered by the state: HB 2330
Interpretation services, persons with limited English proficiency: HB 1519, SB 5140
Nonsubsidized enrollees, authority of administrator to offer health coverage plans to: HB 3203
Office of the health care authority ombudsman to be established in office of the insurance commissioner: HB 1958, SB 5830
Prescriptions, limited restrictions on an endorsing practitioner's authority to write a prescription to dispense only as written through state purchased health care plans: * ESSB 5892, CH 575 (2009)
Primacy of insurance coverage, enforcement when third-party liability exists regarding claims under health plans administered by the state: HB 2330
Primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects, evaluation of by authority and department of social and health services: HB 2114, SHB 2114, 2SHB 2114, SB 5891, * SSB 5891, CH 305 (2009)
Public employees' health care, authority to establish premium contributions: SSB 5930
Public employees' health care, authority to establish tiered premium contributions based on salary: SB 5930
School district and educational service district employees' basic benefits to be determined and administered by health care authority: HB 1940, SHB 1940
School districts and educational service districts, requirement to purchase coverage through authority: HB 2177, SB 5491, SSB 5491
Secure exchange of health information, authority to designate lead organization(s) to coordinate development of system for: SB 5501, * SSB 5501, CH 300 (2009)
Unfair practices by insurers and their remedies and penalties, applying prohibitions to authority: HB 2895, SB 6584
Washington state quality authority, eliminated: HB 2159, * SB 6002, CH 488 (2009)
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS  HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS RSS Feed
               (See also COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE)
Acupuncture profession, name of and titles within modified: HB 1390, SB 5320
Acupuncture quality assurance commission, creation: HB 1398, SB 5535
Acupuncture, redesignation of acupuncturists as East Asian medicine practitioners: SB 6280, * SSB 6280, CH 286 (2010)
Advanced registered nurse practitioners, authorizing pharmacies to fill prescriptions written by ARNPs in other states or Canada: HB 2757, * SB 6627, CH 83 (2010)
Advanced registered nurse practitioners, mental health care involving commitment: HB 1071, * SHB 1071, CH 217 (2009)
Adverse health events, penalties for reporting requirement violations by health care practitioners or facility employees: SB 6247
Alternative health care practitioners, practice requirements: SB 5755
Anatomic pathology services, insurance billing for: HB 2605, SB 6328
Bastyr University, recognizing: * HR 4668 (2010)
Cardiovascular invasive specialists, certification provisions: HB 2430, * SHB 2430, CH 92 (2010)
Chiropractic adjustments of the spine not included in definition of physical therapy: HB 1918, SB 5230
Chiropractors, repealing the expiration of the fair payment for chiropractic services requirement: HB 2815, * SB 6487, CH 121 (2010)
Colon hydrotherapists, licensure and standards of competence and conduct: HB 1638
Complementary and alternative health care practitioners, practice requirements: HB 1861
Contracts for health care with a health care provider, required provisions: HB 2213
Cost information, all fees and charges for services and procedures to be disclosed by provider: HB 1869, * SHB 1869, CH 529 (2009)
Credentials, surcharge: HB 2348
Dental hygienists working with physicians and nurse practitioners, provisions: HB 2761
Direct patient-provider primary care practices, payment arrangements: HB 1459, SB 5436, * SSB 5436, CH 552 (2009) PV
Disciplinary process of medical quality assurance commission, procedures: HB 2543
Disciplining of health professionals, various provisions: HB 1424
Drug administration, requiring informed consent of patient with known allergy to same drug or family of drugs: HB 2544
East Asian medicine practitioners, licensing provisions: SB 6280, * SSB 6280, CH 286 (2010)
Emergency cardiac and stroke care, establishment of voluntary system for: HB 2396, SHB 2396, * 2SHB 2396, CH 52 (2010)
Family medicine residency training grant program: HB 1047
Family medicine residency training grant program and account: SB 5502
Genetic counselors, licensing: HB 1723, SB 5608, * SSB 5608, CH 302 (2009) PV
Health care assistants, administration of medications and vaccines: HB 1414, * SHB 1414, CH 43 (2009), SB 5852
Health care facility employees, expanding the application of the prohibition on mandatory overtime: HB 1850
Health care facility employees, limiting exceptions to prohibition on mandatory overtime: HB 1680, SHB 1680
Health care providers, comprehensive civil liability reform: HB 2811, HB 2814
Health professional shortage plan to be developed by department of health and a medical school in central Washington: SB 5772
Holistic physicians, work group to study: HB 1032
Home care aides, developing curriculum for career track for: SB 6662, SSB 6662
Hospital privileges, restricting insurance contracts that require that certain providers maintain privileges at a hospital: SB 6856
Human trafficking course, all persons licensed to practice medicine required to take: SB 5850, SSB 5850, * E2SSB 5850, CH 492 (2009) PV
Immunization of children, required documentation for exemption from: HB 1703, ESHB 1703, HB 2706, SHB 2706, SB 6563
Immunization registry program for children through age eighteen, physicians and nurses required to record child immunization information: SB 6041
Impaired physician program, requirements for licensing surcharge funding: HB 1765, * SHB 1765, CH 98 (2009), SB 5851
Informed consent before administration of drug to be required if patient has known allergy to same drug or family of drugs: HB 2544
Liability, comprehensive civil liability reform: HB 2811, HB 2814
Licensing information, office of financial management access to: HB 2079, * SHB 2079, CH 343 (2009)
Licensing surcharge for certain health care professionals, options regarding: HB 2907
Long-term care worker training and background checks, changes to provisions: * ESSB 6180, CH 580 (2009)
Long-term care worker training and credentialing, changes to provisions: HB 2352
Medical eye care providers, insurance plan enrollees to have direct access to providers without prior referral: HB 1396
Medical malpractice, closed claim reporting provisions: HB 2963, SB 6412, SSB 6412
Medical marijuana, affirmative defense for qualifying patients and their designated providers to be prohibited in certain cases: HB 2434
Medical marijuana, health care professionals to be excepted from liability and prosecution for authorizing use of: HB 2046, SB 5798, * SSB 5798, CH 284 (2010)
Medical professions account, physician fees and other funds to be deposited in: HB 2894
Medical quality assurance commission, creation of an evidence-based prescriber education program: SB 6305
Medical quality assurance commission, disciplinary process: HB 2543
Mental health service providers, disclosure of information concerning services received by persons who have been committed: HB 1300, * SHB 1300, CH 320 (2009)
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, pre-surgical testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Midwives, fees for licensure: HB 2168
Midwives, online access to University of Washington health sciences library: HB 2435
Naturopathy, creation of Washington state board of: HB 2381, HB 2400, SB 6811
Naturopathy, indirect supervision by naturopath of unlicensed practitioner performing colon hydrotherapy: HB 2004, SHB 2004
Nonparticipating providers providing emergency services in hospitals, provisions: HB 2779, SHB 2779, SB 6400
Nonparticipating providers providing emergency services in participating hospitals, provisions: SB 6532, SSB 6532
Nurses, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Nurses, meal and rest periods when employed by health care facilities: HB 1642
Nursing assistant credentialing, revising provisions: HB 2766, SB 6582, * ESSB 6582, CH 169 (2010)
Nursing programs, recognizing and promoting online eLearning programs: SB 6703
Nursing, founding of bachelor of science in nursing program at the University Center at Everett Community College: * HB 2694, CH 25 (2010), SB 6801
Nursing, nursing care quality assurance commission to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Occupational therapists, authorized to purchase, store, and administer medications: HB 1041, * SHB 1041, CH 68 (2009), SB 5100
Occupational therapists, wound care management by: HB 3072, ESHB 3072, SB 6773
Opticianry, certain students to be able to practice under supervision without registration as apprentice: HB 2462, * SB 6227, CH 16 (2010)
Osteopathic physician assistants, board of osteopathic medicine and surgery to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Osteopathic physicians and surgeons, board of osteopathic medicine and surgery to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Osteopathic physicians and surgeons, pre-surgical methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, honoring: * SR 8655 (2009)
Pain management education, requirements for health professionals: HB 2391
Pain management programs, certain health care providers required to complete one program: HB 2876
Pain management programs, secretary of health to approve: HB 2876
Pain management, certain boards and commissions to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Pharmacy technicians to complete continuing education requirements established by board of pharmacy: HB 2064, HB 2888
Physical therapists, conditions when performing spinal manipulation: HB 1918, SB 5230
Physician assistants, eligibility of foreign medical school graduates for licensing as: SB 5775, SSB 5775
Physician assistants, medical quality assurance commission to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Physicians and surgeons, pre-surgical methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Physicians, health care provider right of conscience: HB 1687
Physicians, licensing surcharge for certain health care professionals: HB 2907
Physicians, medical quality assurance commission disciplinary process: HB 2543
Physicians, medical quality assurance commission to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Physicians, penalties for adverse health event reporting requirement violations by health care practitioners or facility employees: SB 6247
Physicians, retired active license: HB 1899, SHB 1899, * 2SHB 1899, CH 403 (2009)
Podiatry, podiatric medical board to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Prescriber education program, creation by medical quality assurance commission: SB 6305
Prescription pads, tamper-resistant: * HB 2014, CH 328 (2009), SB 5826, SSB 5826
Primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program: ESSB 5502
Primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program and account: SB 5502
Providers and payors of health care services, streamlined and uniform administrative procedures to be established: HB 1647, SHB 1647, SB 5346, SSB 5346, * 2SSB 5346, CH 298 (2009)
Registered nurses, delegation of authority for various tasks to nurse by optometric physician: HB 1397
Registered nurses, delegation of authority for various tasks to nurse by optometrist: * SHB 1397, CH 203 (2009)
Respiratory care practitioners, definition and licensing provisions: HB 2989, SB 6708
Secure exchange of health information, health care authority to designate lead organization(s) to coordinate development of system for: SB 5501, * SSB 5501, CH 300 (2009)
Speech-language pathology assistants, certification provisions: * ESSB 5601, CH 301 (2009)
Speech-language pathology assistants, certification provisions and authority of board of hearing and speech: HB 2803, * SB 6297, CH 65 (2010)
Speech-language pathology assistants, licensing provisions: HB 1631, SB 5601
Surgeons, pre-surgical methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Training projects for improvement of medical services for adults with developmental disabilities, grant program: HB 1446, SB 5376, SSB 5376
University of Washington health sciences library, online access to by certain health care providers: HB 1611, HB 2435, SB 5913, * SSB 5913, CH 558 (2009) PV
Unprofessional conduct, failure to obtain informed consent prior to drug administration in certain cases to constitute: HB 2544
Violent injuries, health care professionals to report: SB 5056, * SSB 5056, CH 359 (2009)
Volunteer health practitioners, registration requirements for volunteering during emergency declaration: HB 1400
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL  HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL RSS Feed
               
Body piercing and tattooing facilities, local jurisdictions to monitor: SB 5762
Child mortality reviews to be conducted and collected by local health departments with assistance from department of health: * SHB 1303, CH 134 (2009)
Child mortality reviews to be conducted by local health departments and collected by department of health: HB 1303
Immunizations, increasing annual immunization rates: SB 5848
Local health boards, composition: SB 5812
Local health boards, maintenance inspections of on-site sewage systems: HB 2870
Spokane County health district, agency membership: SSB 5812
Tanning facilities, regulation of: SB 6663
Tanning facilities, training and regulation of: SSB 6663
Trans fat, food establishments prohibited from serving certain food containing: SB 5857
Water recreation facilities, regulation of: SB 6876
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS  HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS RSS Feed
               
Contracts for health care with a health care provider, required provisions: HB 2213
Health care coverage, access for small employers and their employees: HB 1868
Health care coverage, amino acid-based elemental formulas for infants and children to be covered: SB 5814
Health care coverage, conversion rights upon termination of eligibility for group coverage: * HB 2521, CH 110 (2010), SB 6269
Health care coverage, deductible to be prorated from time of coverage to annual renewal date: HB 2552
Health care facilities construction and development, certificate of need program: * SB 5673, CH 315 (2009)
Health care, providing coverage not subject to RCW 48.43.045(1): HB 1865
Maximum capital and reserves accumulations: HB 1858
HEALTH, DEPARTMENT  HEALTH, DEPARTMENT RSS Feed
               (See also HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL)
Acupuncture profession, name of and titles within modified: HB 1390, SB 5320
Acupuncture quality assurance commission, creation: HB 1398, SB 5535
Acupuncture, redesignation of acupuncturists as East Asian medicine practitioners: SB 6280, * SSB 6280, CH 286 (2010)
Advisory committee on genetic counseling, establishment: HB 1723, SB 5608
AIDS program grants, consolidation of administrative services in department: * EHB 2360, CH 3 (2010)
Birth and death certificates, surcharge for certified copies: HB 2348, SHB 2348
Birth certificates, access to original birth certificate information for adult adoptees: HB 3028, SB 6320
Birth certificates, disclosure of confidential information: HB 1510, * SHB 1510, CH 44 (2009)
Birth certificates, limiting access to: SB 5845
Board of health, board rules affecting school facilities to undergo fiscal analysis by two working groups: SB 6494
Body piercing and body art, sterilization requirements and standard universal precautions: HB 1085, SHB 1085, SB 5762
Cardiovascular disease prevention measures, petitioning department to review: SJM 8019
Cardiovascular invasive specialists, certification provisions: HB 2430, * SHB 2430, CH 92 (2010)
Certificate of need review by department under certain circumstances: * 2SHB 1021, CH 242 (2009), HB 3137
Child mortality reviews to be conducted and collected by local health departments with assistance from department of health: * SHB 1303, CH 134 (2009)
Child mortality reviews to be conducted by local health departments and collected by department of health: HB 1303
Colon hydrotherapists, licensure and standards of competence and conduct: HB 1638
Community health center funds to be transferred to reserve account and benefits account: HB 1892, SB 6093, SB 6094
Congenital disorder screening for newborn infants, increasing fee collected by department of health for: HB 3201, * SHB 3201, CH 17 (2010), SB 6877
Counseling professions subject to authority of secretary of health under the uniform disciplinary act: HB 1514, ESHB 1514, SB 5369, * SSB 5369, CH 52 (2009)
Counseling-related associates, practice limitations for: HB 3006, SHB 3006
Death and birth certificates, surcharge for certified copies: HB 2348, SHB 2348
Disciplining of health professionals, various provisions: HB 1424
Dogs to be allowed in outdoor areas of bars and coffee shops, pilot project: SB 5336
East Asian medicine practitioners, licensing provisions: SB 6280, * SSB 6280, CH 286 (2010)
Elder placement referral agencies for seniors seeking housing, registration of agencies and oversight by department: HB 3167
Emergency cardiac and stroke care, establishment by department of voluntary system for: HB 2396, SHB 2396, * 2SHB 2396, CH 52 (2010)
Emergency medical service occupations, professional fees for emergency medical technicians and paramedics: SB 6880
Family counseling pilot program, merit checks for couples completing a family preparation course: SB 5829
Fees, professional fees for emergency medical technicians and paramedics: SB 6880
Freestanding emergency departments, department to develop certificate of need program for: SB 6671
Freestanding emergency rooms, studying and evaluating the impact and need for regulation of: SSB 6671
Genetic counselors, licensing: HB 1723, SB 5608, * SSB 5608, CH 302 (2009) PV
Group B public water systems, waiver of some requirements by state board of health for systems with fewer than five connections: SB 6171, * SSB 6171, CH 495 (2009)
Health care assistants, administration of medications and vaccines: HB 1414, * SHB 1414, CH 43 (2009), SB 5852
Health care providers, surcharge for credentials: HB 2348
Health professional licensing information, office of financial management access to: HB 2079, * SHB 2079, CH 343 (2009)
Health professional shortage plan, to be developed in concert with a medical school in central Washington: SB 5772
Hospital audits and surveys, eliminating requirement that anonymous state survey or audit evaluation instrument be developed: SB 6265
Hospital charity care, department role: SB 5347
Hospitals, conditions to be met before issuance of final report after unannounced inspection: SHB 1021, * 2SHB 1021, CH 242 (2009)
Human remains, electronic approval of vital records by medical examiner, funeral director, and others: * HB 1515, CH 231 (2009), SB 5370
Immunization registry program for children through age eighteen, department authority to create: SB 6041
Immunizations, department to convene working group for developing a school-based vaccination guide: HB 2733
Immunizations, increasing annual immunization rates: SB 5848
Immunizations, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of health carriers in state: SHB 2551, * 2SHB 2551, CH 174 (2010), ESB 6263, SSB 6263
Immunizations, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of licensed health carriers in state: HB 2551
Impaired physician program, requirements for licensing surcharge funding: HB 1765, * SHB 1765, CH 98 (2009), SB 5851
Lead levels in blood, pilot program for screening children at risk for elevated levels: HB 1342
Licensing surcharge for certain health care professionals, options regarding: HB 2907
Local health jurisdictions, department to review compliance of: HB 2388
Long-term care workers, delaying implementation dates for training and certification of: HB 3210, SB 6887
Medical quality assurance commission, creation of an evidence-based prescriber education program: SB 6305
Medical quality assurance commission, disciplinary process: HB 2543
Medicare initial certification surveys of health care facilities, fee requirement: HB 2296
Medication management in jails, department to review annually medication practices of five jails: * SSB 5252, CH 411 (2009)
Mercury-containing vaccines, requirements: SB 5457
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, nursing homes to report infections: HB 2453
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, pre-surgical testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, screening for and reporting of: SB 5500
Midwives, fees for licensure: HB 2168
Midwives, online access to University of Washington health sciences library as part of license fees: HB 2435
Neurodevelopmental therapies, department to indentify and review therapies: HB 1412, SHB 1412
Newborn infants, increasing congenital disorder screening fees collected by department: HB 3201, * SHB 3201, CH 17 (2010), SB 6877
Opticianry, certain students to be able to practice under supervision without registration as apprentice: HB 2462, * SB 6227, CH 16 (2010)
Osteopathic physicians and surgeons, pre-surgical methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Pain management programs, secretary to approve: HB 2876
Pain management programs, secretary to develop criteria for approving: HB 2391
Pain management, certain boards and commissions to adopt rules for management of chronic noncancer pain: * ESHB 2876, CH 209 (2010) PV
Pesticide incident reporting and tracking review panel, elimination of: SB 6171
Pesticide poisoning and exposure, department flexibility in investigation of: * SSB 6171, CH 495 (2009)
Physician assistants, eligibility of foreign medical school graduates for licensing as: SB 5775, SSB 5775
Physician training, family medicine residency training grant program and account: SB 5502
Physician training, primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program: ESSB 5502
Physician training, primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program and account: SB 5502
Physicians and surgeons, pre-surgical methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Physicians, licensing surcharge for certain health care professionals: HB 2907
Premature infants, examining procedures and improving outcomes for: HB 3074
Prescriber education program, creation by medical quality assurance commission: SB 6305
Prescriptions, privately funded prescription monitoring program to be monitored by secretary of health: HB 2829
Programs under supervision of department, changes to provisions relating to certain programs: SB 6171, * SSB 6171, CH 495 (2009)
Public water systems, chlorine residual measurement requirements for certain group A water systems: * SSB 5199, CH 367 (2009) PV
Public water systems, operator certification and responsibilities: HB 1283, * SHB 1283, CH 221 (2009), SB 5199
Reclaimed water use, permitting requirements and violations and penalties: HB 1482, SHB 1482, SB 5504, * SSB 5504, CH 456 (2009)
Respiratory care practitioners, definition and licensing provisions: HB 2989, SB 6708
Rules, state board of health rules affecting school facilities to undergo fiscal analysis by working group convened by department: SB 6494
Schools, board of health and department to revise their primary and secondary school facilities rules: SSB 6494
Selecky, Mary, secretary of health, honoring: * SR 8703 (2010)
Shellfish, biotoxin testing and monitoring surcharge: * SB 6121, CH 577 (2009)
Sickle cell disease, congenital disorder screening fee uses to include education and outreach related to: HB 3201, * SHB 3201, CH 17 (2010)
Small business employee wellness program to be administered by department: HB 2183
Social worker, definition and degree requirements: HB 1357, SHB 1357, 2SHB 1357, SB 5220, SSB 5220
Speech-language pathology assistants, certification provisions: * ESSB 5601, CH 301 (2009)
Speech-language pathology assistants, certification provisions and authority of board of hearing and speech: HB 2803, * SB 6297, CH 65 (2010)
Speech-language pathology assistants, licensing provisions: HB 1631, SB 5601
Surgeons, pre-surgical methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Suspicious or contaminated food products, department to provide toll-free phone number for reporting: SB 6042
Tanning facilities, regulation of: HB 2652, SHB 2652, SB 6663
Tanning facilities, training and regulation of: SSB 6663
Tattooing, body art, body piercing, comprehensive regulations: SB 5391, * SSB 5391, CH 412 (2009)
Vaccination, department to convene working group for developing a school-based vaccination guide: HB 2733
Vaccination, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of health carriers in state: SHB 2551, * 2SHB 2551, CH 174 (2010), ESB 6263, SSB 6263
Vaccination, Washington vaccine association to be established and comprised of licensed health carriers in state: HB 2551
Vaccines containing mercury, requirements: SB 5457
Vaccines, use of funds from universal vaccine purchase account to be determined by department: HB 2342
Veterinary board of governors, administration and disciplining authority: HB 1176, SB 5532
Veterinary board of governors, requirements for issuance of veterinary technician licenses by: HB 2470, * SB 6745, CH 123 (2010)
Volunteer health practitioners, registration requirements for volunteering during emergency declaration: HB 1400
Washington state quality authority, eliminated: HB 2159, * SB 6002, CH 488 (2009)
HEALTH, STATE BOARD  HEALTH, STATE BOARD RSS Feed
               
Food service rules, cold temperature exemption for older equipment: HB 1365
Food services, exemptions from cold-holding temperature standards for older equipment: HB 1662
Group B public water systems, waiver of some requirements by board for systems with fewer than five connections: SB 6171, * SSB 6171, CH 495 (2009)
Immunization of children, required documentation for exemption from: HB 1703, ESHB 1703, HB 2706, SHB 2706, SB 5707, SB 6563
On-site sewage systems, maintenance inspections of: HB 2870
School environmental health and safety rules, phasing-in period: HB 2070, SB 5779, SSB 5779
Schools, board and department of health to revise their primary and secondary school facilities rules: SSB 6494
Schools, board rules affecting school facilities to be forwarded to working groups for fiscal analysis: SB 6494
Sewage systems, limitations on board authority to regulate: HB 1661
HEATING  HEATING RSS Feed
               
Solar hot water components, sales and use tax exemption: HB 1188
Solar water heater systems, requirements for new homes: HB 1187
HIGHER EDUCATION  (See COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES)
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD  HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RSS Feed
               
Advisory committee on tuition policy, board to convene: HB 2118
Alternative routes to certification program for teachers, expanding: HB 2930, SHB 2930
Border county higher education opportunity project, provisions revised: * HB 1474, CH 158 (2009)
Budget recommendations developed by board, modifying to include tuition and fee rates: HB 2822, SB 6509
College information web-based access portal for students, work group: HB 1130, SB 5043, * SSB 5043, CH 23 (2009)
Conditional scholarship programs to be subject to availability of appropriations: HB 2343, * SHB 2343, CH 539 (2009)
Consumer report card for higher education, cooperative development: HB 1673
Dual credit programs, board to convene working group concerning rules for: HB 3091
Dual credit programs, rules for: HB 3091
Effectiveness and efficiency work group, higher education review and recommendations: HB 1674
Elimination of board and transfer of its functions to various entities: HB 3185, SB 6857
Elimination of board, establishment of student financial assistance board and transfer of coordinating board functions to various entities: HB 3057
Environmental cleanup opportunity grant program and account, board to award conditional scholarships: HB 1594
Field of dreams program, board to administer GET units for program to provide access to postsecondary education for agricultural industry employees: HB 1428
Financial aid, state need grant award limits and institutional incentive grants for institutions placing students in high-demand occupations: HB 2098
Financial aid, state need grant eligibility limitations: HB 2936
Financial aid, Washington higher education loan program modifications: HB 2854, SHB 2854, 2SHB 2854
Financial management office, transfer of some board functions to office after elimination of board: HB 3057
Future teachers conditional scholarship and loan repayment program, expanding: HB 2930, SHB 2930
GET ready for college program and account, establishment: HB 2111
Health sciences and services authorities, establishment by board: HB 1901, SB 5789
High-cost critical college programs, identifying and managing competitive processes for awarding funds for: HB 1904
Higher education employees, annuities and retirement accounts: HB 1545, * SHB 1545, CH 21 (2010), SB 5308
Higher education funding and access, surcharges and other economically responsible solutions for: SB 6156
Higher education loan program, creation: * E2SHB 2021, CH 215 (2009) PV
Higher education system, expanding the system upon proven demand and encouraging mission changes: HB 2655, SHB 2655, SB 6355, * SSB 6355, CH 245 (2010)
Higher education technology transformation task force to be convened by board: SHB 1946, * 2SHB 1946, CH 407 (2009)
Historically Black college fund pilot project: SB 5077
Incentive programs to motivate students to pursue postsecondary education, collaborative review: SSB 5260
Initiative to develop a higher education system plan: HCR 4404
Opportunity fund, labeling all financial aid awarded to resident undergraduates as: SHB 2021
Opportunity passports, labeling all financial aid awarded to resident undergraduates as: SB 6044
Opportunity pathway, labeling all nonfederal financial aid awarded to resident undergraduates as: * E2SHB 2021, CH 215 (2009) PV
Partnership between department of veterans affairs and higher education community, recognizing: * SR 8632 (2009)
Running start program, revising provisions: SSB 5924
Standards for admission to public four-year institutions, use as standards for high school diploma: HB 3025, SB 6778, ESSB 6778
State financial assistance board, establishment after elimination of coordinating board: HB 3057
State need grant award limits and institutional incentive grants for institutions placing students in high-demand occupations: HB 2098
State need grant, eligibility limitations for: HB 2936
Student financial assistance board, establishment via elimination of higher education coordinating board and transfer of its functions to various entities: HB 3185, SB 6857
Students, policies for academic recognition of prior learning experiences: SB 6357, * SSB 6357, CH 71 (2010)
Training projects for improvement of medical services for adults with developmental disabilities, grant program: HB 1446, SB 5376, SSB 5376
Tuition and financial aid policy, board to review options and make recommendations: * ESHB 2344, CH 540 (2009)
Washington higher education loan program account, creation of: HB 2854, SHB 2854, 2SHB 2854
Washington institute of aerospace technology and manufacturing studies, board to collaborate with other public and private entities concerning: HB 2318
Washington investment in student excellence scholarship program: SB 5606
Washington promise scholarship program: SB 5175
Washington scholars program, changes: SHB 2021, SB 6044
Work group for creating an online service for verifying higher education degrees and cerificates: HB 1671
Work-study opportunity fund for high-demand occupations, creation: HB 2021, SHB 2021, SB 6044
Work-study opportunity grant for high-demand occupations, creation: * E2SHB 2021, CH 215 (2009) PV
Work-study program, state: SB 5044, * SSB 5044, CH 172 (2009)
Workforce training and education coordinating board, elimination of higher education coordinating board and transfer of some functions to workforce board: HB 3057
HIGHWAYS  (See ROADS AND HIGHWAYS)
HISTORIC PRESERVATION  HISTORIC PRESERVATION RSS Feed
               (See also ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, DEPARTMENT)
Cemeteries and graves, certificates of authority for historic preservation: SB 5178
Historic preservation grant program and advisory board: SB 5018
Maritime historic vessel restoration and preservation program: HB 2379, SB 6185
Resident curators of significant state-owned properties: SB 5019, SSB 5019
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES  HISTORICAL SOCIETIES RSS Feed
               
Cemeteries and graves, certificates of authority for historic preservation: SB 5178
Nordic Heritage Museum, official state Nordic museum: SB 5079
State historical society, grant program and proposal solicitation for maritime historic vessel restoration and preservation program to be established by: HB 2379, SB 6185
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES  HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES RSS Feed
               
Arts education month, May 2009: * SR 8658 (2009)
Arts education month, May 2010: * SR 8704 (2010)
Big Brothers Big Sisters advocacy day: * SR 8627 (2009)
Black history month, recognizing: * HR 4622 (2009)
Catholic schools week: * HR 4609 (2009)
Children's day, celebrating: * HR 4604 (2009), * HR 4656 (2010)
Civic education day: * SR 8613 (2009)
Civic education day, celebrating: * HR 4611 (2009)
Connell centennial, recognizing: * HR 4684 (2010)
Dairy day, celebrating: * SR 8644 (2009), * SR 8680 (2010)
Des Moines, fiftieth birthday: * HR 4619 (2009)
Donate life month: * SR 8662 (2009)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., remembering his dream: * HR 4603 (2009)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., honoring: * HR 4657 (2010)
Eatonville, 100th birthday of: * SR 8679 (2010)
Energy independence day, honoring Tri-Cities entries participating in: * SR 8622 (2009)
Equal suffrage amendment, centennial of submission to the people of Washington: * HR 4618 (2009)
Fairfield's flag day, celebrating: * SR 8673 (2010)
Federal Way's 20 years of cityhood, celebrating: * SR 8706 (2010)
Grandview, 100th anniversary: * SR 8610 (2009)
Granger, 100th anniversary: * SR 8620 (2009)
Human trafficking awareness, national day of: * SR 8611 (2009)
International women's day and national women's history month: * SR 8641 (2009)
Leif Erickson day, recognition of: SB 6284
Lincoln, Abraham, 200th anniversary of his birth: * SR 8623 (2009)
Motorcycle safety awareness month: * HR 4681 (2010)
National brain injury awareness month: * SR 8707 (2010)
National women's history month and international women's day: * SR 8641 (2009)
Navy day, observing: * HR 4630 (2009)
Norway, celebration of culture and heritage on May 17, 2010: * SR 8700 (2010)
Official state Christmas tree, tree placed in capitol rotunda to be designated: HB 1301
Olympia, 150th birthday: * HR 4610 (2009), * SR 8616 (2009)
Osteoporosis awareness and prevention month, celebrating: * HR 4662 (2010), * SR 8678 (2010)
Presidents' day: * HR 4614 (2009), * HR 4683 (2010)
Red hat day, celebrating: * HR 4641 (2009)
Spay day 2010, honoring persons and organizations participating in: * SR 8702 (2010)
Wilkeson, 100th birthday: * HR 4636 (2009), SR 8648
HOME SCHOOLING  (See SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS)
HOMELESS PERSONS  HOMELESS PERSONS RSS Feed
               
Affordable housing for all program: HB 1173, SHB 1173
Church property, housing homeless persons on: HB 1956
Discharging vulnerable persons from state facilities into homelessness, providing options for housing in order to avoid: HB 2905, SHB 2905, SB 6478
Homelessness, additional county document recording surcharge to fund certain affordable housing and homeless purposes: HB 2166, SHB 2166
Housing and shelter for homeless and low-income persons, authority of port districts to participate in providing: HB 2563
Housing homeless persons on church property: HB 1956
Housing, annual revision of performance measures for homeless housing programs: HB 2856
Housing, focus group to examine the need for housing for individuals at a high risk of being homeless: SSB 5219
Housing, task force for addressing housing for individuals at a high risk of being homeless: SB 5219
Housing, transitional housing programs for persons at risk of experiencing homelessness: SB 6338
Religious organization property, temporary encampments for homeless persons on: * ESHB 1956, CH 175 (2010)
Services for the homeless, document recording fee charged by county auditor for: * HB 2331, CH 462 (2009)
Supportive housing for certain homeless persons, use of home security fund account moneys by department of commerce for homeless housing grant program grants for: HB 2900, SHB 2900
Task forces for affordable housing and ending homelessness: HB 1173
Task forces for affordable housing convened by counties: SHB 1173
Temporary encampments for homeless persons on religious organization property: * ESHB 1956, CH 175 (2010)
Victimization of homeless persons, adjustments to standard sentences when certain crimes involve: HB 2497
Victimization of homeless persons, departures from standard sentences when certain crimes involve: SHB 2497
Vulnerable persons discharged from state institutions, plans for eliminating discharge into homelessness: HB 1488, SHB 1488
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS  HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS RSS Feed
               
Motor vehicle owner information, access to name and address of owner by association: HB 2440
Office of the state homeowners' association ombudsman, creation in office of attorney general: SB 6055
Policies and procedures: SB 6054
Real estate disclosure requirements regarding homeowners' associations: SB 6000, * SSB 6000, CH 130 (2009)
Solar energy panels, regulating use by association members: SB 5136, * SSB 5136, CH 51 (2009)
HORSE RACING COMMISSION  (See HORSES AND HORSE RACING)
HORSES AND HORSE RACING  HORSES AND HORSE RACING RSS Feed
               
Horse racing commission, duties to be absorbed by gambling commission: SB 5589
Nonprofit race meets, distribution of funds by horse racing commission to: HB 2678, * SHB 2678, CH 39 (2010), SB 6393, SSB 6393
Washington bred owners' bonus fund and breeder awards account: HB 1315, * SB 5125, CH 87 (2009)
HOSPICE CARE  HOSPICE CARE RSS Feed
               
Agencies, certificate of need exemption when serving unique needs of religious groups or ethnic minorities: HB 1926, * ESHB 1926, CH 89 (2009)
HOSPITAL BENEFIT ZONES  (See HOSPITALS)
HOSPITALS  HOSPITALS RSS Feed
               
Adverse health events, penalties for reporting requirement violations by health care practitioners or facility employees: SB 6247
Audits and surveys, eliminating requirement that anonymous state survey or audit evaluation instrument be developed: SB 6265
Audits and surveys, prior notice: HB 1021
Certificate of need program for health facilities and services, abolished: HB 1867
Certificate of need review by department of health under certain circumstances: * 2SHB 1021, CH 242 (2009), HB 3137
Charity care, requirements: SB 5347
Cost information, all fees and charges for services and procedures to be disclosed by provider: * SHB 1869, CH 529 (2009)
Critical access hospitals not subject to certificate of need review under some circumstances: EHB 1460, * ESB 5423, CH 54 (2009)
Disproportionate share hospital adjustments by department of social and health services, appropriation of funds for: * HB 2349, CH 538 (2009)
Emergency cardiac and stroke care, establishment of voluntary system for: HB 2396, SHB 2396, * 2SHB 2396, CH 52 (2010)
Emergency services provided by nonparticipating providers in participating hospitals, provisions: SB 6532, SSB 6532
Emergency services provided by nonparticipating providers, provisions: HB 2779, SHB 2779, SB 6400
Emergency services, revised health care coverage definition of: HB 2522, SB 6270
Employees, limiting exceptions to prohibition on mandatory overtime for nurses and certain other employees: HB 1680, SHB 1680
Employees, uninterrupted meal and rest breaks for: HB 3024, SHB 3024, E2SHB 3024
Freestanding emergency departments, department of health to develop certificate of need program for: SB 6671
Freestanding emergency rooms, studying and evaluating the impact and need for regulation of: SSB 6671
Health care employees, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Health care facilities construction and development, certificate of need program: HB 1777, * SB 5673, CH 315 (2009)
Health care facility employees, expanding the application of the prohibition on mandatory overtime: HB 1850
Health care facility employees, meal and rest periods: HB 1642
Hospital benefit zones, funds and improvements: HB 1449, SB 5087
Hospital labor management training partnerships to collaborate in development and implementation of health care career ladder: SB 6091
Hospital safety net assessment for increased hospital payments, provision of: HB 2956, SHB 2956, * E2SHB 2956, CH 30 (2010), SB 6758
Infections, hospitals to report certain health care-related infections to state hospital association's quality benchmarking system: HB 2828, * SHB 2828, CH 113 (2010)
Medical assistance payment rates, adjustment for noncritical access hospitals by department of social and health services: SB 6176
Medicare initial certification surveys of health care facilities, fee requirement: HB 2296
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: HB 1123, * ESHB 1123, CH 244 (2009)
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, pre-surgical testing and related requirements and prohibitions: HB 2375
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, screening for and reporting of: SB 5500
Noncritical access hospitals, adjustment of medical assistance payment rates by department of social and health services: SB 6176
Nonparticipating providers providing emergency services in participating hospitals, provisions: SB 6532, SSB 6532
Nonparticipating providers providing emergency services, provisions: HB 2779, SHB 2779, SB 6400
Nonprofit hospitals, application and reporting requirements for the acquisition of: SB 6698, SSB 6698
Nurses, hours of labor: SB 5563, SSB 5563
Nurses, meal and rest periods: HB 1642
Physicians and personnel, health care provider right of conscience: HB 1687
Premature infants, examining procedures and improving outcomes for: HB 3074
Provider billing statements, admissibility in certain proceedings: HB 1737, SB 5573
Providers, restricting insurance contracts that require that certain health care providers maintain hospital privileges: SB 6856
Public hospital capital facility areas, establishment as quasi-municipal corporations and independent taxing units within counties: * SB 5354, CH 481 (2009)
Public hospital districts, issuance of bonds for hospitals and other facilities in connection with federal program participation: * HB 2510, CH 95 (2010), SB 6300
Real or personal property leased to a public hospital, property tax exemption: HB 1882, SHB 1882, SB 5570
Unannounced inspections, conditions to be met before issuance of final report: SHB 1021, * 2SHB 1021, CH 242 (2009)
Vaccination of health care workers, requirements: SB 6486
Violent injuries, reporting: HB 3111, * SSB 5056, CH 359 (2009), SB 6318
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS  HOUSE RESOLUTIONS RSS Feed
               
4-H youth development program: * HR 4615 (2009), * HR 4680 (2010)
Achievers scholarship program, Washington state: * HR 4631 (2009)
Adna Pirates football team: * HR 4667 (2010)
Aguilar, Ernest: * HR 4635 (2009)
Amending house rules: * HR 4665 (2010)
Apple blossom festival: * HR 4649 (2009)
Arts education: * HR 4688 (2010)
Arts education, importance of: * HR 4640 (2009)
Autism, individuals with: * HR 4627 (2009)
Barnes, Whitley: * HR 4629 (2009)
Bastyr University, recognizing: * HR 4668 (2010)
Bauer, Wolf: * HR 4682 (2010)
Beauchamp, Henry: * HR 4660 (2010)
Black history month: * HR 4622 (2009)
Boeing Company: HR 4693
Brain injury awareness: * HR 4674 (2010)
Catholic schools in Washington state: * HR 4671 (2010)
Catholic schools week: * HR 4609 (2009)
Celski, J.R.: * HR 4694 (2010)
Child's Play Charity: * HR 4620 (2009)
Childhaven: * HR 4616 (2009)
Children's day: * HR 4604 (2009), * HR 4656 (2010)
Civic education day: * HR 4611 (2009)
Classified school employees: * HR 4642 (2009), * HR 4690 (2010)
Colfax High School girls' basketball team: * HR 4702 (2010)
Colfax High School volleyball team: * HR 4686 (2010)
Colton High School girls' basketball team: * HR 4701 (2010)
Connell centennial: * HR 4684 (2010)
Connell High School football team: * HR 4687 (2010)
Daley, Ann: * HR 4692 (2010)
DeLisle, Arthur: * HR 4612 (2009)
Dennis Schatz: * HR 4646 (2009)
Department of veterans affairs and the higher education community, partnership: * HR 4625 (2009)
Des Moines, fiftieth birthday: * HR 4619 (2009)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., remembering his dream: * HR 4603 (2009)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., honoring: * HR 4657 (2010)
Equal suffrage amendment, centennial of submission to the people of Washington: * HR 4618 (2009)
Far West Agribusiness Association: * HR 4658 (2010)
Filipino Americans, honoring: HR 4676
Foster children and their participation in extracurricular activities: * HR 4644 (2009), * HR 4670 (2010)
Girls and women in sports: * HR 4613 (2009)
Governor Rosellini, Albert: * HR 4663 (2010)
Hepola, Margaret Colf: * HR 4678 (2010)
Hoefner, Kenneth "Kenny": * HR 4648 (2009)
House interim business: * HR 4653 (2009)
House organized, notification of senate: * HR 4601 (2009)
House rules, amending: * HR 4621 (2009), * HR 4654 (2010), HR 4655
House rules, permanent: * HR 4608 (2009)
House rules, temporary: * HR 4600 (2009)
Independent living for persons with disabilities: * HR 4633 (2009)
Interim business of house of representatives: * HR 4706 (2010)
Japanese-American internees and WWII veterans from Washington state: * HR 4617 (2009), * HR 4689 (2010)
Johnson, Scott, Washington state patrol trooper: * HR 4705 (2010)
Kids in Action: * HR 4652 (2009)
Law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty: * HR 4679 (2010)
McIntyre, Dr. Jerilyn: * HR 4606 (2009)
Military children: * HR 4651 (2009)
Miss Washington 2008: * HR 4626 (2009)
Motorcycle safety awareness month: * HR 4681 (2010)
Mount Baker community and Mount Baker Martin Luther King, Jr. scholarship program: * HR 4607 (2009)
Mukilteo, city of: * HR 4673 (2010)
Navy day: * HR 4630 (2009)
Ohno, Apolo Anton: * HR 4694 (2010)
Olson, Logan: * HR 4639 (2009)
Olympia, 150th birthday: * HR 4610 (2009)
Osteoporosis awareness and prevention month: * HR 4662 (2010)
PEAK leadership program participants: * HR 4637 (2009), * HR 4669 (2010)
Presidents' day: * HR 4614 (2009), * HR 4683 (2010)
Recognizing civic education: * HR 4666 (2010)
Red hat day: * HR 4641 (2009)
Representative Ericks, Mark: * HR 4699 (2010)
Representative Flannigan, Dennis: * HR 4698 (2010)
Representative O'Brien, Al: * HR 4697 (2010)
Representative Quall, Dave: * HR 4700 (2010)
Representative Wallace, Deb: * HR 4696 (2010)
Representative Williams, Brendan: HR 4703
Representative Wood, Alex: * HR 4695 (2010)
River Ridge High School girls' basketball team: * HR 4707 (2010)
Scholar-athletes: * HR 4647 (2009), * HR 4704 (2010)
Seattle Children's Home: * HR 4624 (2009)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: * HR 4638 (2009)
Seattle Sounders FC: * HR 4659 (2010)
Skagit Valley tulip festival: * HR 4632 (2009), * HR 4691 (2010)
Skinner, Mary: * HR 4605 (2009)
South Kitsap High School marching band: * HR 4664 (2010)
St. John/Endicott High School volleyball team: * HR 4685 (2010)
Stockton, John: * HR 4675 (2010)
Teacher of the year, Washington state: * HR 4634 (2009)
The Evergreen State College men's basketball team: * HR 4645 (2009)
United States Navy: HR 4677
Vandeman, Dr. Philip: * HR 4643 (2009)
Veterans, preferred employment opportunities for: * HR 4650 (2009)
Villanueva, Tomás: * HR 4672 (2010)
Washington National Guard: * HR 4602 (2009), * HR 4661 (2010)
Washington state scholars: * HR 4628 (2009)
Wilkeson, 100th birthday: * HR 4636 (2009)
Youth volunteer service: * HR 4623 (2009)
HOUSING  HOUSING RSS Feed
               (See also MANUFACTURED HOUSING; MOBILE HOMES; REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY; RENT)
Affordable housing development, use of surplus property owned by governmental entities for: EHB 2138, SHB 2138
Affordable housing entities, joint self-insurance programs covering property or liability risks: SB 5665, * SSB 5665, CH 314 (2009)
Affordable housing for all plan, department of commerce to prepare and amend: HB 2906, SB 6817
Affordable housing for all program: HB 1173, SHB 1173
Affordable housing near military bases, sales and use tax to fund through military improvement zone pilot program: HB 1756
Affordable housing programs, funding through interest accrued on residential landlord/tenant security deposit accounts: SB 5923
Affordable housing, additional county document recording surcharge to fund certain affordable housing and homeless purposes: HB 2166, SHB 2166
Affordable housing, county authorization to fund through surcharge: HB 1934
Affordable, sales and use tax refund for materials and services related to construction: HB 1141, SHB 1141
Church property, housing homeless persons on: HB 1956
Construction defects, warranty of habitability: HB 1045
Consumer loan act, exemption from requirements for nonprofit housing organizations and for loans and persons making loans in certain cases: * SSB 5468, CH 311 (2009)
Dependency proceedings, housing assistance for the child: HB 1769, * SHB 1769, CH 397 (2009)
Dependency proceedings, housing services and assistance for the child: SB 5266, SSB 5266
Disability lifeline housing voucher program, implementation of: * E2SHB 2782, CH 8 (2010) PV
Discharging vulnerable persons from state facilities into homelessness, providing options for housing in order to avoid: HB 2905, SHB 2905, SB 6478
Elder placement referral agencies for seniors seeking housing, registration of agencies and oversight by department of health: HB 3167
Electric vehicles, building code council to adopt rules for vehicle charging outlets in new residential structures: SB 6435
Employer-assisted housing program, business and occupation tax credits for participating employers: HB 1696, SHB 1696, SB 5585
Energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements for residential property owners, financing through sustainable energy trust program: * E2SHB 1007, CH 65 (2009)
Energy efficiency improvement and sustainable energy improvements for property owners, financing through sustainable energy trust bonds: SHB 1007
Energy efficiency of existing homes, developing strategies to improve: HB 2765
Energy efficient home, definition: SB 6244, ESSB 6244
First-time home buyers, property tax exemption: HB 2090
Focus group to examine the need for housing for individuals at a high risk of being homeless: SSB 5219
Foreclosure of residential real property, housing finance commission to review effectiveness of RCW 61.24.031: 2SHB 2623
Green home, definition: SB 6244, ESSB 6244
Home inspectors, classroom instruction in both eastern and western Washington to be approved by home inspector advisory licensing board: SSB 6433
Home inspectors, classroom instruction in both eastern and western Washington to be provided by home inspector advisory licensing board: SB 6434
Home inspectors, deadline for certain experienced inspectors to apply for licensure without meeting certain requirements: SB 6433, SSB 6433
Home inspectors, rental property inspection requirements: SB 6459, * SSB 6459, CH 148 (2010)
Home inspectors, responsibilities and instructional courses: SB 5644
Homeless persons, annual revision of performance measures for homeless housing programs: HB 2856
Homeless persons, authority of port districts to participate in providing housing and shelter for: HB 2563
Homeless persons, housing on church property: HB 1956
Homeless persons, temporary encampments on religious organization property for: * ESHB 1956, CH 175 (2010)
Homelessness, focus group to examine the need for housing for individuals at a high risk of being homeless: SSB 5219
Homelessness, task force for addressing housing for individuals at a high risk of being homeless: SB 5219
Homelessness, transitional housing programs for persons at risk of experiencing homelessness: SB 6338
Homeowner's bill of rights: HB 1045
Homeowners' associations, policies and procedures: SB 6054
Homeowners' associations, real estate disclosure requirements regarding: SB 6000, * SSB 6000, CH 130 (2009)
Housing authorities, annual reporting of housing program revenue use to department of community, trade, and economic development: HB 2247
Housing authorities, authorization and restrictions for alternative public works contracting procedures: * EHB 1690, CH 21 (2010)
Housing authorities, exemption from certain state requirements when certain federal law requirements are applicable: SHB 2517, SSB 6327
Housing authorities, exemption from laws governing construction and alteration of property by other public bodies: HB 2517, SB 6327
Housing everyone financing tool program, creation: HB 1973, SB 5856
Housing trust fund program, state finance committee authority to issue general obligation bonds for: HB 2906, HB 3177, SB 6817
Housing trust fund, providing housing assistance for certain veterans through: HB 2922
Independent youth housing program, provisions: * HB 1492, CH 148 (2009)
Inspection of rental properties, requirements for landlords and inspectors: SB 6459, * SSB 6459, CH 148 (2010)
Intermediate tenancies for persons with criminal backgrounds or substance abuse issues, provisions: SSB 6338
Local government crime-free rental housing programs: HB 1299, SB 5742, * 2ESSB 5742, CH 132 (2010)
Low-income households, sustainable residential weatherization: HB 1060, SHB 1060
Low-income housing development, affordable housing incentive programs: * EHB 1464, CH 80 (2009), SB 5544, SSB 5544
Low-income housing, exempting from impact fees: HB 2566, SHB 2566
Low-income housing, state funding process: HB 2018
Low-income persons, authority of port districts to participate in providing housing and shelter for: HB 2563
Low-income senior citizen housing, exemptions: * SB 5470, CH 483 (2009)
Low-income, funding from affordable housing account: HB 2912, SSB 6116, SB 6661
Low-income, funding from affordable workforce housing account: 2ESHB 2912
Low-income, funding from housing trust fund to require a life-cycle cost analysis as part of evaluation of proposals: SB 5788, SSB 5788
Low-income, funding from special county arts, regional center, low-income housing, and community development fund: HB 2252, ESHB 2252
Low-income, funding from special purposes account: SB 6116
New home construction sales tax, reduction to increase economic activity: HB 2057
Nonprofit housing organizations, exemption from consumer loan act: SB 5468, * SSB 5468, CH 311 (2009)
Office of consumer education for home construction, created in office of attorney general: SB 5895, SSB 5895
Office of consumer education for home construction, created in office of attorney general and duties: E2SSB 5895
Office of the state homeowners' association ombudsman, creation in office of attorney general: SB 6055
Organizations receiving affordable housing funding required to pay employees and contractors according to housing self-sufficiency income standards: HB 1963
Permanent housing pilot program, department of social and health services to collaborate on implementation plan for: HB 2782, SHB 2782
Prevent or reduce owner-occupied foreclosure program: * ESB 6033, CH 386 (2009) PV
Publicly funded housing, energy audits and retrofits: SB 5649, SSB 5649, * E2SSB 5649, CH 379 (2009) PV
Religious organization property, temporary encampments for homeless persons on: * ESHB 1956, CH 175 (2010)
Rental housing, inspection requirements for landlords and inspectors: SB 6459, * SSB 6459, CH 148 (2010)
Rental, limitations on inspections: HB 1296, SHB 1296, SB 5495, SSB 5495
Residential housing, improving home construction through consumer education, warranties, and contractor and worker requirements: HB 1393, SHB 1393
Residential housing, improving home construction through consumer education, warranties, and contractor registration: E2SHB 1393
Residential housing, weatherization and structural rehabilitation of residential structures of low-income persons to achieve energy conservation: SB 6468, * ESSB 6468, CH 287 (2010)
Residential infrastructure program, loans and grants for public infrastructure to support dense, affordable residential development in transit-proximate areas: SB 5377, SSB 5377
Residential real property construction, improving through multiple strategies: SB 5895, SSB 5895, E2SSB 5895
Residential real property homeowner and construction professional early resolution mediation program: E2SSB 5895
Revaluations of real property, requirement that county assessors conduct revaluations after a certain percentage reduction in county median home prices: SB 6075
Security lifeline act: * E2SHB 2782, CH 8 (2010) PV
Self-sufficiency income standards, department of community, trade, and economic development to establish and maintain: HB 1963
Seller's disclosure statement, questions about wood burning appliances added: HB 1577, SB 5375, SSB 5375
Sex offender safe housing study: HB 1143
Solar water heater systems, requirements for new homes: HB 1187
Special needs housing, financing loans or grant projects through the housing trust fund: HB 1250, SHB 1250, SB 5300
Supportive housing for certain homeless persons, use of home security fund account moneys by department of commerce for homeless housing grant program grants for: HB 2900, SHB 2900
Sustainable residential weatherization, low-income households: HB 1060, SHB 1060
Task force for addressing housing for individuals at a high risk of being homeless: SB 5219
Task forces for affordable housing and ending homelessness: HB 1173
Task forces for affordable housing convened by counties: SHB 1173
Vacant homes, real estate excise tax exemptions to encourage sales to low-income buyers: HB 1495, SHB 1495, SB 5753, SSB 5753
Veterans, providing housing assistance for certain veterans through housing trust fund: HB 2922
Vulnerable persons discharged from state institutions, plans for eliminating discharge into homelessness: HB 1488, SHB 1488
Washington housing trust fund account, deposit of county document recording surcharge funds in: HB 3177, SHB 3177
Washington works housing act of 2010: * ESHB 2753, CH 6 (2010)
Washington works housing program, creation of: * ESHB 2753, CH 6 (2010)
Water conservation appliances, requirements for high efficiency toilets and urinals: SB 5948, SSB 5948
Weatherization and structural rehabilitation of residential structures of low-income persons to achieve energy conservation: SB 6468, * ESSB 6468, CH 287 (2010)
Weatherization, expansion of low-income programs: SB 5649, SSB 5649, * E2SSB 5649, CH 379 (2009) PV
Wood framing used in residential construction, testing for moisture content before enclosing: SB 6043
Workforce housing program, creation of: HB 2753, SB 6589
HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION  HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION RSS Feed
               
Debt limit of commission, increase: HB 1384, * SB 5452, CH 291 (2009)
Employer-assisted housing program, business and occupation tax credits for participating employers: HB 1696, SHB 1696, SB 5585
Energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements for property owners, financing through sustainable energy trust program: * E2SHB 1007, CH 65 (2009)
Energy efficiency improvement and sustainable energy improvements for property owners, financing through sustainable energy trust bonds: SHB 1007
Prevent or reduce owner-occupied foreclosure program, commission to implement and administer with department of financial institutions: * ESB 6033, CH 386 (2009) PV
Washington works housing act of 2010: * ESHB 2753, CH 6 (2010)
Washington works housing program, creation of: * ESHB 2753, CH 6 (2010)
Workforce housing program, creation of: HB 2753, SB 6589
HUMAN REMAINS  HUMAN REMAINS RSS Feed
               
Autopsies, forensic investigations council to develop minimum standards for facilities used to perform: HB 2389
Autopsy of a child under three years of age, authorized locations: HB 2084
Cemetery board and board of funeral directors and embalmers, consolidating as funeral and cemetery board: HB 2126, * ESHB 2126, CH 102 (2009), SB 5868, SSB 5868
Discovery, adoption by director of department of archaeology and historic preservation of rules to implement chapter 275, laws of 2008: SHB 1090, 2SHB 1090
Discovery, determination of Indian origin and disposition: HB 1090
Disposition, decedent appointment of representative to control: HB 2705, SB 6394
Disposition, order of vesting and petitions for right to control in certain cases of certain serious crimes: SSB 6277
Disposition, order of vesting for right to control in certain cases of certain serious crimes: SB 6277
Electronic approval of vital records by medical examiner, funeral director, and others: * HB 1515, CH 231 (2009), SB 5370
Military decedents, authority of persons designated by active-duty decedent to direct disposition of remains: HB 2628, SB 6605
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION  HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RSS Feed
               
Complaints, procedures for filing with commission: SB 6591, * SSB 6591, CH 85 (2010)
Lawful source of income, discrimination on basis of: HB 1766, SHB 1766, SB 5672, SSB 5672
HUNTING  HUNTING RSS Feed
               
Access, expansion through fee-funded recreational access and habitat enhancement agreements: SB 5067
Alien firearm license, exception for a nonimmigrant alien hunting with a Washington-licensed hunter: SB 5193
Hunting season, visible clothing requirements in mixed-use areas during: HB 1116
Licenses, requirements for members of military: * SB 5008, CH 269 (2009)
Licensing fees, recreational: SB 6084
Mice and rat traps, exemption from restrictions on traps: SB 5382
Trapping, licensing and regulations: HB 1115, SB 5389
Youth hunters, regulations modified to increase hunting safety: SB 5559
Youth hunting, requirements for hunters under age of fourteen: HB 1114, ESHB 1114
HYDRAULIC PERMITS AND PROJECTS  HYDRAULIC PERMITS AND PROJECTS RSS Feed
               
Hydraulic project approval account, creation of: HB 3037, SB 6448, SSB 6448
Permits and projects, documentation requirements for enforcement actions under chapter 77.55 RCW: HB 2974
Project approval process, department of fish and wildlife to implement permit streamlining measures for: SSB 6448
Project approval process, department of fish and wildlife to provide an alternative to: HB 3037, SB 6448
Project approval process, elimination of: HB 2597
Project approval requirement, enforcing chapter 77.55 RCW when violated: HB 1117
Project approval requirements, penalties for violations: HB 1178