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WA Rev Code § 70.265.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.265 - Public Hospital Capital Facility Areas.|70.265.110 - Contracting with other entities to provide hospital facilities or hospital services.

RCW 70.265.110 Contracting with other entities to provide hospital facilities or hospital services.Any public hospital capital facility area may contract or join with any public hospital district, publicly owned hospital, nonprofit hospital, legal entity, or individual to acquire, own, operate, manage, or provide any hospital or other health care facilities or hospital services or other health care services to be used by individuals, districts, hospitals, or others, including providing health maintenance services. If a public hospital capital facility area chooses to contract or join with another party or parties pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, it may do so through establishing a nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity of its choosing in which the public hospital capital facility area and the other party or parties participate. The governing body of the legal entity must include representatives of the public hospital capital facility area, which representatives may include members of the public hospital district's board of commissioners. A public hospital capital facility area contracting or joining with another party pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, or otherwise provide property, personnel, and services to the legal entity established to carry out the contract or joint activity.[ 2009 c 481 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70.290.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Association" means the Washington vaccine association.(2) "Covered lives" means all persons under the age of nineteen in Washington state who are:(a) Covered under an individual or group health benefit plan issued or delivered in Washington state or an individual or group health benefit plan that otherwise provides benefits to Washington residents; or(b) Enrolled in a group health benefit plan administered by a third-party administrator. Persons under the age of nineteen for whom federal funding is used to purchase vaccines or who are enrolled in state purchased health care programs covering low-income children including, but not limited to, apple health for kids under RCW 74.09.470 and the basic health plan under chapter 70.47 RCW are not considered "covered lives" under this chapter.(3) "Estimated vaccine cost" means the estimated cost to the state over the course of a state fiscal year for the purchase and distribution of vaccines purchased at the federal discount rate by the department of health.(4) "Health benefit plan" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 48.43.005 and also includes health benefit plans administered by a third-party administrator.(5) "Health carrier" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 48.43.005.(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of health.(7) "State supplied vaccine" means vaccine purchased by the state department of health for covered lives for whom the state is purchasing vaccine using state funds raised via assessments on health carriers and third-party administrators as provided in this chapter.(8) "Third-party administrator" means any person or entity who, on behalf of a health insurer or health care purchaser, receives or collects charges, contributions, or premiums for, or adjusts or settles claims on or for, residents of Washington state or Washington health care providers and facilities.(9) "Total nonfederal program cost" means the estimated vaccine cost less the amount of federal revenue available to the state for the purchase and distribution of vaccines.(10) "Vaccine" means a preparation of killed or attenuated living microorganisms, or fraction thereof, that upon administration stimulates immunity that protects against disease and is approved by the federal food and drug administration as safe and effective and recommended by the advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for disease control and prevention for administration to children under the age of nineteen years.[ 2010 c 174 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.020 - Washington vaccine association—Creation.

RCW 70.290.020 Washington vaccine association—Creation.There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Washington vaccine association. The association is formed for the purpose of collecting and remitting adequate funds from health carriers and third-party administrators for the cost of vaccines provided to certain children in Washington state.[ 2010 c 174 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.050 - Selection of vaccines to be purchased—Committee.

RCW 70.290.050 Selection of vaccines to be purchased—Committee.(1) The board of the association shall establish a committee for the purposes of developing recommendations to the board regarding selection of vaccines to be purchased in each upcoming year by the department. The committee must be composed of at least five voting board members, including at least three health carrier or third-party administrator members, one physician, and the secretary or the secretary's designee. The committee must also include a representative of vaccine manufacturers, who is a nonvoting member of the committee. The representative of vaccine manufacturers must be chosen by the secretary from a list of three nominees submitted collectively by vaccine manufacturers on an annual basis.(2) In selecting vaccines to purchase, the following factors should be strongly considered by the committee: Patient safety and clinical efficacy, public health and purchaser value, compliance with RCW 70A.230.120, patient and provider choice, and stability of vaccine supply.[ 2021 c 65 § 68; 2010 c 174 § 5.]NOTES:Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
WA Rev Code § 70.290.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.060 - Additional duties and powers of the association and secretary—Penalty—Rules.

RCW 70.290.060 Additional duties and powers of the association and secretary—Penalty—Rules.In addition to the duties and powers enumerated elsewhere in this chapter:(1) The association may, pursuant to either vote of its board of directors or request of the secretary, audit compliance with reporting obligations established under the association's plan of operation. Upon failure of any entity that has been audited to reimburse the costs of such audit as certified by vote of the association's board of directors within forty-five days of notice of such vote, the secretary shall assess a civil penalty of one hundred fifty percent of the amount of such costs.(2) The association may establish an interest charge for late payment of any assessment under this chapter. The secretary shall assess a civil penalty against any health carrier or third-party administrator that fails to pay an assessment within three months of notification under RCW 70.290.030. The civil penalty under this subsection is one hundred fifty percent of such assessment.(3) The secretary and the association are authorized to file liens and seek judgment to recover amounts in arrears and civil penalties, and recover reasonable collection costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Civil penalties so levied must be deposited in the universal vaccine purchase account created in RCW 43.70.720.(4) The secretary may adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.(5) Upon request of the health care authority, the secretary and the association must provide the health care authority with any available information maintained by the association needed to calculate the proportional share of program costs under RCW 71.24.064.[ 2020 c 291 § 8; 2010 c 174 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.070 - Board shall submit financial report to the secretary.

RCW 70.290.070 Board shall submit financial report to the secretary.The board of directors of the association shall submit to the secretary, no later than one hundred twenty days after the close of the association's fiscal year, a financial report in a form approved by the secretary.[ 2010 c 174 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.075 - Third-party administrators—Registration and reporting.

RCW 70.290.075 Third-party administrators—Registration and reporting.(1) A third-party administrator must register with the association. Registrants must report a change of legal name, business name, business address, or business telephone number to the association within ten days after the change.(2) The association must establish data elements and procedures for the registration of third-party administrators necessary to implement this section in its plan of operation.[ 2013 c 144 § 47.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.080 - Limitation of liability.

RCW 70.290.080 Limitation of liability.No liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature, shall arise against any member of the board of the association, against an employee or agent of the association, or against any health care provider for any lawful action taken by them in the performance of their duties or required activities under this chapter.[ 2010 c 174 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.090 - Vote to recommend termination of the association—Disposition of funds.

RCW 70.290.090 Vote to recommend termination of the association—Disposition of funds.(1) The association board may, on or after June 30, 2015, vote to recommend termination of the association if it finds that the original intent of its formation and operation, which is to ensure more cost-effective purchase and distribution of vaccine than if provided through uncoordinated purchase by health care providers, has not been achieved. The association board shall provide notice of the recommendation to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the legislature within thirty days of the vote being taken by the association board. If the legislature has not acted by the last day of the next regular legislative session to reject the board's recommendation, the board may vote to permanently dissolve the association.(2) In the event of a voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the association, funds remaining in the universal purchase vaccine account created in RCW 43.70.720 that were collected under this chapter must be returned to the member health carrier and third-party administrators in proportion to their previous year's contribution, from any balance remaining following the repayment of any prepayments for start-up funding not previously recouped by such member.[ 2010 c 174 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.100 - Physicians and clinics ordering state supplied vaccine—Tracking of vaccine delivered—Documentation.

RCW 70.290.100 Physicians and clinics ordering state supplied vaccine—Tracking of vaccine delivered—Documentation.Physicians and clinics ordering state supplied vaccine must ensure they have billing mechanisms and practices in place that enable the association to accurately track vaccine delivered to association members' covered lives and must submit documentation in such a form as may be prescribed by the board in consultation with state physician organizations. Physicians and other persons providing childhood immunization are strongly encouraged to use state supplied vaccine whenever possible. Nothing in this chapter prohibits health carriers and third-party administrators from denying claims for vaccine serum costs when the serum or serums providing similar protection are provided or available via state supplied vaccine.[ 2010 c 174 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.110 - Judicial invalidation of program's funding—Termination of program.

RCW 70.290.110 Judicial invalidation of program's funding—Termination of program.If the requirement that any segment of health carriers, third-party administrators, or state or local governmental entities provide funding for the program established in this chapter is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, the board of the association may terminate the program one hundred twenty days following a final judicial determination on the matter.[ 2010 c 174 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 70.290.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.290 - Washington Vaccine Association.|70.290.900 - Effective date—2010 c 174.

RCW 70.290.900 Effective date—2010 c 174.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 23, 2010].[ 2010 c 174 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 70.305.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.305 - Adverse Childhood Experiences.|70.305.005 - Finding—Purpose.

RCW 70.305.005 Finding—Purpose.The legislature finds that adverse childhood experiences are a powerful common determinant of a child's ability to be successful at school and, as an adult, to be successful at work, to avoid behavioral and chronic physical health conditions, and to build healthy relationships. The purpose of this chapter is to identify the primary causes of adverse childhood experiences in communities and to mobilize broad public and private support to prevent harm to young children and reduce the accumulated harm of adverse experiences throughout childhood. A focused effort is needed to: (1) Identify and promote the use of innovative strategies based on evidence-based and research-based approaches and practices; and (2) align public and private policies and funding with approaches and strategies which have demonstrated effectiveness.The legislature recognizes that many community public health and safety networks across the state have knowledge and expertise regarding the reduction of adverse childhood experiences and can provide leadership on this initiative in their communities. In addition, a broad range of community coalitions involved with early learning, child abuse prevention, and community mobilization have coalesced in many communities. The adverse childhood experiences initiative should coordinate and assemble the strongest components of these networks and coalitions to effectively respond to the challenge of reducing and preventing adverse childhood experiences while providing flexibility for communities to design responses that are appropriate for their community.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 32 § 1.]NOTES:Transition plan—Report to the legislature—2011 1st sp.s. c 32: "(1) Beginning July 1, 2011, the council for children and families and the *department of early learning shall develop a plan for transitioning the work of the council for children and families, including public awareness campaigns, to the *department of early learning. The council for children and families and the *department of early learning shall participate in the development of the private-public initiative in order to streamline efforts around the prevention of child abuse and neglect and avoid duplication of effort.(2) The executive director of the council for children and families and the director of the *department of early learning shall consult with the planning group convened in section 3 of this act to develop strategies to maximize Washington's leverage and match of federal child abuse and neglect prevention moneys.(3) No later than January 1, 2012, the council for children and families and the *department of early learning shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on its transition plan." [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 32 § 9.]*Reviser's note: The department of early learning was abolished and its powers, duties, and functions were transferred to the department of children, youth, and families by 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 802, effective July 1, 2018.
WA Rev Code § 70.305.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.305 - Adverse Childhood Experiences.|70.305.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70.305.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Adverse childhood experiences" means the following indicators of severe childhood stressors and family dysfunction that, when experienced in the first eighteen years of life and taken together, are proven by public health research to be powerful determinants of physical, mental, social, and behavioral health across the life span: Child physical abuse; child sexual abuse; child emotional abuse; child emotional or physical neglect; alcohol or other substance abuse in the home; mental illness, depression, or suicidal behaviors in the home; incarceration of a family member; witnessing intimate partner violence; and parental divorce or separation. Adverse childhood experiences have been demonstrated to affect the development of the brain and other major body systems.(2) "Community public health and safety networks" or "networks" means the organizations authorized under RCW 70.190.060.(3) "Department" means the department of social and health services.(4) "Evidence-based" has the same meaning as in RCW 43.216.157.(5) "Research-based" has the same meaning as in RCW 43.216.157.(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of social and health services.(7) "Secretary of children, youth, and families" means the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families.[ 2019 c 64 § 24; 2018 c 58 § 11; 2011 1st sp.s. c 32 § 2.]NOTES:Explanatory statement—2019 c 64: See note following RCW 1.20.110.Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.Transition plan—Report to the legislature—2011 1st sp.s. c 32: See note following RCW 70.305.005.
WA Rev Code § 70.305.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.305 - Adverse Childhood Experiences.|70.305.020 - Preventing and mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences—Planning group—Report to the legislature—Secretary's authority.

RCW 70.305.020 Preventing and mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences—Planning group—Report to the legislature—Secretary's authority.(1)(a) The secretary of the department of social and health services and the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall actively participate in the development of a nongovernmental private-public initiative focused on coordinating government and philanthropic organizations' investments in the positive development of children and preventing and mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences. The secretaries shall convene a planning group to work with interested private partners to: (i) Develop a process by which the goals identified in RCW 70.305.005 shall be met; and (ii) develop recommendations for inclusive and diverse governance to advance the adverse childhood experiences initiative.(b) The secretaries shall select no more than twelve to fifteen persons as members of the planning group. The members selected must represent a diversity of interests including: Early learning coalitions, community public health and safety networks, organizations that work to prevent and address child abuse and neglect, tribes, representatives of public agency agencies involved with interventions in or prevention of adverse childhood experiences, philanthropic organizations, and organizations focused on community mobilization.(c) The secretaries shall cochair the planning group meetings and shall convene the first meeting.(2) In addition to other powers granted to the secretary of the department of social and health services, the secretary of the department of social and health services may:(a) Enter into contracts on behalf of the department of social and health services to carry out the purposes of this chapter;(b) Provide funding to communities or any governance entity that is created as a result of the partnership; and(c) Accept gifts, grants, or other funds for the purposes of this chapter.[ 2018 c 58 § 10; 2011 1st sp.s. c 32 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.Transition plan—Report to the legislature—2011 1st sp.s. c 32: See note following RCW 70.305.005.
WA Rev Code § 70.320.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.320 - Service Coordination Organizations—Accountability Measures.|70.320.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70.320.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Authority" means the health care authority.(2) "Department" means the department of social and health services.(3) "Emerging best practice" or "promising practice" means a program or practice that, based on statistical analyses or a well-established theory of change, shows potential for meeting the evidence-based or research-based criteria, which may include the use of a program that is evidence-based for outcomes other than those listed in this section.(4) "Evidence-based" means a program or practice that has been tested in heterogeneous or intended populations with multiple randomized, or statistically controlled evaluations, or both; or one large multiple site randomized, or statistically controlled evaluation, or both, where the weight of the evidence from a systemic review demonstrates sustained improvements in at least one outcome. "Evidence-based" also means a program or practice that can be implemented with a set of procedures to allow successful replication in Washington and, when possible, is determined to be cost-beneficial.(5) "Research-based" means a program or practice that has been tested with a single randomized, or statistically controlled evaluation, or both, demonstrating sustained desirable outcomes; or where the weight of the evidence from a systemic review supports sustained outcomes as described in this subsection but does not meet the full criteria for evidence-based.(6) "Service coordination organization" or "service contracting entity" means the authority and department, or an entity that may contract with the state to provide, directly or through subcontracts, a comprehensive delivery system of medical, behavioral, long-term care, or social support services, including entities such as managed care organizations that provide medical services to clients under chapter 74.09 RCW and RCW 71.24.380, and area agencies on aging providing case management services under chapter 74.39A RCW.[ 2019 c 325 § 5023; 2014 c 225 § 73; 2013 c 320 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.Effective date—2014 c 225: See note following RCW 71.24.016.