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Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee advances five House bills in executive session
Summary
In an executive session March 18, the committee voted to advance five House bills to the Rules Committee with due-pass recommendations: Substitute House Bill 1142 (long-term care training for family caregivers), House Bill 1157 (expanded access to birth/death certificates), House Bill 1190 (UW Health Sciences Libr
The Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee met in executive session March 18 and voted to advance five House bills with due-pass recommendations to the Rules Committee. Committee members took voice votes and recorded each bill as passed "subject to signatures" in the transcript.
The five bills advanced were:
- Substitute House Bill 1142, relating to standardized basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for family members, including spouses or domestic partners. A motion to give the bill a due-pass recommendation to Rules was made and passed by voice vote.
- House Bill 1157, authorizing access to certifications of birth and death by additional family members. The committee moved the bill for a due-pass recommendation and the motion passed by voice vote.
- House Bill 1190, allowing additional health professions to access the University of Washington Health Sciences Library. Committee moved and passed a due-pass recommendation by voice vote.
- House Bill 1234, modifying the Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Social Worker Advisory Committee. The committee moved the bill for a due-pass recommendation and passed it by voice vote.
- House Bill 1287, concerning disclosure of health-care information by behavioral-health providers. The committee moved and passed the bill by voice vote.
Transcript records show the vice chair or chair moved each bill receive a due-pass recommendation and each motion carried after the chair called for "aye" (voice votes). The transcript does not provide numerical roll-call tallies or named individual votes for each member; each passage was noted as "subject to signatures." No amendments were recorded in the transcript during the executive session briefing.
