Bills by Topic Results
Bills that have passed the Legislature are shown in bold text with an * preceding them.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS
 (See also ABORTION; COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING; DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES; INSURANCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER; VETERINARIANS) |
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Abortion, right to, limiting based on gestational age/fetal heartbeat, practitioner requirements/unlawful acts/penalties:
HB 2121 |
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Acupuncture and Eastern medicine, as revised name for profession:
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SB 5018, CH 87 (2021) |
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Acupuncture and Eastern medicine, point injection therapy:
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SB 5018, CH 87 (2021) |
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Anesthesiologist assistants, licensure and role of:
SB 5605 |
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Assistants, medical, hemodialysis technicians, applicants for certification as:
SB 5499 |
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Assistants, medical, telemedicine practitioner visits assistance by, via interactive A/V telemedicine technology:
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HB 1378, CH 44 (2021) |
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Audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact and compact commission, establishing:
HB 1043, SHB 1043 |
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Birth doulas, state-certified, requirements for certification as:
HB 1881,
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ESHB 1881, CH 217 (2022) |
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Blockchain technology/applications, Washington blockchain work group, establishing:
HB 1729, SHB 1729, SB 5544,
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ESSB 5544, CH 226 (2022) |
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Boards/commissions/advisory committees, member composition/compensation/qualifications/quorums for various:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Capital projects, 4-year colleges, supporting health care/behavioral health occupations degree programs enrollment:
HB 1949 |
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Chiropractic quality assurance commission, member citizenship qualification, removing:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Colon hydrotherapists, certification of, and mandatory affiliation with naturopath:
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SB 5124, CH 179 (2021) |
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Community health workers, pediatric, preparation of and services provided by:
SSB 5894 |
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Contraception, immediate postpartum, separate billing by providers for, health insurers to allow:
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HB 1651, CH 122 (2022) |
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Eastern medicine, acupuncture and, as revised name for profession:
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SB 5018, CH 87 (2021) |
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Eastern medicine, acupuncture and, point injection therapy:
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SB 5018, CH 87 (2021) |
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Emergency medical services providers, practicing under provisional emergency services provider certification, when:
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SHB 1893, CH 136 (2022), SSB 5900 |
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Emergency medical technicians and paramedics, licensed in another state, provisional license for:
SB 5900 |
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Emergency medical technicians and paramedics, provisional emergency services provider certification for, when:
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SHB 1893, CH 136 (2022), SSB 5900 |
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Emergency medical technicians, providing communicable disease collaborative care with public health agencies:
HB 1893,
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SHB 1893, CH 136 (2022), SB 5754 |
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Emergency services, nonparticipating providers/out-of-network services/dispute resolution:
HB 1688, SHB 1688,
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E2SHB 1688, CH 263 (2022), SB 5618 |
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Employees, health care workers, paid administrative leave during public health emergency for, when:
HB 1242 |
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Employees, health care, hazard pay retention bonus for, when:
SSB 5911 |
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Employees, health care, practicing in COVID units, hazard pay retention bonus for:
SB 5911 |
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Employees, health care, unemployment and workers' compensation benefits, when:
SB 5190,
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ESSB 5190, CH 251 (2021) |
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Forensic pathologists, board-certified, critical shortage of, studying:
SSB 5776 |
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Health care, injuries resulting from, actions against providers for, standard of care law and proof of injury:
SB 5271,
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SSB 5271, CH 241 (2021) |
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Health care/behavioral health occupations with current/projected shortages, information on:
HB 1949 |
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Health equity continuing education training for health professions, requirements:
SB 5229,
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ESSB 5229, CH 276 (2021) |
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Health equity curriculum, for medical students, development by UW/WSU schools of medicine:
SB 5228,
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SSB 5228, CH 96 (2021) |
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Health professional loan repayment and scholarship program, contracts reflecting underrepresented populations:
HB 1504, SHB 1504,
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E2SHB 1504, CH 170 (2021) |
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Hearing and speech, board of, audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact role of:
SHB 1043 |
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Hearing and speech, board of, member compensation, quorums, and other changes:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Home care aides, long-term care workers certification as:
HB 1120,
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ESHB 1120, CH 203 (2021) |
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Home care aides, nurse delegation of glucose testing/monitoring to, when:
HB 1120, HB 1124,
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SHB 1124, CH 14 (2022) |
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Hospitals, providers charging facility fee, limited to fee for services provided on hospital's campus:
HB 1862 |
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Hospitals/provider-based clinics, charging a facility fee, notice requirements:
HB 1862 |
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Impaired practitioner programs, as health programs, contracts with physician health or SUD monitoring program:
HB 1654, SB 5496,
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SSB 5496, CH 43 (2022) |
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Impaired practitioner programs, as health programs, requirements under uniform disciplinary act:
HB 1654, SB 5496,
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SSB 5496, CH 43 (2022) |
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Incompetence/misconduct, other provider charges/evidence, committee/board info and documents, certain exemptions for:
SSB 5098 |
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Incompetence/misconduct, other provider charges/evidence, committee/board records, certain exemptions for:
SB 5098 |
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Insurance carriers, health, contracts with providers, prohibitions:
HB 1160, SHB 1160, E2SHB 1160 |
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Interpreters, spoken language, for medical appointments, when medical provider provides, reimbursement:
HB 2004, SB 5808 |
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Malpractice claims, monetary damages, accrual of interest:
SB 5155, SSB 5155, E2SSB 5155 |
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Massage, board of, member composition, compensation, and quorums for:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Medical assistants, telemedicine practitioner visits assistance by, via interactive A/V telemedicine technology:
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HB 1378, CH 44 (2021) |
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Medical commission, anesthesiologist assistants licensure and regulatory role of:
SB 5605 |
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Medical commission, issuance of limited licenses to international medical school graduates:
HB 1129,
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SHB 1129, CH 204 (2021) |
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Medical commission, member composition/qualifications/other changes:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Medical school graduates, international, limited license for, when:
HB 1129,
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SHB 1129, CH 204 (2021) |
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Medical students, health equity curriculum for, development by UW/WSU schools of medicine:
SB 5228,
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SSB 5228, CH 96 (2021) |
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Midwives, licensed, limited prescriptive license extension and additional license extension for medical devices/implants:
SB 5765,
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SSB 5765, CH 289 (2022) |
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Miscarriage management/ectopic pregnancies treatment, health care entity care prohibitions, prohibiting:
SB 5140,
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SSB 5140, CH 235 (2021) |
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Music therapists, licensing of, and advisory committee, creating:
SB 5848, SSB 5848 |
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Naturopathic physicians, affiliation of certified colon hydrotherapists with:
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SB 5124, CH 179 (2021) |
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Naturopathic physicians, controlled substances prescriptive authority, expanding:
SB 5088 |
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Naturopathic physicians, expanding scope of practice of:
SB 5088 |
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Naturopathy, board of, member compensation:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Navigators, health, preparation of and services provided by:
SB 5894 |
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Nurse educators, loan repayment program for, when teaching for approved nursing programs, establishing:
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HB 2007, CH 276 (2022) |
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Nurses, advanced registered nurse practitioners, health carrier reimbursement at same rate as physicians:
SB 5222 |
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Nurses, advanced registered nurse practitioners, health coverage reimbursement at same rate as physicians:
SB 5704, SSB 5704 |
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Nurses, in hospital ER, dispensing/distributing opioid overdose reversal medication, requirements:
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HB 1761, CH 25 (2022) |
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Nurses, in hospitals, nurse staffing committees concerning, transferring functions to hospital staffing committees:
HB 1868, SHB 1868, E2SHB 1868, SB 5751 |
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Nurses, long-term care settings, delegation of tasks to certified assistants or home care aides:
HB 1120, HB 1124,
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SHB 1124, CH 14 (2022) |
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Nurses, multistate licensing of, interstate commission of nurse licensure compact administrators, creating:
SB 5247 |
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Nurses, multistate licensing of, interstate nurse licensure compact of 2021:
SB 5247 |
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Nurses, nurse educator loan repayment program, when teaching for approved nursing programs, establishing:
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HB 2007, CH 276 (2022) |
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Nurses, nurse forensic examiners for nonfatal strangulation victims:
SB 5183, SSB 5183,
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2SSB 5183, CH 269 (2021) |
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Nurses, registered/licensed practical/vocational, multistate license to practice:
SB 5247 |
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Nurses, school, additional staffing units for funding of:
SB 5922 |
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Nurses, school, as physical/social/emotional support staff, allocations for:
HB 1664, SHB 1664,
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2SHB 1664, CH 109 (2022), HB 1985, SB 5595, SSB 5595, 2SSB 5595, SB 5922 |
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Nurses, school, at least one dedicated nurse on site for each public school, requiring:
SHB 1664 |
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Nurses, sexual assault nurse examiner leaders, regional, pilot program, establishing:
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HB 1622, CH 118 (2022) |
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Nurses, sexual assault nurse examiners, adult/adolescent and pediatric, grant program for access to:
SHB 1621 |
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Nurses, sexual assault nurse examiners, adult/adolescent and pediatric, stipend program for training:
SHB 1621 |
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Nurses, sexual assault nurse examiners, grant program for access to:
HB 1621 |
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Nurses, sexual assault nurse examiners, program for availability in E. WA:
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HB 1622, CH 118 (2022) |
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Nurses, sexual assault nurse examiners, stipend program for training:
HB 1621 |
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Nurses/nursing assistants, in hospitals, meal and rest breaks and use of overtime and on-call shifts, violations:
HB 1868, SHB 1868, E2SHB 1868, SB 5751 |
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Nursing assistants, alternative training and a competency evaluation, completion of:
HB 1120,
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ESHB 1120, CH 203 (2021) |
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Nursing assistants, certified, high school student CNA's/trainees utilization in rural hospitals, pilot programs for:
SB 5892, SSB 5892 |
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Nursing assistants, certified, nurse delegation of glucose testing/monitoring to, when:
HB 1120, HB 1124,
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SHB 1124, CH 14 (2022) |
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Nursing assistants, expired certificate reinstatement for, process:
HB 1877 |
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Nursing care quality assurance commission, executive director for, appointing:
HB 1123 |
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Nursing care quality assurance commission, executive director qualifications, modifying:
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Nursing care quality assurance commission, high school student CNA's/trainees use in rural hospitals, pilot programs:
SB 5892, SSB 5892 |
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Nursing care quality assurance commission, member citizenship qualification for, removing:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Nursing home administrators, board of, member composition/compensation/qualifications/quorums for:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Occupational therapists/therapy assistants, occupational therapy licensure compact:
HB 1610,
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SB 5518, CH 152 (2022) |
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Occupational therapy practice, board of, member compensation, quorums, and other changes:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication bulk purchasing and distribution program, establishing:
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2SSB 5195, CH 273 (2021) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, dispensing or prescribing of, requirements:
SSB 5195 |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, dispensing/distributing by nurse in hospital ER, requirements:
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HB 1761, CH 25 (2022) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, dispensing/distributing or prescribing of, requirements:
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2SSB 5195, CH 273 (2021) |
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Opioid overdose reversal medication, prescribing of, requirements:
SB 5195 |
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Optometry board, compensation/qualifications/quorums/other changes:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Optometry, board of, members/proceedings/duties of, revising:
SB 5542 |
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Optometry, board of, proceedings and duties of, revising:
SSB 5542 |
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Optometry, practice of, modifying:
SB 5542, SSB 5542 |
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Orthotic and prosthetic services, advisory committee on, member citizenship qualification for, removing:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Osteopathic medicine and surgery, board of, member qualifications and quorums for:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Osteopathic physicians, impaired practitioner program, changes to:
HB 1654, SB 5496,
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SSB 5496, CH 43 (2022) |
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PANDAS and PANS, patients with, and their families and health care practitioners, recognizing and honoring:
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HR 4653 (2022) |
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Paramedics and emergency medical technicians, licensed in another state, provisional license for:
SB 5900 |
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Paramedics and emergency medical technicians, provisional emergency services provider certification for, when:
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SHB 1893, CH 136 (2022), SSB 5900 |
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Personal protective equipment, during COVID emergency, provider reimbursement by health carrier:
SB 5169,
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SSB 5169, CH 94 (2021) |
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Physical therapy, board of, member composition, compensation, and quorums for:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Physical therapy, practice of, intramuscular needling, therapist authority to perform with endorsement:
HB 1662 |
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Physical therapy, profession of, and physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, recognizing:
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HR 4629 (2021) |
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Physicians, fellow/residents, higher education schools of medicine, collective bargaining by, process for:
SHB 1764, 2SHB 1764 |
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Physicians, fellow/residents, U. of Washington school of medicine, collective bargaining by, process for:
HB 1764, SHB 1764, 2SHB 1764 |
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Physicians, impaired practitioner program, changes to:
HB 1654, SB 5496,
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SSB 5496, CH 43 (2022) |
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Physicians, performing breast implant surgery, informing patient and receiving informed consent for, requirements:
SB 5441, 2ESSB 5441 |
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Podiatric medical board, quorums for:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Podiatric physicians, impaired practitioner program, changes to:
HB 1654, SB 5496,
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SSB 5496, CH 43 (2022) |
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Pregnancy, complications of, health care entity care prohibitions, prohibiting:
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SSB 5140, CH 235 (2021) |
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Prescribing psychologists, certification of psychologist to exercise prescriptive authority as:
HB 1863 |
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Primary care, expenditures in WA, measuring/reporting on/increasing:
SB 5589,
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SSB 5589, CH 155 (2022) |
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Primary care, pediatric, and mental health, equity-focused curriculum for preparing community health workers:
SSB 5894 |
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Primary care, pediatric, and mental health, equity-focused curriculum for preparing health navigators:
SB 5894 |
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Prosthetics, orthotic and prosthetic services, advisory committee on, member citizenship qualification, removing:
SB 5753,
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SSB 5753, CH 240 (2022) |
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Provider clinics/affiliates, exempting from workforce education investment B&O tax surcharge:
SB 5799,
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SSB 5799, CH 170 (2022) |
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Provider contracts, between hospitals/affiliates and health carriers, certain contractual provisions in, prohibiting:
HB 1741, SHB 1741 |
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Provider organizations/hospitals, contracting affiliation/other material change transactions between, requirements:
HB 1809, SB 5688 |
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Providers, of primary care services, medicaid reimbursement at higher rate:
SB 5246 |
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Providers, selected laws/regulations, automatic waiver or suspension during state of emergency of:
SB 5178 |
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Providers, selected laws/regulations, timely consideration of waiver or suspension of, when:
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ESSB 5178, CH 268 (2021) |
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Providers, use of "known" drug/biological product/mineral/vitamin remedies to prevent/treat/cure COVID-19:
HB 2065 |
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Reproduction, assisted, false representation in, by provider, class C felony:
HB 1848, SB 5348 |
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Reproduction, assisted, false representation in, by provider, conceived child cause of civil action for:
SB 5348 |
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Reproduction, assisted, false representation in, by provider, unprofessional conduct:
SSB 5348 |
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Reproductive material/gametes, provider implanting theirs into patient without consent, 3rd degree assault, class C felony:
HB 1848 |
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Respiratory care practitioners, practice of respiratory care by, expansion of, and licensing requirements:
HB 1383,
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SHB 1383, CH 114 (2021) |
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Seizures/neurological symptoms/etc., children with, diagnostic services/genetic testing for, provider referral:
HB 1346 |
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Surgical procedures, smoke evacuation systems for, using, health care employer requirements:
HB 1779,
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SHB 1779, CH 129 (2022) |
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Surgical smoke evacuation account, creating:
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SHB 1779, CH 129 (2022) |
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Telehealth, role of audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact in relation to:
HB 1043, SHB 1043 |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, delivery of services to covered persons via, reimbursement for:
HB 1196,
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ESHB 1196, CH 157 (2021), SB 5325 |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, facility fee for, prohibiting originating- or distant-site hospitals from charging:
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SHB 1708, CH 126 (2022) |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, facility fee for, prohibiting originating-site hospitals from charging:
HB 1708 |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, patient/provider "established relationship" before providing, requirements:
HB 1821,
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ESHB 1821, CH 213 (2022) |
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Telemedicine, audio-only, patient/provider "established relationship" before providing, studying need for:
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ESHB 1196, CH 157 (2021) |
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Telemedicine, audio/visual, medical assistants assisting during practitioner visit via interactive technology:
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HB 1378, CH 44 (2021) |
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Telemedicine, consultation of out-of-state practitioner with in-state practitioner responsible for patient:
SB 5423,
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SSB 5423, CH 247 (2021) |
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Telemedicine, services, health carrier reimbursement of provider at in-person total compensation amount:
HB 1462 |
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Vaccination, COVID-19 vaccine, provider to inform patient of potential adverse reactions before administration:
SB 5836 |
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Washington health corps, nursing educator loan repayment program, establishing:
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HB 2007, CH 276 (2022) |
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Workers' compensation claims, attending providers treating injured workers for, expanding list of authorized providers:
SB 5784, SSB 5784 |
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Workers' compensation claims, attending providers treating injured workers for, physician assistants as:
SSB 5784 |