WSHA is testifying on the following bills this week:
Monday, February 22:
- Senate Health Care Committee:
- HB 2450: Allowing critical access hospitals participating in the Washington rural health access preservation pilot to resume critical access hospital payment and licensure. WSHA testified in support.
- SHB 2452: Creating the interstate medical licensure compact. WSHA testified in support.
- SHB 2730: Concerning the prescription monitoring program. WSHA testified in support.
- House Appropriations Committee
- HB 2376: Making 2016 supplemental operating appropriations. WSHA will testify in support of mental health funding.
Tuesday, February 23:
- House Health Care & Wellness Committee
- SSB 6519: Expanding patient access to health services through telemedicine and establishing a collaborative for the advancement of telemedicine. WSHA will testify in support.
- Senate Health Care Committee
- HB 2350: Defining the administration of medication by medical assistants. WSHA will testify in support.
Wednesday, February 24
- House Health Care & Wellness Committee
- SSB 6445: Clarifying the role of physician assistants in the delivery of mental health services. WSHA will testify in support.
- House Capital Budget Committee
- HB 2380: Concerning the supplemental capital budget. WSHA may testify in support, if capital funding for mental health facilities is included.
