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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.640 - Emergency mortgage and rental assistance program—Duties—Interest rate, assignment, eligibility.

RCW 43.63A.640
Emergency mortgage and rental assistance program—Duties—Interest rate, assignment, eligibility.
The department shall carry out the following duties:
(1) Administer the program;
(2) Identify organizations eligible to receive funds to implement the program;
(3) Develop and adopt the necessary rules and procedures for implementation of the program and for dispersal [disbursal] of program funds to eligible organizations;
(4) Establish the interest rate for repayment of loans at two percent below the market rate;
(5) Work with lending institutions and social service providers in the eligible communities to assure that all eligible persons are informed about the program;
(6) Utilize federal and state programs that complement or facilitate carrying out the program;
(7) Ensure that local eligible organizations that dissolve or become ineligible assign their program funds, rights to loan repayments, and loan security instruments, to the government of the county in which the local organization is located. If the county government accepts the program assets described in this subsection, it shall act as a local eligible organization under the provisions of RCW * 43.63A.600 through 43.63A.640. If the county government declines to participate, the program assets shall revert to the department.
[ 1994 c 114 § 5; 1991 c 315 § 27.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.63A.600 was repealed by 1995 c 226 § 35, effective June 30, 2001.
Effective date—1994 c 114: See note following RCW 43.63A.610.
Intent—1991 c 315: See note following RCW 28B.50.030.
Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 315: See RCW 50.70.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.645 - Emergency housing programs—Rules.

RCW 43.63A.645
Emergency housing programs—Rules.
The department shall, by rule, establish program standards, eligibility standards, eligibility criteria, and administrative rules for emergency housing programs and specify other benefits that may arise in consultation with providers.
[ 1999 c 267 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Severability—1999 c 267: See notes following RCW 43.20A.790.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.650 - Housing—Department's responsibilities.

RCW 43.63A.650
Housing—Department's responsibilities.
(1) The department shall be the principal state department responsible for coordinating federal and state resources and activities in housing, except for programs administered by the Washington state housing finance commission under chapter 43.180 RCW, and for evaluating the operations and accomplishments of other state departments and agencies as they affect housing.
(2) The department shall work with local governments, tribal organizations, local housing authorities, nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organizations, and regional or statewide nonprofit housing assistance organizations, for the purpose of coordinating federal and state resources with local resources for housing.
(3) The department shall be the principal state department responsible for providing shelter and housing services to homeless families with children. The department shall have the principal responsibility to coordinate, plan, and oversee the state's activities for developing a coordinated and comprehensive plan to serve homeless families with children. The plan shall be developed collaboratively with the department of social and health services. The department shall include community organizations involved in the delivery of services to homeless families with children, and experts in the development and ongoing evaluation of the plan. The department shall follow professionally recognized standards and procedures. The plan shall be implemented within amounts appropriated by the legislature for that specific purpose in the operating and capital budgets. The department shall submit the plan to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than September 1, 1999, and shall update the plan and submit it to the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 1st of every odd-numbered year through 2007. The plan shall address at least the following: (a) The need for prevention assistance; (b) the need for emergency shelter; (c) the need for transitional assistance to aid families into permanent housing; (d) the need for linking services with shelter or housing; and (e) the need for ongoing monitoring of the efficiency and effectiveness of the plan's design and implementation.
[ 1999 c 267 § 3; 1993 c 478 § 13.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Severability—1999 c 267: See notes following RCW 43.20A.790.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.660 - Housing—Technical assistance and information, affordable housing.

RCW 43.63A.660
Housing—Technical assistance and information, affordable housing.
The department shall provide technical assistance and information to state agencies and local governments to assist in the identification and removal of regulatory barriers to the development and placement of affordable housing. In providing assistance the department may:
(1) Analyze the costs and benefits of state legislation, rules, and administrative actions and their impact on the development and placement of affordable housing;
(2) Analyze the costs and benefits of local legislation, rules, and administrative actions and their impact on the development and placement of affordable housing;
(3) Assist state agencies and local governments in determining the impact of existing and anticipated actions, legislation, and rules on the development and placement of affordable housing;
(4) Investigate techniques and opportunities for reducing the life-cycle housing costs through regulatory reform;
(5) Develop model standards and ordinances designed to reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing and assisting in their adoption and use at the state and local government level;
(6) Provide technical assistance and information to state agencies and local governments for implementation of legislative and administrative reform programs to remove barriers to affordable housing;
(7) Prepare state regulatory barrier removal strategies;
(8) Provide staffing to the affordable housing advisory board created in RCW 43.185B.020; and
(9) Perform other activities as the director deems necessary to assist the state, local governments, and the housing industry in meeting the affordable housing needs of the state.
[ 1993 c 478 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.670 - Home-matching program—Finding, purpose.

RCW 43.63A.670
Home-matching program—Finding, purpose.
(1) The legislature finds that:
(a) The trend toward smaller household sizes will continue into the foreseeable future;
(b) Many of these households are in housing units that contain more bedrooms than occupants;
(c) There are older homeowners on relatively low, fixed income who are experiencing difficulties maintaining their homes; and
(d) There are single parents, recently widowed persons, people in the midst of divorce or separation, and persons with disabilities that are faced with displacement due to the high cost of housing.
(2) The legislature declares that the purpose of RCW 43.63A.680 is to develop a pilot program designed to:
(a) Provide home-matching services that can enable people to continue living in their homes while promoting continuity of homeownership and community stability; and
(b) Counter the problem of displacement among people on relatively low, fixed incomes by linking people offering living space with people seeking housing.
[ 2020 c 274 § 24; 1993 c 478 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.680 - Home-matching program—Pilot programs.

RCW 43.63A.680
Home-matching program—Pilot programs.
(1) The department may develop and administer a home-matching program for the purpose of providing grants and technical assistance to eligible organizations to operate local home-matching programs. For purposes of this section, "eligible organizations" are those organizations eligible to receive assistance through the Washington housing trust fund, chapter 43.185A RCW.
(2) The department may select up to five eligible organizations for the purpose of implementing a local home-matching program. The local home-matching programs are designed to facilitate: (a) Intergenerational homesharing involving older homeowners sharing homes with younger persons; (b) homesharing arrangements that involve an exchange of services such as cooking, housework, gardening, or babysitting for room and board or some financial consideration such as rent; and (c) the more efficient use of available housing.
(3) In selecting local pilot programs under this section, the department shall consider:
(a) The eligible organization's ability, stability, and resources to implement the local home-matching program;
(b) The eligible organization's efforts to coordinate other support services needed by the individual or family participating in the local home-matching program; and
(c) Other factors the department deems appropriate.
(4) The eligible organizations shall establish criteria for participation in the local home-matching program. The eligible organization shall make a determination of eligibility regarding the individuals' or families' participation in the local home-matching program. The determination shall include, but is not limited to a verification of the individual's or family's history of making rent payments in a consistent and timely manner.
[ 2023 c 275 § 17; 1993 c 478 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.690 - Minority and women-owned business enterprises—Linked deposit program.

RCW 43.63A.690
Minority and women-owned business enterprises—Linked deposit program.
(1) The department shall provide technical assistance and loan packaging services that enable minority and women-owned business enterprises to obtain financing under the linked deposit program created under RCW 43.86A.060.
(2) The department, in consultation with the office of minority and women's business enterprises, shall develop indicators to measure the performance of the linked deposit program in the areas of job creation or retention and providing access to capital to minority or women's business enterprises.
[ 2005 c 302 § 6; 2002 c 305 § 3; 1993 c 512 § 31.]
NOTES:
Intent—2005 c 302: See note following RCW 43.86A.030.
Finding—Intent—1993 c 512: See note following RCW 43.86A.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.720 - Prostitution prevention and intervention services—Grant program.

RCW 43.63A.720
Prostitution prevention and intervention services—Grant program.
There is established in the department of commerce a grant program to enhance funding for prostitution prevention and intervention services. Activities that can be funded through this grant program shall provide effective prostitution prevention and intervention services, such as counseling, parenting, housing relief, education, and vocational training, that:
(1) Comprehensively address the problems of persons who are prostitutes; and
(2) Enhance the ability of persons to leave or avoid prostitution.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2054; 1995 c 353 § 7.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.725 - Prostitution prevention and intervention grants—Eligibility.

RCW 43.63A.725
Prostitution prevention and intervention grants—Eligibility.
(1) Applications for funding under this chapter must:
(a) Meet the criteria in RCW 43.63A.720; and
(b) Contain evidence of active participation of the community and its commitment to providing effective prevention and intervention services for prostitutes through the participation of local governments, tribal governments, networks under chapter 70.190 RCW, human service and health organizations, and treatment entities and through meaningful involvement of others, including citizen groups.
(2) Local governments, networks under chapter 70.190 RCW, nonprofit community groups, and nonprofit treatment providers including organizations that provide services, such as emergency housing, counseling, and crisis intervention shall, among others, be eligible for grants established under RCW 43.63A.720.
[ 1995 c 353 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.730 - Prostitution prevention and intervention grants—Applications, contents.

RCW 43.63A.730
Prostitution prevention and intervention grants—Applications, contents.
At a minimum, grant applications must include the following:
(1) The proposed geographic service area;
(2) A description of the extent and effect of the needs for prostitution prevention and intervention within the relevant geographic area;
(3) An explanation of how the funds will be used, their relationship to existing services available within the community, and the need that they will fulfill;
(4) An explanation of what organizations were involved in the development of the proposal; and
(5) The methods that will be employed to measure the success of the program.
[ 1995 c 353 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.735 - Prostitution prevention and intervention grants—Award and use.

RCW 43.63A.735
Prostitution prevention and intervention grants—Award and use.
(1) Subject to funds appropriated by the legislature, including funds in the prostitution prevention and intervention account, the department of commerce shall make awards under the grant program established by RCW 43.63A.720.
(2) Awards shall be made competitively based on the purposes of and criteria in RCW 43.63A.720 through 43.63A.730.
(3) Activities funded under this section may be considered for funding in future years, but shall be considered under the same terms and criteria as new activities. Funding of a program or activity under this chapter shall not constitute an obligation by the state of Washington to provide ongoing funding.
(4) The department of commerce may receive such gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of the grant program established under RCW 43.63A.720 and expend the same or any income from these sources according to the terms of the gifts, grants, or endowments.
(5) The department of commerce may expend up to five percent of the funds appropriated for the grant program for administrative costs and grant supervision.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2055; 1995 c 353 § 10.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.740 - Prostitution prevention and intervention account.

RCW 43.63A.740
Prostitution prevention and intervention account.
The prostitution prevention and intervention account is created in the state treasury. Expenditures from the account may be used in the following order of priority:
(1) Funding the statewide coordinating committee on sex trafficking;
(2) Programs that provide mental health and substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training, housing relief, education, and vocational training for youth who have been diverted for a prostitution or prostitution loitering offense pursuant to RCW 13.40.213;
(3) Funding for services provided to sexually exploited children as defined in RCW 13.32A.030 in secure and semi-secure crisis residential centers with access to staff trained to meet their specific needs;
(4) Funding for services specified in RCW * 74.14B.060 and 74.14B.070 for sexually exploited children; and
(5) Funding the grant program to enhance prostitution prevention and intervention services under RCW 43.63A.720.
[ 2013 c 121 § 3; 2010 c 289 § 18; 2009 c 387 § 2; 1995 c 353 § 11.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 74.14B.060 was repealed by 2012 c 29 § 14.
Intent—Finding—2013 c 121: See note following RCW 43.280.091.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.764 - Building communities fund program—Definitions.

RCW 43.63A.764
Building communities fund program—Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.63A.125, this section, and RCW 43.63A.766 and 43.63A.768 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of commerce.
(2) "Distressed community" means: (a) A county that has an unemployment rate that is twenty percent above the state average for the immediately previous three years; (b) an area within a county that the department determines to be a low-income community, using as guidance the low-income community designations under the community development financial institutions fund's new markets tax credit program of the United States department of the treasury; or (c) a school district in which at least fifty percent of local elementary students receive free and reduced-price meals.
(3) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is tax exempt, or not required to apply for an exemption, under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code of 1986, as amended.
(4) "Technical assistance" means professional services provided under contract to nonprofit organizations for feasibility studies, planning, and project management related to acquiring, constructing, or rehabilitating nonresidential community services facilities.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2056; 2008 c 327 § 13.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.766 - Building communities fund account.

RCW 43.63A.766
Building communities fund account.
The building communities fund account is created in the state treasury. The account shall consist of legislative appropriations and gifts, grants, or endowments from other sources as permitted by law. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for capital and technical assistance grants as provided in RCW 43.63A.125.
[ 2008 c 327 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.63A - Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. › 43.63A.768 - Building communities fund program—Accountability and reporting standards—Annual report.

RCW 43.63A.768
Building communities fund program—Accountability and reporting standards—Annual report.
(1) The department shall develop accountability and reporting standards for grant recipients. At a minimum, the department shall use the criteria listed in RCW 43.63A.125(2)(b) to evaluate the progress of each grant recipient.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2011, the department shall submit an annual report to the appropriate committees of the legislature, including:
(a) A list of projects currently under contract with the department under the building communities fund program; a description of each project, its total cost, the amount of state funding awarded and expended to date, the project status, the number of low-income people served, and the extent to which the project has met the criteria in RCW 43.63A.125(2)(b); and
(b) Recommendations, if any, for policy and programmatic changes to the building communities fund program to better achieve program objectives.
[ 2008 c 327 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.005 - Intent.

RCW 43.70.005
Intent.
The legislature finds and declares that it is of importance to the people of Washington state to live in a healthy environment and to expect a minimum standard of quality in health care. The legislature further finds that the social and economic vitality of the state depends on a healthy and productive population. The legislature further declares where it is a duty of the state to assure a healthy environment and minimum standards of quality in health care facilities and among health care professionals, the ultimate responsibility for a healthy society lies with the citizens themselves.
For these reasons, the legislature recognizes the need for a strong, clear focus on health issues in state government and among state health agencies to give expression to the needs of individual citizens and local communities as they seek to preserve the public health. It is the intent of the legislature to form such focus by creating a single department in state government with the primary responsibilities for the preservation of public health, monitoring health care costs, the maintenance of minimal standards for quality in health care delivery, and the general oversight and planning for all the state's activities as they relate to the health of its citizenry.
Further, it is the intent of the legislature to improve illness and injury prevention and health promotion, and restore the confidence of the citizenry in the efficient and accountable expenditure of public funds on health activities that further the mission of the agency via grants and contracts, and to ensure that this new health agency delivers quality health services in an efficient, effective, and economical manner that is faithful and responsive to policies established by the legislature.
[ 2005 c 32 § 1; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 101.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.010 - Definitions.

RCW 43.70.010
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) "Assessment" means the regular collection, analysis, and sharing of information about health conditions, risks, and resources in a community. Assessment activities identify trends in illness, injury, and death and the factors that may cause these events. They also identify environmental risk factors, community concerns, community health resources, and the use of health services. Assessment includes gathering statistical data as well as conducting epidemiologic and other investigations and evaluations of health emergencies and specific ongoing health problems;
(2) "Board" means the state board of health;
(3) "Department" means the department of health;
(4) "Policy development" means the establishment of social norms, organizational guidelines, operational procedures, rules, ordinances, or statutes that promote health or prevent injury, illness, or death; and
(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
[ 1995 c 269 § 2201; 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 206; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 102.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.030 - Secretary of health.

RCW 43.70.030
Secretary of health.
The executive head and appointing authority of the department shall be the secretary of health. The secretary shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the governor in accordance with RCW 43.17.020. The secretary shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance with RCW 43.03.040.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 104.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.041 - Five-year formal review process of existing rules.

RCW 43.70.041
Five-year formal review process of existing rules.
The department of health must establish and perform, within existing funds, a formal review process of its existing rules every five years. The goal of the review is to decrease the numbers of, simplify the process, and decrease the time required for obtaining licenses, permits, and inspections, as applicable, in order to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses without compromising public health and safety. Benchmarks must be adopted to assess the effectiveness of streamlining efforts. The department must establish a process for effectively applying sunset provisions to rules when applicable. The department must report back to the applicable committees of the legislature with its review process and benchmarks by January 2014.
[ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 30 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2013 2nd sp.s. c 30: See note following RCW 43.21A.081.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.045 - Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.

RCW 43.70.045
Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.
There is created an award to honor and recognize cost-effective and quality health care services. This award shall be known as the "Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care."
[ 1994 c 7 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—1994 c 7: "The legislature recognizes the critical importance of ensuring that all Washington residents have access to quality and affordable health care. The legislature further recognizes that substantial improvements can be made in health care delivery when providers, including health care facilities, are encouraged to continuously strive for excellence in quality management practices, value, and consumer satisfaction. The legislature finds that when centers of quality are highlighted and honored publicly they become examples for other health care providers to emulate, thereby further promoting the implementation of improved health care delivery processes." [ 1994 c 7 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.047 - Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.

RCW 43.70.047
Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.
The governor, in conjunction with the secretary of health, shall identify and honor health care providers and facilities in Washington state who exhibit exceptional quality and value in the delivery of health services. The award shall be given annually consistent with the availability of qualified nominees. The secretary may appoint an advisory committee to assist in the selection of nominees, if necessary.
[ 1994 c 7 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.053 - Hospital consolidated annual income—Reporting.

RCW 43.70.053
Hospital consolidated annual income—Reporting.
(1)(a) Beginning July 1, 2022, for a health system operating a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW, the health system must annually submit to the department a consolidated annual income statement and balance sheet, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, health clinics, urgent care clinics, physician groups, health-related laboratories, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, dialysis facilities, ambulance services, behavioral health settings, and virtual care entities that are operated in Washington.
(b) The state auditor's office shall provide the department with audited financial statements for all hospitals owned or operated by a public hospital district under chapter 70.44 RCW. Public hospital districts are not required to submit additional information to the department under this subsection.
(2) The department must make information submitted under this section available in the same manner as hospital financial data.
[ 2021 c 162 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.054 - Health care data standards—Submittal of standards to legislature.

RCW 43.70.054
Health care data standards—Submittal of standards to legislature.
(1) To promote the public interest consistent with chapter 267, Laws of 1995, the department of health, in cooperation with the director of the consolidated technology services agency established in RCW 43.105.025, shall develop health care data standards to be used by, and developed in collaboration with, consumers, purchasers, health carriers, providers, and state government as consistent with the intent of chapter 492, Laws of 1993 as amended by chapter 267, Laws of 1995, to promote the delivery of quality health services that improve health outcomes for state residents. The data standards shall include content, coding, confidentiality, and transmission standards for all health care data elements necessary to support the intent of this section, and to improve administrative efficiency and reduce cost. Purchasers, as allowed by federal law, health carriers, health facilities and providers as defined in chapter 48.43 RCW, and state government shall utilize the data standards. The information and data elements shall be reported as the department of health directs by rule in accordance with data standards developed under this section.
(2) The health care data collected, maintained, and studied by the department under this section or any other entity: (a) Shall include a method of associating all information on health care costs and services with discrete cases; (b) shall not contain any means of determining the personal identity of any enrollee, provider, or facility; (c) shall only be available for retrieval in original or processed form to public and private requesters; (d) shall be available within a reasonable period of time after the date of request; and (e) shall give strong consideration to data standards that achieve national uniformity.
(3) The cost of retrieving data for state officials and agencies shall be funded through state general appropriation. The cost of retrieving data for individuals and organizations engaged in research or private use of data or studies shall be funded by a fee schedule developed by the department that reflects the direct cost of retrieving the data or study in the requested form.
(4) All persons subject to this section shall comply with departmental requirements established by rule in the acquisition of data, however, the department shall adopt no rule or effect no policy implementing the provisions of this section without an act of law.
(5) The department shall submit developed health care data standards to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 1995.
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 § 408; 1997 c 274 § 2; 1995 c 267 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 §§ 101-109, 201-224, 406-408, 410, 501-507, 601, and 602: See note following RCW 43.105.007.
Effective date—1997 c 274: See note following RCW 41.05.021.
Captions not law—Severability—Effective dates—1995 c 267: See notes following RCW 43.70.052.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.060 - Duties of department—Promotion of health care cost-effectiveness.

RCW 43.70.060
Duties of department—Promotion of health care cost-effectiveness.
It is the intent of the legislature to promote appropriate use of health care resources to maximize access to adequate health care services. The legislature understands that the rapidly increasing costs of health care are limiting access to care. To promote health care cost-effectiveness, the department shall:
(1) Implement the certificate of need program;
(2) Monitor and evaluate health care costs;
(3) Evaluate health services and the utilization of services for outcome and effectiveness; and
(4) Recommend strategies to encourage adequate and cost-effective services and discourage ineffective services.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 108.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.064 - Health care quality—Findings and intent—Requirements for conducting study under RCW 43.70.066.

RCW 43.70.064
Health care quality—Findings and intent—Requirements for conducting study under RCW 43.70.066.
The legislature finds that it is difficult for consumers of health care services to determine the quality of health care prior to purchase or utilization of medical care. The legislature also finds that accountability is a key component in promoting quality assurance and quality improvement throughout the health care delivery system, including public programs. Quality assurance and improvement standards are necessary to promote the public interest, contribute to cost efficiencies, and improve the ability of consumers to ascertain quality health care purchases.
The legislature intends to have consumers, health carriers, health care providers and facilities, and public agencies participate in the development of quality assurance and improvement standards that can be used to develop a uniform quality assurance program for use by all public and private health plans, providers, and facilities. To that end, in conducting the study required under RCW 43.70.066, the department of health shall:
(1) Consider the needs of consumers, employers, health care providers and facilities, and public and private health plans;
(2) Take full advantage of existing national standards of quality assurance to extend to middle-income populations the protections required for state management of health programs for low-income populations;
(3) Consider the appropriate minimum level of quality assurance standards that should be disclosed to consumers and employers by health care providers and facilities, and public and private health plans; and
(4) Consider standards that permit health care providers and facilities to share responsibility for participation in a uniform quality assurance program.
[ 1995 c 267 § 3.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Severability—Effective dates—1995 c 267: See notes following RCW 43.70.052.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.068 - Quality assurance—Interagency cooperation.

RCW 43.70.068
Quality assurance—Interagency cooperation.
The department of health, the health care authority, the department of social and health services, the office of the insurance commissioner, and the department of labor and industries shall form an interagency group for coordination and consultation on quality assurance activities and collaboration on final recommendations for the study required under RCW 43.70.066.
[ 1997 c 274 § 4; 1995 c 267 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1997 c 274: See note following RCW 41.05.021.
Captions not law—Severability—Effective dates—1995 c 267: See notes following RCW 43.70.052.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.070 - Duties of department—Analysis of health services.

RCW 43.70.070
Duties of department—Analysis of health services.
The department shall evaluate and analyze readily available data and information to determine the outcome and effectiveness of health services, utilization of services, and payment methods. This section should not be construed as allowing the department access to proprietary information.
(1) The department shall make its evaluations available to the board for use in preparation of the state health report required by *RCW 43.20.050, and to consumers, purchasers, and providers of health care.
(2) The department shall use the information to:
(a) Develop guidelines which may be used by consumers, purchasers, and providers of health care to encourage necessary and cost-effective services; and
(b) Make recommendations to the governor on how state government and private purchasers may be prudent purchasers of cost-effective, adequate health services.
[ 1995 c 269 § 2202; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 109.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.20.050 was amended by 2011 c 27 § 1, eliminating the "state health report."
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.090 - Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas—Provisions governing subpoenas.

RCW 43.70.090
Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas—Provisions governing subpoenas.
(1) The secretary shall have full authority to administer oaths and take testimony thereunder, to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the secretary together with all books, memoranda, papers, and other documents, articles or instruments, and to compel the disclosure by such witnesses of all facts known to them relative to the matters under investigation.
(2) Subpoenas issued in adjudicative proceedings shall be governed by RCW 34.05.588(1).
(3) Subpoenas issued in the conduct of investigations required or authorized by other statutory provisions or necessary in the enforcement of other statutory provisions shall be governed by RCW 34.05.588(2).
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 252.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.095 - Civil fines.

RCW 43.70.095
Civil fines.
This section governs the assessment of a civil fine against a person by the department. This section does not govern actions taken under chapter 18.130 RCW.
(1) The department shall give written notice to the person against whom it assesses a civil fine. The notice shall state the reasons for the adverse action. The notice shall be personally served in the manner of service of a summons in a civil action or shall be given in an other [another] manner that shows proof of receipt.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the civil fine is due and payable twenty-eight days after receipt. The department may make the date the fine is due later than twenty-eight days after receipt. When the department does so, it shall state the effective date in the written notice given the person against whom it assesses the fine.
(3) The person against whom the department assesses a civil fine has the right to an adjudicative proceeding. The proceeding is governed by the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW. The application must be in writing, state the basis for contesting the fine, include a copy of the adverse notice, be served on and received by the department within twenty-eight days of the person's receiving the notice of civil fine, and be served in a manner which shows proof of receipt.
(4) If the person files a timely and sufficient appeal, the department shall not implement the action until the final order has been served. The presiding or reviewing officer may permit the department to implement part or all of the action while the proceedings are pending if the appellant causes an unreasonable delay in the proceedings or for other good cause.
[ 1991 c 3 § 378.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.097 - Enforcement in accordance with RCW 43.05.100 and 43.05.110.

RCW 43.70.097
Enforcement in accordance with RCW 43.05.100 and 43.05.110.
Enforcement action taken after July 23, 1995, by the director or the department shall be in accordance with RCW 43.05.100 and 43.05.110.
[ 1995 c 403 § 626.]
NOTES:
Findings—Short title—Intent—1995 c 403: See note following RCW 34.05.328.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.100 - Reports of violations by secretary—Duty to institute proceedings—Notice to alleged violator.

RCW 43.70.100
Reports of violations by secretary—Duty to institute proceedings—Notice to alleged violator.
(1) It shall be the duty of each assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city attorney to whom the secretary reports any violation of chapter 43.20 or 43.70 RCW, or regulations promulgated under them, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts, without delay, and to be duly prosecuted as prescribed by law.
(2) Before any violation of chapter 43.20 or 43.70 RCW is reported by the secretary to the prosecuting attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her views to the secretary, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 262.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.112 - Online access to health care resources—Annual accounting of use of funds and use of online resources—University of Washington.

RCW 43.70.112
Online access to health care resources—Annual accounting of use of funds and use of online resources—University of Washington.
Within the amounts transferred from the department of health under RCW 43.70.110(3), the University of Washington shall, through the health sciences library, provide online access to selected vital clinical resources, medical journals, decision support tools, and evidence-based reviews of procedures, drugs, and devices to the health professionals listed in RCW 43.70.110(3)(c). Online access shall be available no later than January 1, 2009. Each year, by December 1st, the University of Washington shall provide an annual accounting of the use of the funds transferred, including which categories of health professionals are using the materials available under the program. The accounting must be transmitted by electronic mail to the members of the health care committees of the legislature.
[ 2009 c 558 § 2; 2007 c 259 § 12.]
NOTES:
Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See note following RCW 7.70.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.120 - Federal programs—Rules—Statutes to be construed to meet federal law.

RCW 43.70.120
Federal programs—Rules—Statutes to be construed to meet federal law.
In furtherance of the policy of this state to cooperate with the federal government in the public health programs, the department of health shall adopt such rules and regulations as may become necessary to entitle this state to participate in federal funds unless the same be expressly prohibited by law. Any section or provision of the public health laws of this state which may be susceptible to more than one construction shall be interpreted in favor of the construction most likely to satisfy federal laws entitling this state to receive federal funds for the various programs of public health.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 264.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.125 - Health care facility certification—Unfunded federal mandates—Applicant fees.

RCW 43.70.125
Health care facility certification—Unfunded federal mandates—Applicant fees.
The federal government requires Washington health care facilities to be certified in order to receive federal health care program reimbursement. The department receives funding from the federal government to perform the certifications and recertifications of these health care facilities. When the federal government does not provide sufficient funding to cover all certifications and recertifications, the secretary may assess fees on certification and recertification applicants to fund the certifications and recertifications.
[ 2007 c 279 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.140 - Annual conference of health officers.

RCW 43.70.140
Annual conference of health officers.
In order to receive the assistance and advice of local health officers in carrying out the secretary's duties and responsibilities, the secretary of health shall hold annually a conference of local health officers, at such place as the secretary deems convenient, for the discussion of questions pertaining to public health, sanitation, and other matters pertaining to the duties and functions of the local health departments, which shall continue in session for such time not exceeding three days as the secretary deems necessary.
The health officer of each county, district, municipality and county-city department shall attend such conference during its entire session, and receive therefor his or her actual and necessary traveling expenses, to be paid by his or her county, district, and municipality or county-city department. No claim for such expenses shall be allowed or paid unless it is accompanied by a certificate from the secretary of health attesting the attendance of the claimant.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 253; 1979 c 141 § 50; 1967 ex.s. c 102 § 10; 1965 c 8 § 43.20.060. Prior: 1915 c 75 § 1; RRS § 6005. Formerly RCW 43.20A.615 and 43.20.060.]
NOTES:
Severability—1967 ex.s. c 102: See note following RCW 43.70.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.150 - Registration of vital statistics.

RCW 43.70.150
Registration of vital statistics.
The secretary of health shall have charge of the state system of registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and decrees of divorce, annulment and separate maintenance, and shall prepare the necessary rules, forms, and blanks for obtaining records, and insure the faithful registration thereof.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 254; 1979 c 141 § 51; 1967 c 26 § 1; 1965 c 8 § 43.20.070. Prior: 1907 c 83 § 1; RRS § 6018. Formerly RCW 43.20A.620 and 43.20.070.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1967 c 26: "This act shall take effect on January 1, 1968." [ 1967 c 26 § 12.]
Vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health. › 43.70.170 - Threat to public health—Investigation, examination or sampling of articles or conditions constituting—Access—Subpoena power.

RCW 43.70.170
Threat to public health—Investigation, examination or sampling of articles or conditions constituting—Access—Subpoena power.
The secretary on his or her own motion or upon the complaint of any interested party, may investigate, examine, sample or inspect any article or condition constituting a threat to the public health including, but not limited to, outbreaks of communicable diseases, food poisoning, contaminated water supplies, and all other matters injurious to the public health. When not otherwise available, the department may purchase such samples or specimens as may be necessary to determine whether or not there exists a threat to the public health. In furtherance of any such investigation, examination or inspection, the secretary or the secretary's authorized representative may examine that portion of the ledgers, books, accounts, memorandums, and other documents and other articles and things used in connection with the business of such person relating to the actions involved.
For purposes of such investigation, the secretary or the secretary's representative shall at all times have free and unimpeded access to all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage and transportation facilities or any other place. The secretary may also, for the purposes of such investigation, issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, as provided for in RCW 43.70.090 or the production of books and documents anywhere in the state.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 256; 1979 c 141 § 53; 1967 ex.s. c 102 § 3. Formerly RCW 43.20A.640 and 43.20.150.]
NOTES:
Severability—1967 ex.s. c 102: See note following RCW 43.70.130.