Signed by Governor Jay Inslee

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes school based health centers.

Highlights:

• Establishes a school-based health center program within the state Department of Health to expand and sustain the availability of school-based health center services to K-12 students in public schools, with a focus on historically underserved populations (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the school-based health center program shall accomplish the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):

• developing funding criteria for metrics for monitoring, award grant funding for school-based health centers;

• Monitoring and evaluating school-based health centers that receive grant funding from the program office; and

• Partnering with statewide nonprofit organizations to provide training and technical assistance to school-based health centers.

• Defines “school-based health center” as a collaboration between community, the school, and a sponsoring agency that operates the school-based health center, which is a student-focused health center located in or adjacent to a school that provides integrated medical, behavioral health, and other health care services such as dental care (Sec. 2).

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