THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Josh Green, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator Josh Green, Chair

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

TIME:

1:15 pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

SB 2535

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Part I:  Appropriates funds to the department of health for substance abuse treatment, mental health support services, and clean and sober housing services.  Part II:  Appropriates funds for a rental assistance program, also known as a shallow subsidy program.  Parts III and IV:  Appropriates funds to the department of human services to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals and to reestablish the homeless prevention and rapid re-housing program.  Part V:  Appropriates matching funds for the federal continuum of care permanent supportive housing programs to provide rental assistance in connection with supportive services.  Part VI:  Appropriates funds for the homeless assistance working group.  Part VII:  Transfers the homeless assistance working group from the department of human services to the legislature.  Requires the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives committees on human services to convene the homeless assistance working group instead of the director of human services, or a designee.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB 2531

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGING.

Establishes a fall prevention and early detection coordinator within the Department of Health's Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch.  Appropriates $78,555 for FY 2014-2015.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

SB 2264

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CAREGIVING.

Requires hospitals to allow patients the opportunity to designate a caregiver.  Requires hospitals to include designated caregiver in patient's medical record, notify caregiver prior to patient's transfer or discharge, consult with caregiver about patient's discharge plan, and instruct designated caregivers in after-care tasks.

 

HMS/HTH, JDL

SB 2220

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds for healthy start child abuse prevention services.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

[Measure deleted on 1-27-14]

SB 2009

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to expand certain health care services to qualified individuals.

 

HMS/HTH, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Josh Green

Chair

 

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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair