Summary of
Mental Health Legislation
As of 2/3/11 per www.leg.wa.gov
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HOUSE BILL |
STATUS |
COMMENTS |
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HB 1004 (Rep.
Dickerson), Providing for social emotional learning in public
schools |
To
be heard in House Education on 2/3 @ 9 am |
NAMI
Neutral |
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HB 1170 (Rep.
Roberts), concerning triage facilities See too SB 5028 |
Heard
in House Judiciary on 1/31 |
NAMI
Pro – triage facilities a less restriction alternative to jails, e.g. |
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HB
1224 (Rep. Green), Providing a business and occupation tax deduction
for amounts related to the provision of mental health services See
too SB 5382 |
Heard
in House Ways & Means on 2/1 |
NAMI
Neutral |
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HB
1270 (Rep. Liias), Regarding mental health and suicide prevention
education |
Heard
in House Education on 2/3 |
NAMI
Pro |
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HB
1396 (Rep. Green), Creating an exemption from preferred drug
substitution for atypical antipsychotic drugs See too SB 5229 |
Pending
a hearing in House Health Care & Wellness |
NAMI
Pro |
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HB
1397 (Rep. Green), Requiring the state medicaid
agency to establish a competitive bid process for generic drug manufacturers |
Pending
a hearing in House Health Care & Wellness |
NAMI
pro |
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HB
1486 (Rep. Green), Authorizing See too SB 5390 |
Heard
in House Health Care & Wellness on 1/31 |
NAMI
Pro |
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HB
1545 (Rep. Klippert), Detaining persons with mental disorders |
Pending
a hearing in House Judiciary |
NAMI
Pro |
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HB
1563 (Rep. Cody), Establishing uniformity in the protection of
health-related information |
To
be heard in House Health Care & Wellness on 2/3 @ 10 am; people may want
to review sections dealing with mental health information |
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HB
1759 (Rep. Green), Concerning definitions related to counseling |
To
be heard in House Health Care & Wellness on 2/10 @ 10 am |
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HB
1797 (Rep. Green), Establishing criteria for prescribing atypical
antipsychotic drugs on the state preferred drug list |
Pending
a hearing in House Health Care & Wellness |
Under
review |
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SENATE
BILL |
STATUS |
COMMENTS |
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SB 5028 (Sen. Haugen), concerning
triage facilities See too HB 1170 |
Heard
in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 1/20 |
NAMI
Pro – triage facilities a less restriction alternative to jails, e.g |
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SB 5056 (Sen. Kline), Concerning bail and
pretrial release practices |
Heard
in House Judiciary |
People might review the
sections dealing with judicial review of mental health information |
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SB 5103 (Sen. Carrell), Including persons
acquitted by reason of insanity in the slayer statute |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Judiciary |
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SB 5104 (Sen. Carrell), Authorizing criminal
defendants to plead "guilty and mentally ill." |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Human Services & Corrections |
NAMI |
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SB 5105 (Sen. Carrell), Addressing the conditional
release of persons committed as criminally insane to their county of origin |
Heard
in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 2/1 |
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SB 5113 (Sen. Hargrove), Reviewing discharges from state hospitals |
Heard
in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 1/27 |
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SB 5114 (Sen. Hargrove), Streamlining competency
evaluation and competency restoration procedures |
Heard
in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 1/27 |
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SB 5187 (Sen. Becker), Concerning the accountability
of mental health professionals employed by an evaluation and treatment
facility for communicating with a parent or guardian about the option of
parent-initiated mental health treatment |
Heard
in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 1/28 |
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SB 5229 (Sen. Hobbs), Creating an exemption from
preferred drug substitution for atypical antipsychotic drugs See too HB 1396 |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Health & Long Term Care |
NAMI Pro |
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SB 5382 (Sen. Regala), Providing a business and
occupation tax deduction for amounts related to the provision of mental
health services See too HB 1224 |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Ways & Means |
NAMI Neutral |
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SB 5390 (Sen. Prentice), Authorizing See too HB 1486 |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Health & Long Term Care |
NAMI pro |
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SB 5423 (Sen. Regala), |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Human Services & Corrections; may have particular
relevance to indigent defendants who are mentally ill |
NAMI in particular should
review |
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SB 5452 (Sen. Hargrove), Regarding communication,
collaboration, and expedited medicaid attainment
concerning persons with mental health or chemical dependency disorders who
are confined in a state institution |
To
be heard in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 2/8 @ 1:30 |
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SB 5456 (Sen. Murray), Eliminating the death
penalty |
To
be heard in Senate Judiciary on 2/9 @ 1:30 |
NAMI pro insofar as people
who are mentally ill should not be subject to the death penalty |
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SB 5488 (Sen. Hatfield), Facilitating integration
of behavioral health care and primary care |
Heard
in Senate Health & Long Term Care on 2/2 |
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SB 5531 (Sen. King), Reimbursing
counties for providing judicial services involving mental health commitments |
To
be heard in Senate Human Services & Corrections on 2/10 @ 10 am |
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SB 5642 (Sen. Conway), Concerning applied
behavior analyst services |
Pending
a hearing in Senate Human Services & Corrections |
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Seth
Dawson
NAMI
Compass
Health
