HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1593

As Reported by House Committee On:

College & Workforce Development

Title: An act relating to establishing a behavioral health innovation and integration campus within the University of Washington school of medicine.

Brief Description: Establishing a behavioral health innovation and integration campus within the University of Washington school of medicine.

Sponsors: Representatives Chopp, Sullivan, Ormsby, Cody, Harris, Lovick, Jinkins, Kilduff, Riccelli, Pettigrew, Davis, Stonier, Macri, Robinson, Ortiz-Self, Frame, Senn, Slatter, Schmick, Chandler, Caldier, Tarleton, Appleton, Dolan, Thai, Shewmake, Valdez, Bergquist, Reeves, Goodman, Lekanoff and Pollet; by request of Office of the Governor.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:

College & Workforce Development: 2/5/19, 2/20/19 [DPS].

Brief Summary of First Substitute Bill

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by 16 members: Representatives Hansen, Chair; Leavitt, Vice Chair; Van Werven, Ranking Minority Member; Gildon, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Graham, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Bergquist, Kraft, Mead, Paul, Pollet, Ramos, Rude, Sells, Slatter, Sutherland and Young.

Staff:

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Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill

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Staff Summary of Public Testimony:

Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Frank Chopp, Prime Sponsor; Kristen Federici, Providence St. Joseph Health; Len McComb, Washington State Hospital Association ; Lindsey Grad, Service Employees International Union Healthcare 1199NW; Craig Cole, Citizen ; Rashi Gupta, Governor's Policy Office; Dr. Jurgen Unutzer, UW Medicine Department of Psychiatry; Jennifer Stuber, Forefront Suicide Prevention at the UW.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.