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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1648

HB 1648: Suicide awareness & prevent.

Providing for suicide awareness and prevention programs to create safer homes and reduce suicide among service members, veterans, and their families.

Summary

  • Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a statewide plan to reduce suicide among service members, veterans, and their families.
  • Changes the name of the Suicide-Safer Homes Task Force to the Safer Homes, Suicide Aware Task Force (Task Force), extends its expiration date by two years, and establishes additional responsibilities for the Task Force.
  • Requires dissemination of suicide awareness and prevention materials prepared by the Task Force to firearms dealers and licensed pharmacies for distribution to firearms purchasers and pharmacy patients.
  • Requires the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission (PQAC) to conduct a survey of licensed pharmacist on methods to bridge the gap between practice and suicide awareness and prevention training.
  • Requires the PQAC to exempt pharmacists from required suicide assessment, treatment, and management training if they complete the training curriculum prior to being licensed.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1648), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 25, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tina Orwall (D-33)
Introduced
January 25, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1648, SHB 1648

AN ACT Relating to providing for suicide awareness and prevention programs to create safer homes and reduce suicide among service members, veterans, and their families;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tina Orwall (D-33)

15 co-sponsors (14 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Brad Klippert R-8Chris Kilduff D-28Roger Goodman D-45John Lovick D-44Cindy Ryu D-32Sherry Appleton D-23Beth Doglio D-22Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Laurie Jinkins D-27Lauren Davis D-32Derek Stanford D-1Kristine Reeves D-30Nicole Macri D-43Mari Leavitt D-28Noel Frame D-36

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1648)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1648)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1648)
  6. Minority; without recommendation. (SHB 1648)
  7. Minority; without recommendation.
  8. CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

HB 1648 in other sessions

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

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