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Bill Watch - 2006 Session

Last updated: March 7, 2006
Bolded items are technically dead.

3SHB 1458	Concerning the management of on-site sewage disposal systems in marine areas
SHB 2399	Providing a survey for health care providers
HB 2558 \| SB 6371	Regulating the disposal of dead animals
SHB 2570 \| ESB 5048	Prohibiting tobacco product sampling
SHB 2805	An act relating to missing persons
HB 2887 \| SSB 6196	Including a member of a federally recognized tribe for Washington state on the state board of health
SHB 2964 \| SSB 6466	Creating the department of early learning
HB 3010	Relating to ensuring the safety of milk and dairy products
SHB 3039	Reducing nitrogen discharges into an aquatic rehabilitation zone
HB 3049 \| SSB 6193	Requiring surveys of health professions work force supply and demographics
HB 3050 \| SB 6194	Requiring multicultural education for health professionals
HB 3096 \| SSB 6197	Creating the governor's interagency council on health disparities
HB 3097 \| SSB 6195	Requiring health impact assessments
SSB 6183	Creating provisions relating to the hepatitis C virus
SB 6363	Developing worksite health promotion programs
SB 6366 \| HB 2542	Preparation and response to pandemic influenza
SSB 6377	Changing the regulation of milk and milk products
SB 6607	Requiring notification of pesticide application

It is the policy of the Washington State Board of Health (Policy 01-001) to monitor and comment on issues before the Legislature that fall into at least one of the following four categories.

Category 1: Impacts the Board» s statutory authority
Category 2: Runs counter to a policy direction the Board has established in rule
Category 3: Is directly related to one of the Priority Topics established by the Board each biennium, as supported by a Board-approved work plan, interim document, or final report
Category 4: Is directly related to a policy issue addressed in a policy statement adopted by the Board prior to each session

In addition, the Board thought it prudent to discuss some major issues likely to appear on the Legislature» s agenda and to reach agreement on the sense of the Board prior to session. The Statement of Policy on Possible 2006 Legislative Issues represents the sense of the Board on a limited number of significant issues that the Board discussed as a whole prior to session, and is intended to guide Board staff and individual Board members in their communications.

Bill Number:	3SHB 1458
Short Title:	Concerning the management of on-site sewage disposal systems in marine areas
Prime Sponsor:	Hunt
Status:	Passed.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of 3SHB 1458.
Reason for Interest:	Categories 1 and 3: Would give the Board authority to hear appeals if DOH rejects management plans and to make rules for evaluating plans. Revising on-site sewage rules is a continuing activity in the Board» s work plan.
Explanation:	Bill would require local health officers in 12 counties around Puget Sound to identify and designate marine recovery areas, develop on-site sewage system management plans, and demonstrate progress in controlling systems. The Department of Health would review and approve management plans; establish a workgroup to develop recommendations for licensing on-site maintenance specialists. The Board may develop rules regarding content of local management plans and must hear appeals from local boards of health if DOH denies approval of the management plan.
Recommendation:	Support.
Board Action:	Signed in at hearing.
Staff Assigned:	Ned Therien
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Bill Number:	2SHB 2399
Short Title:	Providing a survey for health care providers
Prime Sponsor:	Cody
Status:	Technically dead but similar legislation, SB 6193, passed.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of 2SHB 2399.
Reason for Interest:	Categories 3 & 4: Consistent with recommendations of 2001 Final Report on Health Disparities.
Explanation:	Would require DOH to survey health professionals every two years. Data collected would include race and ethnicity. This would inform work on increasing diversity of the health care work force to reduce health disparities.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Testify.
Board Action:	Craig McLaughlin testified.
Staff Assigned:	Craig McLaughlin
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Bill Number:	HB 2558 \| SB 6371
Short Title:	Dead animal disposal
Prime Sponsor:	Pettigrew \| Rasmussen
Status:	Passed and delivered to the Governor.
Digest:	Requires every person owning or having in charge any livestock that has died because of disease shall dispose of the carcass within a time frame and in a manner prescribed in rule by the director, which may include, but is not limited to, burial, composting, incinerating, landfilling, natural decomposition, or rendering. Any livestock found dead from an unknown cause is presumed to have died because of disease.
Full Text:	Full text of SB 6371
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Update of Board rule in process (WAC 246-203-120) is being coordinated with the Department of Agriculture» s proposal to update its statute to allow more flexibility in its livestock rules.
Explanation:	Bill would give the Department of Agriculture authority to develop rules with alternatives for diseased livestock carcass disposal in addition to burial.
Recommendation:	Support. Testify.
Board Action:	Craig McLaughlin testified in support of both bills in house of origin. Signed in support of SB 6371 in House.
Staff Assigned:	Ned Therien
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Bill Number:	SHB 2570 \| SB 5048
Short Title:	Prohibiting tobacco product sampling
Prime Sponsor:	Morrell
Status:	Passed and delivered to the Governor.
Digest:	Declares an intent to protect minors from the influence of tobacco sampling by eliminating the distribution of samples in this state. Repeals RCW 70.155.060 and 82.24.270.
Full Text:	Full text of ESB 5048.
Reason for Interest:	Category 4: Addressed in Board policy statement for 2006 legislative session.
Explanation:	Free giveaways of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products are believed to encourage youth addiction.
Recommendation:	Support.
Board Action:	Sent letter.
Staff Assigned:	Craig McLaughlin
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Bill Number:	2SHB 2805
Short Title:	An act relating to missing persons
Prime Sponsor:	O'Brien
Status:	Passed and delivered to the Governor.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of 2SHB 2805.
Reason for Interest:	Category 1: Would assign a piece of rule making related to newborn screening to DOH.
Explanation:	The original bill would have amended DOH authorizing statute to require the Department to make rules for releasing newborn screening genetic information to identify missing persons. Authority for rules regarding privacy of newborn screening now rests with the Board. That section was removed from later versions.
Recommendation:	Neutral. Recommend technical amendments.
Board Action:	Craig McLaughlin worked with committee staff. Sent letter.
Staff Assigned:	Craig McLaughlin
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Bill Number:	HB 2887 \| SSB 6196
Short Title:	Tribal representative on the state board of health
Prime Sponsor:	Morrell \| Franklin
Status:	SSB 6196 passed. Concurrence required. HB 2887 is technically dead.
Digest:	Includes a health official from a federally recognized tribe on the state board of health.
Full Text:	Full text of SSB 6196
Reason for Interest:	Categories 1& 3: Makes a change to the Board» s authorizing statute. Support for a tribal representative is part of the Board» s strategic plan.
Explanation:	The first substitute would require that one of the four health and sanitation members of the Board would be from a federally recognized tribe.
Recommendation:	Support. Testify.
Board Action:	Frankie Manning testified on SB 6196.
Staff Assigned:	Tara Wolff
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Bill Number:	2SHB 2964 \| SSB 6466
Short Title:	Creating the department of early learning
Prime Sponsor:	Kagi \| Kohl-Welles
Status:	2SHB 2964 passed. SSB 6466 is technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of 2SHB 2964
Reason for Interest:	Category 4: Addressed in Board policy statement for 2006 legislative session.
Explanation:	Would establish a department of early learning. The Board has noted that good early learning programs help children get preventative services, address social determinants of health that impact health disparities, and could prepare a more diverse pool of candidates for health professions educational programs.
Recommendation:	Support. Testify.
Board Action:	Dr. Kim Marie Thorburn testified on HB 2964. Craig McLaughlin signed in support on SB 6466.
Staff Assigned:	Tara Wolff
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Bill Number:	SHB 3010
Short Title:	Relating to ensuring the safety of milk and dairy products
Prime Sponsor:	Moeller
Status:	Technically dead, but an equivalent bill, SB 6377, passed
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of SHB 3010.
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: The Board supports measures to control the spread of communicable diseases.
Explanation:	The original bill was a placeholder expressing intention that milk sales should be safe. An amendment introduced on January 31 would clarify that cow share agreements for raw milk are sales that require licensure. It would give the Department of Agriculture authority to enter and inspect unlicensed dairy operations, as well as licensed operations. It would clearly give the Department of Agriculture authority to order embargo and destruction of milk produced in violation of rules. It would make a first offense a gross misdemeanor and repeat violations of operating a raw milk dairy without a license a class C felony. Amendment #2 introduced on January 31 would require the Department of Agriculture to form a workgroup to consider special licensing provisions for micro-dairies.
Recommendation:	Support.
Board Action:	Signed in at hearing.
Staff Assigned:	Ned Therien
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Bill Number:	SHB 3039
Short Title:	Reducing nitrogen discharges into an aquatic rehabilitation zone
Prime Sponsor:	McCoy
Status:	Technically dead.
Digest:	View substitute digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of SHB 3039.
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Establishing public health standards for on-site systems is an on-going SBOH activity.
Explanation:	Requires the Department of Ecology to ensure that sewage systems control nitrogen discharges to the Hood Canal rehabilitation zone. Local health officers must require nitrogen discharges be addressed for on-site sewage systems in such zones. Deadline for controls is January 2014, except a three-year extension may be allowed based on Ecology» s evaluation of on-site treatment system technology performance and expense.
Recommendation:	Support. Testify. Recommend amendment. Requirements for health officers more properly belong in Chapter 70.05 RCW, rather than Chapter 43.20 RCW.
Board Action:	Craig McLaughlin testified.
Staff Assigned:	Ned Therien
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Bill Number:	HB 3049 \| 2SSB 6193
Short Title:	Requiring surveys of health professions work force supply and demographics
Prime Sponsor:	Morrell \| Franklin
Status:	2SSB 6193 passed. Concurrence required. HB 3049 is technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of HB 3049 \| Full text of 2SSB 6193
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Is directly related to one of the Priority Topics established by the Board each biennium, as supported by a Board-approved work plan, interim document, or final report.
Explanation:	Requires that Department of Health, in collaboration with the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating board, distribute survey questions every two years. The survey will gather data related to work force supply and demographics to all health care providers who are licensed to practice in Washington.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Testify.
Board Action:	Frankie Manning testified on SB 6193.
Staff Assigned:	Tara Wolff
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Bill Number:	HB 3050 \| ESB 6194
Short Title:	Requiring multicultural education for health professionals
Prime Sponsor:	Morrell \| Franklin
Status:	Engrossed SB 6194 passed. Concurrence required. HB 3050 is technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of HB 3050 \| Full text of ESB 6194
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Is directly related to one of the Priority Topics established by the Board each biennium, as supported by a Board-approved work plan, interim document, or final report
Explanation:	Requires each education program with a curriculum to train health professionals for employment in a profession credentialed by a disciplining authority under chapter 18.130 RCW to require a course in multicultural health as part of its basic education preparation curriculum. Directs each health professional regulatory authority authorized to establish continuing education requirements to adopt rules that provide continuing education training in multicultural health. Requires that health professional regulatory authorities consult with a knowledgeable entity (either a state institution of higher education specializing in health disparities and multicultural care, or the Department of Health) to develop these rules.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Testify.
Board Action:	Frankie Manning testified on SB 6194.
Staff Assigned:	Tara Wolff
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Bill Number:	HB 3096 \| 2SSB 6197
Short Title:	Creating the governor's interagency council on health disparities
Prime Sponsor:	Santos \| Franklin
Status:	SB 6197 passed. Concurrence required. HB 3096 is technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of 2SSB 6197
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Is directly related to one of the Priority Topics established by the Board each biennium, as supported by a Board-approved work plan, interim document, or final report.
Explanation:	The bill» s aim is to become the healthiest state in the nation by striving to eliminate health disparities in women and people of color. The bill creates the Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities. The Board is charged with convening and providing assistance to the council. The council must promote and facilitate communication, coordination, and collaboration among relevant state agencies and communities of color to address health disparities. The council will conduct public hearings, inquiries, studies, or other forms of information gathering to understand how the actions of state government ameliorate or contribute to health disparities. Within the limits of their resources, all state agencies are required to cooperate with the council's efforts. The council will meet as often as necessary, but not less than six times per calendar year. The bill directs the council to produce an action plan for eliminating health disparities and a final report by 2012.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Testify.
Board Action:	Frankie Manning testified on SB 6197.
Staff Assigned:	Tara Wolff
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Bill Number:	HB 3097 \| SSB 6195
Short Title:	Requiring health impact assessments
Prime Sponsor:	Santos \| Franklin
Status:	Technically dead but similar language amended into SB 6197.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of HB 3097 \| Full text of SSB 6195
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Is directly related to one of the Priority Topics established by the Board each biennium, as supported by a Board-approved work plan, interim document, or final report.
Explanation:	Directs the Board, in collaboration with the Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities, to complete health impact assessments. Assistance will be provided by any state agency from which the Board makes a request. The Board may limit the number of health impact assessments it produces to retain quality while operating within its available resources. The bill appropriates the sum of $300,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Testify.
Board Action:	Frankie Manning testified on SB 6195.
Staff Assigned:	Tara Wolff
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Bill Number:	SSB 6183
Short Title:	Creating provisions relating to the hepatitis C virus
Prime Sponsor:	Kastama
Status:	Technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of SSB 6183.
Reason for Interest:	Category 1: Would create a reporting system for hepatitis C apart from the current communicable disease surveillance system. DOH would make rules rather than the Board.
Explanation:	Calls for establishment of a hepatitis C registry, reporting of cases directly to DOH, and rule making by DOH. A registry already exists based on the Board's notifiable conditions rule. Reports currently go through local health jurisdictions, which is where most disease control measures are initiated.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Recommend amendment.
Board Action:	Sent letter.
Staff Assigned:	Craig McLaughlin
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Bill Number:	SB 6363
Short Title:	Developing worksite health promotion programs
Prime Sponsor:	Keiser
Status:	Technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of SB 6363.
Reason for Interest:	Category 4: Consistent with Board policy statement encouraging greater physical activity and improved nutrition.
Explanation:	Would require Health Care Authority to develop on-line personal health assessment tool, and develop policies for state employers that create financial incentives for health behaviors. Would establish state grant program to help small businesses establish employee health promotion programs.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Send letter.
Board Action:	Sent letter.
Staff Assigned:	Craig McLaughlin
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Bill Number:	ESSB 6366 \| HB 2542
Short Title:	Preparation and response to pandemic influenza
Prime Sponsor:	Keiser
Status:	SB 6366 passed. Concurrence required. HB 2542 is technically dead.
	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of ESSB 6366.
Reason for Interest:	Categories 3 & 4: Addressed in Board policy statement for 2006 legislative session and 2005 strategic plan.
Explanation:	Would support public health efforts to prepare for pandemic flu. The bills are not companions and take different approaches to accountability and deliverables, but both would award $20 million to public health for pandemic influenza preparedness.
Recommendation:	Support concept. Testify.
Board Action:	Signed in at hearing on SB 6366. Kim Thorburn testified on HB 2542.
Staff Assigned:	Craig McLaughlin
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Bill Number:	SSB 6377
Short Title:	Changing the regulation of milk and milk products
Prime Sponsor:	Doumit
Status:	Passed.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of SSB 6377.
Reason for Interest:	Category 3: Board did not accept public proposal in 2004 to ease rules on raw milk sales. Illnesses from raw milk remain a concern. Cow share agreements are a marketing strategy that have attempted to circumvent public health controls.
Explanation:	Bill would clarify that cow share agreements for raw milk are sales requiring licensure of the farm operation as a raw milk dairy subject to inspection by the Department of Agriculture.
Recommendation:	Support.
Board Action:	Signed in at hearings in support.
Staff Assigned:	Ned Therien
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Bill Number:	SB 6607
Short Title:	Requiring notification of pesticide application
Prime Sponsor:	Kohl-Welles
Status:	Technically dead.
Digest:	View digest online.
Full Text:	Full text of SB 6607.
Reason for Interest:	Category 1: Makes a change in the Board's statutory authority and requirements.
Explanation:	Requires the Board to adopt rules requiring pesticide applicators to notify schools, hospitals, and certain residential care facilities within a half mile, two days in advance, of application by certain air dispersion methods for pesticides labeled » danger/poison.» Distance is established by property boundary of facility.
Recommendation:	Concerns. WSDA has authority for most other pesticide application controls. Coordination of pesticide application by one state agency would better prevent confusion to the regulated community.
Board Action:	Sign in at hearing. Available for questions.
Staff Assigned:	Ned Therien
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