WA People
BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2513: Higher ed. behavioral health

Concerning suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education, with enhanced services to student veterans.

Summary

  • Requires the Department of Health to contract with a third party entity to create a statewide resource for behavioral health and suicide prevention in post secondary institutions that includes such things as training curriculum and model protocols.
  • Creates a grant program to fund post secondary institutions' behavioral health and suicide prevention efforts and requires that the first six grants be awarded to community and technical colleges.
  • Requires post secondary institutions to submit annual reports to the Department of Health regarding information related to behavioral health and suicide on their campuses.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2513), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 10, 2018
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tina Orwall (D-33)
Introduced
January 10, 2018 in the House
Last action
January 19, 2018
Companion bill
SB 6514
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to implementing a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education, with enhanced services to student veterans;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tina Orwall (D-33)

16 co-sponsors (12 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Jeff Holy R-6Chris Kilduff D-28Mike Pellicciotti D-30Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Tana Senn D-41Melanie Stambaugh R-25Mia Gregerson D-33Kristine Reeves D-30Dick Muri R-28Joan McBride D-48Sharon Wylie D-49Strom Peterson D-21Derek Stanford D-1Gerry Pollet D-46Beth Doglio D-22Norm Johnson R-14

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. Referred to Appropriations.
  2. HE - Majority; do pass.
  3. First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2513 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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