WALeg Day 26: Med school bill may come out of House committee
OLYMPIA -- The House Higher Education Committee could vote on the proposal to change state law to allow WSU to start its own medical school.
HB 1559 doesn't have any money attached. It just changes the state law that gives only the University of Washington the authority to offer medical education. If it comes out of committee, the bill could have smooth sailing in the House because it has 65 reps signed on as supporters.
It's on the committee's agenda, but word from Rep. Marcus Riccelli, the bill's sponsor, says the committee vote may be delayed until Tuesday.
Also on tap, House Capital Budget could take up bills that would try to get the federal government to turn over Forest Service land to the state. (9:30 a.m update: Chairman Hans Dunshee announced there would be no executive session for the committee so they could finish testimony on bills getting their first hearing. Federal lands bills are on the schedule for next week.) House Public Safety could take up bills on sexual predators.
But don't look for any action this afternoon. The House is working a half day, and the Senate barely at all, with only a pro forma floor session and caucuses on the agenda. You'd think it was Friday or something.
Here's the hearing schedule.
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Friday, February 06, 2015 |
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8:00 AM |
House Hearing Rm B |
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House Hearing Rm A |
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House Hearing Rm C |
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9:55 AM |
PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION |
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10:00 AM |
SENATE CAUCUS / PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION |
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House Hearing Rm B |
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House Hearing Rm E |
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House Hearing Rm A |
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House Hearing Rm C |
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House Hearing Rm D |
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House Committees
Business & Financial Services
2/6/15 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: HB 1398 - Concerning registration of persons providing debt settlement services.
Capital Budget*
2/6/15 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 1/29/2015 1:31 PM
Work Session: Clean Technology: 2015-17 Capital Budget Proposals and 2013-15 Capital Budget Project Outcomes.
Public Hearing:
- HB 1164 - Creating a competitive equipment assistance grant program to enhance student nutrition in public schools.
- HB 1633 - Giving preferences to housing trust fund projects that involve collaboration between local school districts and housing authorities or nonprofit housing providers to help children of low-income families succeed in school.
- HB 1711 - Concerning criteria for bidders on public works contracts.
- HB 1575 - Regulating retainage bonds on public contracts.
- HB 1634 - Modifying certain job order contracting requirements.
- HB 1754 - Adding building envelope to the list of building trades that a prime contractor must list for bids on public works.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1192 - Concerning the transfer of federal land to the state.
- HB 1262 - Creating a task force to examine land ownership by the federal government in Washington.
- HB 1392 - Concerning the administrative rate the recreation and conservation funding board may retain to administer the grant programs established in chapter 79A.15 RCW.
- HB 1399 - Annually adjusting the limit on distribution of hazardous substance tax revenues to the state and local toxics control accounts to correct for inflation.
- HB 1532 - Concerning budget submissions for capital design and construction at institutions of higher education.
Early Learning & Human Services*
2/6/15 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 2/3/2015 11:33 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1501 - Concerning public-private financing of prevention-based social service programs.
- HB 1672 - Modifying provisions governing the maintenance and disclosure of information related to reports of child abuse and neglect.
- HB 1673 - Concerning substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funded by the marijuana excise tax.
- HB 1728 - Creating the parents for parents program.
- HB 1735 - Concerning extended foster care services.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1481 - Concerning the sealing of juvenile records and fines imposed in juvenile cases.
- HB 1436 - Concerning homeless youth prevention and protection.
- HB 1505 - Allowing prosecutors to refer juveniles to restorative justice programs.
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 1/30/2015 12:38 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1678 - Improving tax fairness for businesses engaged in electronic commerce by eliminating inconsistent tax treatment of digital business inputs, ensuring that prewritten computer software developers remain eligible for the manufacturing machinery and equipment sales and use tax exemption, and providing greater clarity for out-of-state sellers concerning their tax obligations.
- HB 1689 - Concerning taxes on in-state broadcasters.
- HB 1796 - Concerning taxation of businesses engaged in radio and television broadcasting.
General Government & Information Technology*
2/6/15 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 1/29/2015 4:48 PM
Possible Executive Session:
- SHB 1060 - Directing state investments of existing litter tax revenues under chapter 82.19 RCW in material waste management efforts without increasing the tax rate.
- HB 1065 - Amending the insurer holding company act.
- SHB 1076 - Modernizing life insurance reserve requirements.
- HB 1171 - Concerning expiration dates related to real estate broker provisions.
- HB 1391 - Aligning functions of the consolidated technology services agency, office of the chief information officer, and department of enterprise services.
- HB 1464 - Transferring public water system financial assistance activities from the public works board and the department of commerce to the department of health.
- HB 1466 - Establishing data classification and encryption standards for state agencies.
- HB 1467 - Requiring adoption of data encryption standards for state agencies.
- HB 1469 - Addressing removal of payment credentials and other sensitive data from state data networks.
- HB 1470 - Establishing a blue-ribbon panel on cybersecurity.
- HB 1008 - Authorizing the state auditor to conduct audits of state government and local agencies' data storage and management practices thereby protecting privacy and securing personal information from computer hacking or misuse of data.
- HB 1061 - Increasing the number of district court judges in Skagit county.
- HB 1465 - Creating a dedicated account for elevators, lifting devices, moving walks, manufactured and mobile homes, recreational and commercial vehicles, factory built housing and commercial structures, and contractor registration and compliance activities.
Health Care & Wellness*
2/6/15 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 2/3/2015 12:18 PM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1132 - Concerning the regulation of adult family homes.
- HB 1186 - Requiring notification to patients in observation status at hospitals.
- HB 1286 - Requiring a study for funding options for long-term care services and supports.
- HB 1507 - Requiring nursing homes to make the sodium content of meals available to residents.
- HB 1531 - Removing expiration dates for training and certification exemptions for certain long-term care workers.
- HB 1784 - Concerning nursing home quality.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1285 - Requiring critical congenital heart disease screening for newborns.
- HB 1340 - Developing a process to allow pilot programs for health care professionals to learn new skills or roles, use existing skills in new circumstances, and accelerate training.
- HB 1357 - Concerning certificate of need requirements.
- HB 1485 - Concerning family medicine residencies in health professional shortage areas.
- HB 1626 - Addressing health benefit plan grace periods.
- HB 1727 - Permitting nursing assistants to perform simple care tasks under indirect supervision.
- HB 1733 - Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.
- HB 1779 - Requiring specialized training for persons conducting victim interviews as part of the disciplinary process for a health professional alleged to have committed sexual misconduct.
Higher Education*
2/6/15 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 2/5/2015 8:35 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1696 - Modifying provisions related to tuition setting authority at public institutions of higher education.
- HB 1693 - Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts.
- HB 1592 - Concerning tuition waivers for state and educational employees.
- HB 1644 - Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1030 - Creating the Washington advance higher education loan program.
- HB 1559 - Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.
- HB 1052 - Requiring institutions of higher education to make an early registration process available to spouses and domestic partners of active members of the military.
Public Safety*
2/6/15 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 2/5/2015 8:32 AM
Public Hearing:
- HB 1558 - Concerning seizure and forfeiture of property for patronizing a prostitute.
- HB 1569 - Improving the drug offender sentencing alternative.
- HB 1668 - Restricting conditional releases of sexually violent predators outside their county of origin.
Possible Executive Session:
- HB 1059 - Concerning sexually violent predators.
- HB 1281 - Concerning the sexual exploitation of minors.
- HB 1319 - Making technical corrections to processes for persons sentenced for offenses committed prior to reaching eighteen years of age.
- HB 1468 - Granting the governor authority to proclaim a state of emergency in the event of a cybersecurity incident.
- HB 1537 - Concerning state liquor control board enforcement officers.
- HB 1553 - Encouraging certificates of restoration of opportunity.
- HB 1632 - Concerning domestic violence.
- HB 1674 - Allowing youthful offenders who complete their confinement terms prior to age twenty-one equal access to a full continuum of rehabilitative and reentry services.
