BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 5555: Health care background chcks
Requiring background checks of health care practitioners.
Summary
- The Department of Health is granted statutory authority to deny licenses to health professionals based upon criminal background check information. Background checks are at state and federal levels and may require fingerprinting.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5555), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 27, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 27, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
4 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5555 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5555 (2025–26) Zoning regulations
- SB 5555 (2023–24) Certified peer specialists
- SB 5555 (2021–22) Safety telecommunicators
- SB 5555 (2019–20) Solar energy components
- SB 5555 (2017–18) Wage and salary information
- SB 5555 (2015–16) Irrigation distrct authority
- SB 5555 (2013–14) Space heating
- SB 5555 (2011–12) Water rights transfers