Thursday, January 8, 2015

Family and Social Services

House Bills
1002 Prevent fraud by dental insurance providers  yes
1005 restrict release of medical info yes
1010 allows optometrists to refer to occupational therapists  yes
1012 rules for mobile home parks  NC
1016  Clarifying legal financial obligation provisions - homeless    ?yes
1019 Removing the requirement that housing organizations apply to the Washington state quality award program  homeless                                                                     ?
1020 Concerning the medical use of cannabis                                                         ?
1021 Creating a silver alert system  - senior version of amber alert   qualified  cost?                   
1025 Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust.                 Single payer system                                                                               NO
1036 Addressing survivor benefits from the public employees' retirement system for survivors of members in registered domestic partnerships prior to December 2012                                             NC
1037 Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report. NC
1045 Concerning the practice of East Asian medicine – control of non-Western med                        No
1046 Concerning East Asian medicine – same as above,  but may also help                                          NC
1049 Concerning cadmium in children's jewelry NC         
1053 Concerning filing requirements for large group health benefit plans, stand-alone dental plans, and stand-alone vision plans.  – government already reason for mess NO
1062 Updating the department of financial institutions' regulatory enforcement powers regarding credit unions and organizations providing services to credit unions. – creating low income credit unions ?
1065 Amending the insurer holding company act - I asked a legislator to look into the possibility it would affect Christian co-ops
1066 Creating certified independent review organizations for addressing long-term care insurance
disputes. – supposed to protect those that buy long term care NC
1068 Concerning sexual assault examination kits  - makes sure the kits are actually processed so prosecution can follow YES
1069 Concerning preservation of DNA work product. – must preserve through the sentence YES
1076 Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements – presumably to make sure the companies can pay NC
1096 Promoting a more efficient and reliable electric distribution system.- looks like it will increase costs substantially no
1103 Providing access to the prescription drug monitoring database for clinical laboratories. medical bookkeeping NC
1112 Authorizing siblings of United States armed forces members who died while in service or as a result of service to apply for gold star license plates.
1113 Authorizing tribal court judges to solemnize marriages. YES
1123 Regulating the minimum dimensions of habitable spaces in single-family residential areas. – allows for tiny homes YES
1126 Concerning department of early learning fatality reviews NO budget
1131 Concerning ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking – no allowance for legal ivory, and fish are included in the bill NO
1134 Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers. – clarification NC
1139 Establishing a work group to study human trafficking of youth issues. – just ask Shared Hope and others NOO
1140 Requiring the health care authority to establish a primary care psychiatric consultation services program. – no new programs except through the budget
1150 Requiring the department of social and health services to notify the military regarding child abuse and neglect allegations of families with an active military status YES
1151 Creating pilot projects to offer respite services to primary caregivers of people with severe mental illness. NO need budget
1167 Authorizing palliative care in conjunction with treatment or management of chronic or life-threatening illness. NC
1172 Creating the risk management and solvency assessment act. NO protect Christian co-ops
1183 Concerning radiology benefit managers. – looks like adding another layer to medical bookkeeping perhaps to avoid paying or saving lives NO
1186 Requiring notification to patients in observation status at hospitals YES
1191 Concerning concealed pistol license renewal notices. – good but costs money- people should remember ??
1198 Concerning the sale of beer and cider by grocery store licensees. ? Apparently ontap
1205 Concerning the payment of interim attorneys' fees to nongovernment parties under certain claims. – Arlene’s Flowers? YES
1213 Concerning the definition of veteran for the purposes of the county veterans assistance fund. YES
1223 Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing – YES help homeless get free
1226 Concerning arrest of sixteen and seventeen year olds for domestic violence assault. – YES they are often full grown
1233 Specifying that the ability to withdraw a certain amount of groundwater for domestic purposes without first obtaining a permit from the department of ecology is not subject to relinquishment through nonuse – YES prevents state taking of domestic water
1236 Eliminating the parent or guardian approval requirement for the college bound scholarship pledge. – no need for permission for abortion and this makes more sense Yes
1237 Providing landowners with necessary tools for the protection of their property from forest fires. – Can access state owned land for a fire break YES!!
1240 Concerning restraint or isolation of students, including students with disabilities, in public schools. – designed to avoid abuse NC
1243 Providing flexibility for how school districts address truancy of students. – attempt to reduce costs NC
1249 Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks. NC
1253 Addressing worker reporting of workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance. – worker must report Yes
1257 Concerning tenant screening. NO too easy to forge
1258 Concerning court review of detention decisions under the involuntary treatment act. – may get
more people help and save lives Yes
1260 Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits. YES
1261 Limiting enforcement action against tribal hunters yes back to the original treaties. No new areas allowed
1277 Concerning transient lodging for military service members in armories. – removes in emergency YES
1281 Concerning the sexual exploitation of minors. YES
1282 Addressing the crime of driving while license suspended where the suspension is based on noncompliance with a child support order. – adds offense NC
1285 Requiring critical congenital heart disease screening for newborns. – need to bond with mom NO
1286 Requiring a study for funding options for long-term care services and supports. – budget problems NO
1287 Concerning less restrictive alternative orders under the involuntary treatment act. NC
1302 Clarifying the applicability of child abduction statutes to residential provisions ordered by a court. – clarifies after court decision NC

1307 Concerning enforcement standards for residential services and support providers. – clarifies YES
1308 Addressing surplus lines of insurance – clarifies YES
1321 Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020. Single payer no
1329 Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products. ? may need hard copy to collect
1333 Eliminating penalties for delinquent property taxes. Only interest YES
1347 Concerning the treatment of Lyme disease. YES
1349 Concerning requesting public records for the purpose of obtaining exempted information relating to employment and licensing. NC
1351 Concerning license fees for national guard members under Title 77 RCW YES
1357 Concerning certificate of need requirements. – removes end stage kidney cases YES
1365 Requiring universal screening and provider payment for autism and developmental delays for children in medicaid programs. – if funding available
1366 Concerning services provided by residential habilitation centers. – yes uses available funds
1369 Enabling student volunteers to provide health care services. OKNC
1401 Concerning data reporting concerning the collection of data when a psychiatric patient meets detention criteria and no evaluation and treatment bed is available - NC
1402 Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available. – very hazy on what kind of drugs this includes – needs more definition NO
1403 Regarding telemedicine looks legit this time. Requires an in person visit to someone. NC
1407 Concerning procedures for guardianship termination and modification.
1419 Concerning restrictions on outings from state facilities. NC
1421 Concerning mid-level dental professionals – looks reasonable NC
1423 Creating the crime of female genital mutilation. – NO will go after circumcision
1424 Concerning suicide prevention. – qualified yes for money
1427 Concerning property tax relief programs available to senior citizens, persons retired because of physical disability, qualifying veterans and widows or widowers of veterans – takes inflation into account YES
1434 Regarding forage fish spawning habitat – must actually be habitat YES
1436 Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection – where is the money coming from NO
1437 Modifying the all payer claims database to improve health care quality and cost transparency by changing provisions related to definitions regarding data, reporting and pricing of products, responsibilities of the office of financial management and the lead organization, submission to the database, and parameters for release of information NO Why does private data need to be centralized unless they plan to ration or cut out the Christian orgs
1440 Prohibiting the use of a cell site simulator device without a warrant. YES
1441 Concerning dental health services in tribal settings – new class of professional NC
1446 Creating the youth internship opportunity act – NO just stop raising the minimum wage, that is what it is for
1448 Providing procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide. Yes but money as issue
1450 Concerning involuntary outpatient mental health treatment – will save lives YES
1451 Regarding civil commitment- looks OK NC
1454 Limiting industrial insurance benefits for injuries or diseases caused by use of intoxicating liquor or drugs. YES YES
1459 Excluding healthpath Washington, a federal-state partnership providing coordinated medicare and medicaid services, from certain taxes and assessments.  NO favors single payer over the marketplace and choice
1460 Concerning the disclosure of certain eviction records in certain reports. Yes only show if found liable
1471 Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices. – reigns in abuse by insurance companies YES
1476 Removing references to faith-based exemptions regarding criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults. – I don’t agree with Christian Science, but I think people should have that choice NO
1480 Creating intermittent-use trailer license plates - plates – looks reasonable will cost some NC
1481 Concerning the sealing of juvenile records and fines imposed in juvenile cases. ? seems mostly about restitution, should have to pay NO
1485 Concerning family medicine residencies in health professional shortage areas – NO stop Obamacare type stuff and malpractice insurance and you have enough doctors
1486 Concerning maximum gross weights for vehicle tires. – update regs for better technology YES
1491 Improving quality in the early care and education system. NO indoctrination from the cradle
1492 Addressing technology literacy. - NO need to concentrate on real literacy and basic arithmetic
1493 Establishing parental notification requirements for abortion. YES
1498 Concerning adrenal insufficiency – requires in emergency supplies everywhere ? common enough need
1499 Concerning vulnerable adults – criminal negligence replaces recklessness – better protection YES
1501 Concerning public-private financing of prevention-based social service programs. – public control of faith based NO
1502 Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device. NOOOO
1503 Concerning medical liens – prevent fraud YES
1504 Standardizing hospital charity care determinations – make sure eligible know they can apply YES
1505 Allowing prosecutors to refer juveniles to restorative justice programs. – OK NC
1507 Requiring nursing homes to make the sodium content of meals available to residents. NO not really relevant -  just white salt usage
1515 Modifying the operation of motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic. – dangerous NO
1520 Requiring a finding of guilt prior to the forfeiture of private property. YES also property must be directly involved in the felonious behavior
1524 Authorizing the termination of all legal responsibilities of a nonparent if genetic testing shows by clear and convincing evidence that a man is not the genetic father of a child. YES
1528 Allowing authorized health care providers to prescribe epinephrine autoinjectors. - would possibly save lives ? NC
1531 Removing expiration dates for training and certification exemptions for certain long-term care workers.  They don’t do much and don’t need certification in my opinion
1536 Addressing the timing of emergency detentions and assessments under the involuntary treatment – changes time NC
1545 Encouraging the safe practice of public health nurses dispensing certain medications. – STD’s, pill, etc. NOOOOOO
1554 Exempting information of guardians or family members of children enrolled in child care, early learning, parks and recreation, after-school, and youth development programs YES
1555 Concerning applied behavior analysis. – this in coerced indoctrination and should be outlawed not licensed NO 1557 Concerning informant and accomplice evidence and testimony. – jury must be aware YES
1565 Concerning the preservation of housing options for participants in government assistance programs. NC
1566 Addressing patient medication coordination – YES easier for patients
1567 Revising the uniform interstate family support act.  – way to get child support from people out os state or country YES
1568 Concerning dropout prevention through engaging youth in farming. – it works  but the government will mess it up NC
1569 Improving the drug offender sentencing alternative – gives more time NC
1573 Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property. NC
1574 Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant. – way to contact family YES
1579 Addressing motor vehicle underinsured coverage. – looks like it benefits insurance companies more that people NC
1587 Creating a cause of action for persons who are adversely affected by the judicial review of a decision made under the state environmental policy act. – can get attorney fees YES
1594 Adopting the toy gun manufacturing requirement act. – didn’t see a grandfather clause so NO as owning is illlegal
1596 Concerning the registration and professional education of surgical technologists. – overkill NO
1597 Improving timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services. NC
1600 Creating a pilot project to test a three-part aim solution that improves health and health care in a manner that lowers overall health care costs in a normally distributed population Rationing NO
1602 Allowing for certain prima facie presumptions for occupational diseases affecting emergency medical technicians. – protects them YES firefighting personnel covered
1603 Allowing for certain prima facie presumptions for occupational diseases affecting public employee fire investigators. Similar to above NC
1604 Studying an occupational disease exposure reporting requirement for firefighters. NC
1611 Addressing claims and compensation under the industrial insurance laws. – not sure if overkill or needed NC
1612 Addressing the payment of workers' compensation benefits by self-insured employers pending appeal. – union bill? NC
1613 Authorizing treatment to protect life or alleviate pain of injured workers with permanent partial disabilities. NC
1617 Concerning the use of the judicial information system by courts before granting certain orders. NC
1618 Concerning objecting to relocation in child custody cases. – can’t keep complaining YES
1624 Concerning the distribution of intimate images. YES
1625 Concerning provision of drugs to ambulance or aid services. NC
1626 Addressing health benefit plan grace periods. NC
1627 Expanding the existing prohibition on unlawfully entering the land of another to hunt or to retrieve hunted wildlife under Title 77 RCW to include entering the land of another to collect wildlife parts.
1632 Concerning domestic violence – definitions NC
1633 Giving preferences to housing trust fund projects that involve collaboration between local school districts and housing authorities or nonprofit housing providers to help children of low-income families succeed in school. – definitions NC
1642 Creating the youth substance abuse prevention and education program. – only members of National Organization can apply NO
1645 Concerning youth substance use prevention associated with tobacco and drug delivery e-cigarettes and vapor products. – includes e-cigarettes NC
1647 Concerning health plan coverage of reproductive health care. MUST cover abortion
1651 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES
1659 Addressing the benefits of group life and disability insurance policies. No real change NC
1667 Establishing the bleeding disorder collaborative for care. NO lots of disorders no money
1668 Restricting conditional releases of sexually violent predators outside their county of origin. Seems reasonable NC
1669 Establishing a task force on continuity of health coverage and care. – clearing house for health plans for rationing else why NO
1671 Increasing access to opioid antagonists to prevent opioid-related overdose deaths – could save lives or cause problems NC
1672 Modifying provisions governing the maintenance and disclosure of information related to reports of child abuse and neglect. – must not contain errors and recourse if wrong information is released Yes
1674 Allowing youthful offenders who complete their confinement terms prior to age twenty-one equal access to a full continuum of rehabilitative and reentry services – probably help ? money NC
1675 Concerning the prescription of biological products and interchangeable biological products. – OK NC
1683 Concerning disclosure of provider compensation programs by health plan carriers. - YES lets you know if they are rationing
1687 Declaring that the right to life begins at the moment the individual comes into being. YES

1701 Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position. NO it costs to screen people and businesses aren’t there to fix people
1704 Enhancing public safety and reducing recidivism through postsecondary education – another bill and still NO need rehab
1713 Integrating the treatment systems for mental health and chemical dependency. – may save lives NC
1715 Protecting Puget Sound through funding and implementing local on-site sewage program management plans. – charge for septic systems near Puget Sound – more leaks from city sewage seen, punishes rural dwellers NO
1720 Concerning healthy housing – No money and public housing  has a history of not staying healthy NO
1721 Concerning the transport of patients by ambulance to facilities other than hospitals. – mental health or chemical dependency centers YES
1724 Providing prepaid postage for primary and general election ballots. NO there are ballot boxes available
1726  Modifying certain definitions concerning the abuse of vulnerable adults. - – adds some behaviors YES
1728 Creating the parents for parents program. - – money issue good idea though 
1729 Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services by the department of social and health services – money, possibility of info in one place being stolen, state control NC
1731 Creating a protocol for the return of firearms in the possession of law enforcement agencies. NC
1734 Creating the one family one team public-private innovation demonstration. – the government really isn’t very good at this kind of thing NO
1735 Concerning extended foster care services – cost issues but needing care is a better reason than some of the others NC
1744 Modifying provisions governing inmate funds subject to deductions.- funds given for medicine, just be so used YES
1748 Limiting mandatory motorcycle helmet use to persons under the age of eighteen. NC some say can’t hear and makes accidents more likely
1750 Enacting the sudden cardiac arrest awareness act. - – find one elsewhere we don’t need to reinvent the wheel NO
1762 Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider.
1766 Concerning medical marijuana – looks fairly reasonable NC
1779 Requiring specialized training for persons conducting victim interviews as part of the disciplinary process for a health professional alleged to have committed sexual misconduct – protects the victim YES
1780 Regulating interpreter services – they must actually speak the language – will protect people from all other countries YES – see sex trafficking victims in this
1784 Concerning nursing home quality. – Is the state going to pay more for Medicaid?  The study was done by AARP NC
1788 Creating the crime of criminal invasion of privacy via nonconsensual dissemination or disclosure of a sexual act or intimate parts.  YES
1800 Concerning filing a petition seeking termination of parental rights – if you won’t cooperate for a year they can terminate and then the child could have a real family Seems good, however I can see room for abuse NC
1801 Concerning child support NC
1820 Requiring the department of social and health services to request all necessary exemptions and waivers from the federal government to allow students to use electronic benefit transfer cards at institutions of higher education. - YES
1824 Promoting fire safety with long-life smoke detection devices. NO leave us alone
1825 Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014. YES although I think the 90 days is overly generous
1830 Creating Washington state wrestling special license plates YES
1839 Concerning services that provide support for decision making. – NO not sure the point of making  rationing of life, interference if don’t want medical card to easy to abuse
1841 Concerning private road maintenance agreements. – looks find NC
1847 Concerning price agreements between contact lens manufacturers or distributors and retailers. . – Yes keeps the examiner from forcing the patient to buy his glasses
1857 Concerning extreme risk protective orders. – basically on someone’s say so NO
1878 Authorizing emergency medical technicians to administer glucagon in emergency situations. – like epi pens YES
1879 Directing the health care authority to issue a request for proposals for integrated managed health and behavioral health services for foster children. – forcing parents to take flu vaccines NO
1883 Concerning investigations and family assessments in cases of child abuse and neglect. – neutral NC
1895 Concerning smart grid technology reporting. – requires smart grids to spy on your usage NO
1898 Concerning awareness of the possibility of children testifying remotely in certain cases. – like a Miranda for kid victims YES
1906 Prohibiting mandatory child support for postsecondary education of adult children. – YES everyone doesn’t have to go and the military is a way to earn it
1907 Restricting the operation of state licensed marijuana producers, marijuana processors, or marijuana retailers within one thousand feet of a religious facility – YES typically have as many kids as a school
1909 Concerning service options for individuals with developmental disabilities. – seems to give more NC
1916 Integrating administrative provisions for chemical dependency and mental health. – frequently the same people NC
1917 Concerning video and/or sound recordings made by law enforcement or corrections officers. – can’t just release, but if a case arises no expectation of privacy YES
1923 Regulating income share agreements – student loan alternative to get repayment NC
1928 Requiring an analysis of the homeless youth population – birth to 10 and only takes affect if funded – need to know how to help them, hopefully help not take away the kids
1932 Concerning medication management for youth – trying to use only when appropriate, wish they had said more about the dangerous side effects of psychotic drugs NC
1945  Concerning standards for detention of persons with mental disorders or chemical dependency. changes imminent to substantial, would keep more people and save lives YES
1968 Accommodating the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations. YES
1969 Adding posttraumatic stress and traumatic brain injury to the terminal or debilitating medical conditions that qualify for the medical use of marijuana. YES
1970 Addressing permanency plans of care for dependent children. . – looks OK
1972 Restricting the practice of sexual orientation change efforts. NO if the specific behavior is assault charge the practioner
1978 Amending the patient bill of rights to ensure continuity of care. care – have to finish a year YES
1994 Expanding traffic safety education requirements for certain driver's license applicants and drivers. – reason for this one YES
1999 Coordinating services and programs for foster youth in order to improve educational outcomes.- will empower the wrong NGO’s NO
2009 Concerning exemptions from immunizations for school-age children. – removes personal objection as valid reason NOOOOOOO
2025 Prohibiting the sale and commercial display of human remains. – they are used in medical schools too and not listed here NO
2033 Concerning sexual assault protection orders. – can make them permanent YES
2037 Requiring mental health assessments for K-12 students who were removed from school due to violence or mental health issues. – does not pertain to treatment, only presence in school YES
2043 Limiting the maximum fee allowed for professional guardianships. – needed to protect from lawyers YES! Had experience here
2044 Concerning emergency medical services. – might work NC
2051 Concerning the provision of time and assistance for tenants to relocate due to a rent increase or change of use of the residential unit. NC
2060 Concerning timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services - – get them done YES
2067 Specifying that qualified grandparents are the priority placement option for children needing out-of-home care in dependency proceedings. – help kids YES
2080 Concerning fingerprint-based background checks for health professionals. - – can use fingerprints from licensee for professions to look for criminals YES
2086 Prohibiting certain limitations on the hosting of the homeless by religious organizations. - – looks OK NC
2088 Authorizing possession of pistols by qualified persons who are eighteen years of age and older. – drop age limit down to 18 YES
2089 Increasing reciprocity for concealed pistol licenses. - YES

2114 Providing for representation of the state veterans' homes on the governor's veterans affairs advisory committee. – changes the way they get representation NC
2133 Exempting the addresses of certain child care providers from the public records act. – protect children from predators, domestic violence, etc.
2135 Modifying Washington homeless client management information system requirements and policies. – need to keep information private to protect victims of domestic violence YES
2140 Concerning good cause exceptions during permanency hearings. – removes expiration date NC
2151 Extending the hospital safety net assessment. Is costing more than they thought and they want to cover more. NO
2160 Concerning the distribution of intimate images. Not sure where this fits. There are other bills on this subject NC


Senate Bills
5005 Concerning grandparent visitation rights. – sadly not safe as grandparents molest and proof is difficult  NO
5006 Authorizing the termination of all legal responsibilities of a nonparent if genetic testing shows by clear and convincing evidence that a man is not the genetic father of a child  YES

5011 Addressing third-party payor release of health care information   YES
5021 Concerning cadmium in children's jewelry   NC 
 
 
 
 
5023 Concerning filing requirements for large group health benefit plans, stand-alone dental plans, and stand-alone vision plans. .  – government already reason for mess NO
5026 Declaring that it is an unfair practice for any employer who provides health insurance to its employees as part of an employee's benefit package to not include contraceptive coverage as part of the benefit package, to fail to comply with federal rules adopted under the affordable care act relating to the provision of contraceptive coverage, or to discriminate against any employee based on that employee's use of any reproductive health care service, drug, or device. ------ Force coverage for contraceptives and can be read to mean abortions5027 Providing access to the prescription drug monitoring database for clinical laboratories.  – medical bookkeeping NC
5028 Raising licensure limits to allow assisted living facilities to serve a higher acuity resident population – looks good ?
5029 Concerning the uniform fiduciary access to digital assets act. – allows electronic access NC
5040 Concerning communication of mammographic breast density information to patients – NC
5041 Concerning seizure and forfeiture of property for patronizing a prostitute. – teeth in sex trafficking YES
5044 Concerning mitigation measures for shoreline development. – reigns in
5052 Establishing the cannabis patient protection act. NC
5077 Making 2015-2017 operating appropriations. NC
5083 Enacting the sudden cardiac arrest awareness act. – find one elsewhere we don’t need to reinvent the wheel NO
5085 Authorizing siblings of United States armed forces members who died while in service or as a result of service to apply for gold star license plates.
5098 Increasing efficiency in child care reporting – minor NC
5119 Providing authority for two or more nonprofit corporations to participate in a joint self-insurance program covering property or liability risks. - NC
5120 Concerning school district dissolutions. – NC
5123 Concerning tenant screening  NO too easy to forge
5124 Prohibiting the sale of vapor products to minors. yes
5127 Providing that veterans with total disability ratings and their surviving spouses and domestic partners are eligible to qualify for a property tax exemption without meeting certain income requirements. YES
5129 Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state. yes
5131 Concerning the Skagit instream flow rule – NC as long as tribe is protected
5132Requiring the submission of a waiver to the federal government to create the Washington health security trust.  NO Single payer system
5133 Concerning a study of higher education cost drivers – no the reason is obvious and this wastes money
5137 Providing a complimentary discover pass to veterans with a one hundred percent service-connected disability. yes
5140 Allowing motor voter preregistration for sixteen and seventeen year olds. NO
5143 Concerning the availability of childhood immunization resources for expecting parents. Pushing vaccines NO
5144 Requiring all meetings of the Robert Bree collaborative to be subject to the open public meetings act. – potential rationing or forcing standardized medicine NO
5146 Concerning quality assurance standards for medicaid purchasing.  – NO they were allowing naturalpaths and this would probably stop it
5147 Concerning monitoring health and health outcomes for medicaid patients. ???
5158 Requiring call location information to be provided to law enforcement responding to an emergency. YES find people
5161 Concerning East Asian medicine practitioners – Possiblly control by pharma,  but may also help                                        NC
5162 Concerning the practice of East Asian medicine. NO restricts practice and assumes conventional medicine is better
5164 Concerning transient lodging for military service members in armories. removes in emergency YES
5165 Authorizing palliative care in conjunction with treatment or management of chronic or life-threatening illness. NC
5171 Concerning the definition of veteran for the purposes of the county veterans assistance fund. YES
5175 Regarding telemedicine. – looks legit this time. Requires an in person visit to someone. NC
5177 Improving timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services. – has budget constraints in it NC
5186 Allowing certain health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs. YES
5198 Limiting mandatory motorcycle helmet use to persons under the age of eighteen NC some say can’t hear and makes accidents more likely
5208 Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing. ? Need to find house similar bill
5215 Establishing the Washington internet crimes against children account. YES
5216 Modifying rental agreement renewal requirements under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.  NC
5217 Concerning the maintenance of manufactured home title and registration certificates by tenants under the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act NC
5221 Concerning the disposition of tenant property placed upon the nearest public property. NC
5225 Concerning sexual assault examination kits. - kits  - makes sure the kits are actually processed so prosecution can follow YES
5226 Protecting public sector workers' rights through public disclosure of public sector unions' finances. – must report dues use just like private sector unions YES
5243 Concerning services provided by residential habilitation centers. – works within a budget Yes
5247 Concerning driving while license suspended when the suspension is based on noncompliance with a child support order. NC
5253 Concerning preservation of DNA work product - – must preserve through the sentence YES
5256 Requiring reasonable suspicion before allowing strip searches of juveniles in juvenile detention facilities. NC
5258 Requiring a study for funding options for long-term care services and supports  - budget problems NO
5264 Creating a silver alert system. NO budget
5268 Concerning refilling eye drop prescriptions yes
5269 Concerning court review of detention decisions under the involuntary treatment act. - may get more people help and save lives Yes
5277 Making the crime of patronizing a prostitute a gross misdemeanor. – increases misdemeanor to gross misdemeanor YES
5289 Requiring notification to parents or guardians in cases of abortion YES
5291 Allowing authorized health care providers to prescribe epinephrine autoinjectors – would possibly save lives ? NC
5300 Updating the department of financial institutions' regulatory enforcement powers regarding credit unions and organizations providing services to credit unions.
5302 Addressing the prudent investor rule for Washington state trusts, delegation of trustee duties by trustees of a Washington state trust, and standards for authorization and treatment of statutory trust advisors and directed trustees incident to the establishment of Washington state directed trusts. – looks like a way to avoid responsibility – would need a lawyer that practices in the field to be sure NC
5303 Creating the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program. – looks like a way for the state to offer money as a carrot to control Christian afterschool programs and it costs money NO
5305 Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020. Single payer no
5316 Concerning privacy and security of personally identifiable student information. YES
5317 Requiring universal screening and provider payment for autism and developmental delays for children in medicaid programs. – if funding available
5333 Extending the sales and use tax exemption for clean alternative fuel vehicles. NO reduces revenue from gas tax and then they tax everyone anyway
5338 Creating intermittent-use trailer license plates – looks reasonable will cost some NC
5342 Concerning definitions related to human trafficking YES
5346 Providing first responders with contact information for subscribers of life alert services during an emergency. – will help YES
5347 Creating demonstration projects for preserving agricultural land and public infrastructure in flood plains. YES
5355 Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014. YES although I think the 90 days is overly generous
5363 Prohibiting the use of eminent domain for economic development. YES
5370 Concerning the payment of interim attorneys' fees to nongovernment parties under certain claims. – Arlene’s Flowers? YES
5376 Concerning the disclosure of certain eviction records in certain reports. Yes only show if found liable
5377 Concerning the provision of time and assistance for tenants to relocate due to a rent increase or change of use of the residential unit. NC
5378 Concerning the preservation of housing options for participants in government assistance programs. NC
5379 Adding posttraumatic stress disorder to the terminal or debilitating medical conditions that qualify for the medical use of marijuana. NC
5381 Creating a protocol for the return of firearms in the possession of law enforcement agencies. NC
5388 Concerning child support - NC
5389  Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report. NC
5394 Clarifying the applicability of child abduction statutes to residential provisions ordered by a court. – clarifies after court decision NC
5396 Exempting information of guardians or family members of children enrolled in child care, early learning, parks and recreation, after-school, and youth development programs. – Yes protects those with domestic violence issues
5404 Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection. – where is the money coming from NO
5408 Removing references to faith-based exemptions regarding criminal mistreatment of children and vulnerable adults. – I don’t agree with Christian Science, but I think people should have that choice NO
5410 Modifying qualifications for disabled veterans to receive fee exempt license plates. – makes easier to qualify YES
5418 Creating a pilot program to improve care for catastrophically injured workers. – wondering where the money is, would be beneficial NC
5434 Placing certain synthetic cannabimimetics into schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.-      Can’t control the drugs we do regulate – if legal warning would be better NO
5440 Concerning scope of practice for certified counselors and advisers. . – clarification NC
5441 Addressing patient medication coordination – YES easier for patients
5443 Concerning disclosure of provider compensation programs by health plan carriers. YES lets you know if they are rationing
5448 Concerning the treatment of Lyme disease NC
5452 Improving quality in the early care and education system. - NO indoctrination from the cradle
5453 Establishing extended stay recovery centers – Would help rehab YES
5454 Requiring reporting of infections consequent to laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery. – YES helps patients
5460 Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available.
5461 Vacating marijuana convictions YES
5465 Concerning mid-level dental professionals NC
5471 Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products. ? may need hard copy to collect
5474 Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider. NC
5486 Creating the parents for parents program – money issue good idea though 
5488  Concerning applied behavior analysis. . – this in coerced indoctrination and should be outlawed not licensed NO
5489 Concerning price agreements between contact lens manufacturers or distributors and retailers. – Yes keeps the examiner from forcing the patient to buy his glasses
5498 Revising the uniform interstate family support act.  – way to get child support from people out of state or country YES
5501 Preventing animal cruelty. – NO overkill nanny state
5502 Concerning the distribution of intimate images YES
5503 Establishing a special allegation for habitual property offenders. Increases sentences YES
5506 Including information on preventing sexual abuse and violence in sexual health education. YES
5518 Creating procedures to address campus sexual violence. – YES protects victims – hope is protects the falsely accused too
5520 Modifying the high school assessment system by changing the administration of alternative assessments, continuing the requirement for students to demonstrate achievement of state academic standards to earn a high school diploma, and aligning the system with career and college ready graduation requirements – further dumbing down the system. NO
5538 Creating procedures for disposing property in the leased premises of a deceased tenant.
5552 Accommodating the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations. YES
5557 Services provided by pharmacists – more than pharmacists involved – may be fine – includes benefits required  by the feds which would include abortion NO
5560 Mitigating barriers to patient access to care resulting from health insurance contracting practices. – reigns in abuse by insurance companies YES
5564 Concerning the sealing of juvenile records and fines imposed in juvenile cases. - ? seems mostly about restitution, should have to pay NO
5573 Concerning youth substance use prevention associated with tobacco and drug delivery e-cigarettes and vapor products. – includes e-cigarettes NC
5574 Concerning health plan coverage of reproductive health care. MUST cover abortion
5576 Addressing worker reporting of workplace injuries for purposes of industrial insurance. - – worker must report Yes
5578 Giving preferences to housing trust fund projects that involve collaboration between local school districts and housing authorities or nonprofit housing providers to help children of low-income families succeed in school -definitions NC
5581 Addressing the benefits of group life and disability insurance policies. . No real change NC
5595 Clarifying association health plans provisions. – more choice YES
5599 Removing expiration dates for training and certification exemptions for certain long-term care workers - They don’t do much and don’t need certification in my opinion – family members mostly
5600 Modifying certain definitions concerning the abuse of vulnerable adults – adds some behaviors YES
5605 Concerning the arrest of sixteen and seventeen year olds for domestic violence assault. – YES they are often full grown
5607 Concerning the complaint procedure for the modification or termination of guardianship. – if guardian dies or must be replaced way of replacing them and gaining property belonging to their client YES
5608 Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position. NO it costs to screen people and businesses aren’t there to fix people
5618 Requiring the department of ecology to notify residents of a highly impacted community when initiating review of certain environmental permit applications – more slowing the process NO
5623 Modifying the operation of motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic - – dangerous NO
5625 Establishing a task force on continuity of health coverage and care. - – clearing house for health plans for rationing else why NO
5626 Requiring detailed enrollment data for the health benefit exchange. – way too much personal data, my income none of their business NO
5631 Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services by the department of social and health services. - – money, possibility of info in one place being stolen, state control NC
5635 Enacting the uniform power of attorney act. – good law YES
5643 Concerning firearms access by a person detained for involuntary mental health treatment. – keeps firearms away from the truly mentally ill YES
5644 Concerning psychiatric boarding under the involuntary treatment act. – should not be boarded but releasing just because no place to go puts too many people in danger YES
5645 Concerning data reporting concerning the collection of data when a psychiatric patient meets detention criteria and no evaluation and treatment bed is available – NC only way to determine how bad the situation really is
5648 Amending the patient bill of rights to ensure continuity of care – have to finish a year YES
5649 Concerning involuntary outpatient mental health treatment. – will save lives YES
5650 Modifying provisions governing inmate funds subject to deductions. .- funds given for medicine, just be so used YES
5651 Eliminating detention for truant students found in contempt of a court order – why juvenile detention “schools” full NC
5652 Implementing recommendations of the joint legislative task force on juvenile sentencing reform. – looks OK NC
5663 Allowing youthful offenders who complete their confinement terms prior to age twenty-one equal access to a full continuum of rehabilitative and reentry services. – probably help ? money NC
5674 Concerning enforcement standards for residential services and support providers. - – clarifies YES
5678 Concerning requesting public records for the purpose of obtaining exempted information relating to employment and licensing. NC
5684 Concerning flame retardants. – gets rid of bad chemicals, but the replacement ones are as bad or worse NC
5687 Concerning standards for detention of persons with mental disorders or chemical dependency. – changes imminent to substantial, would keep more people and save lives YES
5691 Concerning property tax relief for senior citizens and persons retired because of physical disability. Another bill not comped here scales YES
5692 Addressing permanency plans of care for dependent children. – looks OK
5695 Addressing health insurance coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drugs. – the feds are enough NO
5699 Enacting an excise tax on capital gains to improve the fairness of Washington's tax system and provide funding for the education legacy trust account. – income tax NOOOO
5717 Amending the insurer holding company act. – Hope they aren’t using this to outlaw Christian Coops. Graham Hunt says the House version is  billed to bring us in line with Obamacare
5720 Concerning fingerprint-based background checks for health professionals. – can use fingerprints from licensee for professions to look for criminals YES
5725 Addressing surplus lines of insurance – clarifies YES
5726 Requiring free infectious disease testing for good samaritans. . YES privacy protected
5727 Concerning extreme risk protective orders – basically on someone’s say so NO
5740 Concerning extended foster care services – cost issues but needing care is a better reason than some of the others NC
5741 Concerning health care financing and development of a publicly sponsored integrated delivery system. SINGLE PAYER NO
5747 Prohibiting actions for wrongful life and wrongful birth, and expanding the beneficiaries in an action for wrongful death. YES
5758 Concerning federal medicaid payment reconciliations – Rural help YES
5770 Prohibiting health care facilities from limiting providers' patient care. – no problem, someone must have one NC
5781 Providing procedures for responding to reports of threatened or attempted suicide. - Yes but money as issue
5782 Allowing a parent to bring an action for the injury or death of a child younger than twenty-six years old who has not been emancipated. NC
5784 Concerning estate tax interest waivers - NC
5786 Concerning services that provide support for decision making. – NO not sure the point of making  rationing of life, interference if don’t want medical card to easy to abuse
5788 Creating two elder justice center demonstration sites – as long as they don’t prohibit natural medicine or push rationing OK the sponsors are good people, not sure the people actually running the program will be – forced flu shots NO
5790 Concerning services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities – there is another bill like this one – NC
5793 Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits. YES
5794 Requiring the department of social and health services to request all necessary exemptions and waivers from the federal government to allow students to use electronic benefit transfer cards at institutions of higher education. YES
5802 Concerning assisted living payment rates. - – possible rationing as payments will not keep up with costs NC
5806 Concerning access to highly effective contraception for patients enrolled in a medicaid-funded plan. – to make the cost of covering IUD’s like the pill NC
5808 Concerning cancer research – if you get money to find a cure you will never find it as then you lose your job. AND there are effective natural means to cure cancer that the establishment won’t even talk about. NO
5812 Creating the unlawful dog tethering act – needs to focus on injury not time tethered as evidenced by the exceptions NO
5816 Expanding traffic safety education requirements for certain driver's license applicants and drivers. – reason for this one YES
5873 Permitting persons retired from the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 1 to select a survivor benefit option. – OK NC
5888 Concerning near fatality incidents of children who have received services from the department of social and health services. – some independent review YES
5889 Concerning timeliness of competency evaluation and restoration services. – get them done YES
5891 Prohibiting the sale and commercial display of human remains. – needs to also exclude medical schools, research etc. NO
5897 Requiring costs for the examination of a suspected victim of assault of a child to be paid by the state. Left out YES
5898 Modifying Washington homeless client management information system requirements and policies. – need to keep information private to protect victims of domestic violence YES
5900 Prohibiting certain limitations on the hosting of the homeless by religious organizations – looks OK NC
5908 Concerning restraint or isolation of students, including students with disabilities, in public schools. – designed to avoid abuse NC
5919 Concerning informed decision making for death with dignity decisions. – have to tell person of ways to stay alive as well YES
5925 Concerning diversion of nonfelony charges when a party has raised the issue of competency to stand trial. Might work NC
5932 Creating the office of homeless youth prevention programs – the poor will always be among us – 0 in 10 years? Not unless they take the kids NO
5945 Concerning protection of incapacitated persons and vulnerable adults. – too bad this is necessary YES
5947 Creating a training program in integrated care psychiatry – more interference in the market – however we really do need better mental health care NC
5956 Limiting defenses based on victim identity. Can’t say asked for it or I didn’t want it to cover a later crime YES
5958 Providing for representation of the state veterans' homes on the governor's veterans affairs advisory committee. – changes the way they get representation NC
5974 Requiring the insurance commissioner to review barriers to offering supplemental coverage options to disabled veterans and their dependents. – helps vets YES
6002 Concerning pesticide application in school facilities – They need to go YES
6013 Providing use tax relief for individuals who support charitable activities. – more bookkeeping. Good for charities though. NC
6045 Extending the hospital safety net assessment Is costing more than they thought and they want to cover more. NO
 
 
 

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