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70.44.080 | Superintendent—Powers. | (1) The superintendent shall be the chief administrative officer of the public district hospital and shall have control of administrative functions of the district. The superintendent shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of all affairs of the district. In case of the absence or tempor... |
70.44.090 | Superintendent—Duties. | (1) The public hospital district superintendent shall have the power, and duty: (a) To carry out the orders of the commission, and to see that all the laws of the state pertaining to matters within the functions of the district are duly enforced. (b) To keep the commission fully advised as to the financial condition an... |
70.44.110 | Plan to construct or improve—General obligation bonds. | Whenever the commission deems it advisable that the district acquire or construct a public hospital, or other health care facilities, or make additions or betterments thereto, or extensions thereof, it shall provide therefor by resolution, which shall specify and adopt the plan proposed, declare the estimated cost ther... |
70.44.130 | Bonds—Payment—Security for deposits. | The principal and interest of such general bonds shall be paid by levying each year a tax upon the taxable property within the district sufficient, together with other revenues of the district available for such purpose, to pay said interest and principal of said bonds, which tax shall be due and collectible as any oth... |
70.44.140 | Contracts for material and work—Call for bids—Alternative procedures—Exemptions. | (1) All materials purchased and work ordered, the estimated cost of which is in excess of $75,000, shall be by contract. Before awarding any such contract, the commission shall publish a notice at least 13 days before the last date upon which bids will be received, inviting sealed proposals for such work. The plans and... |
70.44.171 | Treasurer—Duties—Funds—Depositaries—Surety bonds, cost. | The treasurer of the county in which a public hospital district is located shall be treasurer of the district, except that the commission by resolution may designate some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as treasurer of the district. If the treasurer is not the county treasurer, the commiss... |
70.44.185 | Change of district boundary lines to allow farm units to be wholly within one hospital district—Notice. | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including RCW 70.44.040 , whenever the boundary line between contiguous hospital districts bisects an irrigation block unit placing part of the unit in one hospital district and the balance thereof in another such district, the county auditor, upon his or her approval of a re... |
70.44.190 | Consolidation of districts. | Two or more contiguous hospital districts, whether the territory therein lies in one or more counties, may consolidate by following the procedure outlined in chapter 35.10 RCW with reference to consolidation of cities and towns.
[ 1953 c 267 s 3 .] |
70.44.200 | Annexation of territory. | (1) A public hospital district may annex territory outside the existing boundaries of such district and contiguous thereto, whether the territory lies in one or more counties, in accordance with this section. (2) A petition for annexation of territory contiguous to a public hospital district may be filed with the commi... |
70.44.210 | Alternate method of annexation—Contents of resolution calling for election. | As an alternate method of annexation to public hospital districts, any territory adjacent to a public hospital district may be annexed thereto by vote of the qualified electors residing in the territory to be annexed, in the manner provided in RCW 70.44.210 through 70.44.230 . An election to annex such territory may be... |
70.44.220 | Alternate method of annexation—Publication and contents of notice of hearing—Hearing—Resolution—Special election. | Notice of such hearing shall be published once a week for at least two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the territory proposed to be annexed. The notice shall contain a description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed and shall state the time and place of th... |
70.44.230 | Alternate method of annexation—Conduct and canvass of election—Notice—Ballot. | An election on the annexation of territory to a public hospital district shall be conducted and canvassed in the same manner as provided for the conduct of an election on the formation of a public hospital district except that notice of such election shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation i... |
70.44.235 | Withdrawal or reannexation of areas. | (1) As provided in this section, a public hospital district may withdraw areas from its boundaries, or reannex areas into the public hospital district that previously had been withdrawn from the public hospital district under this section. (2) The withdrawal of an area shall be authorized upon: (a) Adoption of a resolu... |
70.44.240 | Contracting or joining with other districts, hospitals, corporations, or individuals to provide services or facilities. | Any public hospital district may contract or join with any other 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 i... |
70.44.260 | Contracts for purchase of real or personal property. | Any public hospital district may execute an executory conditional sales contract with any other municipal corporation, the state, or any of its political subdivisions, the government of the United States, or any private party for the purchase of any real or personal property, or property rights, in connection with the ... |
70.44.300 | Sale of surplus real property. | (1) The board of commissioners of any public hospital district may sell and convey at public or private sale real property of the district if the board determines by resolution that the property is no longer required for public hospital district purposes or determines by resolution that the sale of the property will fu... |
70.44.310 | Lease of surplus real property. | The board of commissioners of any public hospital district may lease or rent out real property of the district which the board has determined by resolution presently is not required for public hospital district purposes in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the board in its discretion finds to be in the ... |
70.44.315 | Evaluation criteria and requirements for acquisition of district hospitals. | (1) When evaluating a potential acquisition, the commissioners shall determine their compliance with the following requirements: (a) That the acquisition is authorized under chapter 70.44 RCW and other laws governing public hospital districts; (b) That the procedures used in the decision-making process allowed district... |
70.44.320 | Disposal of surplus personal property. | The board of commissioners of any public hospital district may sell or otherwise dispose of surplus personal property of the district which the board has determined by resolution is no longer required for public hospital district purposes in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the board in its discretion ... |
70.44.350 | Dividing a district. | An existing public hospital district upon resolution of its board of commissioners may be divided into two new public hospital districts, in the manner provided in RCW 70.44.350 through 70.44.380 , subject to the approval of the plan therefor by the superior court in the county where such district is located and by a m... |
70.44.360 | Dividing a district—Plan. | The plan of division authorized by RCW 70.44.350 shall include: Proposed names for the new districts; a description of the boundaries of the new districts, which boundaries shall follow insofar as reasonably possible the then-existing precinct boundaries and include all of the territory encompassed by the existing dist... |
70.44.370 | Dividing a district—Petition to court, hearing, order. | After adoption of a resolution approving the plan of division by the board of commissioners of an existing district pursuant to RCW 70.44.350 through 70.44.380 , the district shall petition the superior court in the county where such district is located requesting court approval of the plan. The court shall conduct a h... |
70.44.380 | Dividing a district—Election—Creation of new districts—Challenges. | Following the entry of the court order pursuant to RCW 70.44.370 , the county officer authorized to call and conduct elections in the county in which the existing district is located shall call a special election as provided by the resolution of the board of commissioners of such district for the purpose of submitting ... |
70.44.400 | Withdrawal of territory from public hospital district. | Territory within a public hospital district may be withdrawn therefrom in the same manner provided by law for withdrawal of territory from water-sewer districts, as provided by chapter 57.28 RCW. For purposes of conforming with such procedure, the public hospital district shall be deemed to be the water-sewer district ... |
70.44.450 | Rural public hospital districts—Cooperative agreements and contracts. | In addition to other powers granted to public hospital districts by chapter 39.34 RCW, rural public hospital districts may enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with other rural public hospital districts in order to provide for the health care needs of the people served by the hospital districts. These agreem... |
70.44.460 | Rural public hospital district defined. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definition in this section applies throughout RCW 70.44.450 . "Rural public hospital district" means a public hospital district authorized under chapter 70.44 RCW whose geographic boundaries do not include a city with a population greater than fifty thousand.
[ 2011 c ... |
70.44.470 | Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property. | This chapter does not apply to transfers of property under *sections 1 and 2 of this act.
[ 2006 c 35 s 9 .]
*Reviser's note: The reference to "sections 1 and 2 of this act" appears to be erroneous. Reference to "sections 2 and 3 of this act" codified as RCW 43.99C.070 and 43.83D.120 was apparently intended. RCW 43.99C... |
70.44.900 | Severability—Construction—1945 c 264. | Adjudication of invalidity of any section, clause or part of a section of this act [1945 c 264] shall not impair or otherwise affect the validity of the act as a whole or any other part thereof. The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this act, but the same shall be liberally construed, in order to... |
70.44.901 | Severability—Construction—1974 ex.s. c 165. | If any section, clause, or other provision of this 1974 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of such 1974 amendatory act, or the application of such section, clause, or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected. The rule of strict cons... |
70.44.903 | Savings—1982 c 84. | All debts, contracts, and obligations made or incurred prior to June 10, 1982, by or in favor of any public hospital district, and all bonds, warrants, or other obligations issued by such district, and all other actions and proceedings relating thereto done or taken by such public hospital districts or by their respect... |
70.44.910 | Construction—1945 c 264. | This act [1945 c 264 § 22] shall not be deemed or construed to repeal or affect any existing act, or any part thereof, relating to the construction, operation and maintenance of public hospitals, but shall be supplemental thereto and concurrent therewith.
[ 1945 c 264 s 22 ; no RRS.] |
70.45.010 | Legislative findings. | The health of the people of our state is a most important public concern. The state has an interest in assuring the continued existence of accessible, affordable health care facilities that are responsive to the needs of the communities in which they exist. The state also has a responsibility to protect the public inte... |
70.45.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Department" means the Washington state department of health. (2) "Hospital" means any entity that is: (a) Defined as a hospital in RCW 70.41.020 and is required to obtain a license under RCW 70.41.090 ; or ... |
70.45.030 | Department approval required—Application—Fees. | (1) A person may not engage in the acquisition of a nonprofit hospital without first having applied for and received the approval of the department under this chapter. (2) An application must be submitted to the department on forms provided by the department, and at a minimum must include: The name of the hospital bein... |
70.45.040 | Applications—Deficiencies—Public notice. | (1) The department, in consultation with the attorney general, shall determine if the application is complete for the purposes of review. The department may find that an application is incomplete if a question on the application form has not been answered in whole or in part, or has been answered in a manner that does ... |
70.45.050 | Public hearings. | During the course of review under this chapter, the department shall conduct one or more public hearings, at least one of which must be in the county where the hospital to be acquired is located. At the hearings, anyone may file written comments and exhibits or appear and make a statement. The department may subpoena a... |
70.45.060 | Attorney general review and opinion—Department review and decision—Adjudicative proceedings. | (1) The department shall provide the attorney general with a copy of a completed application upon receiving it. The attorney general shall review the completed application, and within forty-five days of the first public hearing held under RCW 70.45.050 shall provide a written opinion to the department as to whether or ... |
70.45.070 | Department review—Criteria to safeguard charitable assets. | The department shall only approve an application if the parties to the acquisition have taken the proper steps to safeguard the value of charitable assets and ensure that any proceeds from the acquisition are used for appropriate charitable health purposes. To this end, the department may not approve an application unl... |
70.45.080 | Department review—Criteria for continued existence of accessible, affordable health care. | The department shall only approve an application if the acquisition in question will not detrimentally affect the continued existence of accessible, affordable health care that is responsive to the needs of the community in which the hospital to be acquired is located. To this end, the department shall not approve an a... |
70.45.090 | Approval of acquisition required—Injunctions. | (1) The secretary of state may not accept any forms or documents in connection with any acquisition of a nonprofit hospital until the acquisition has been approved by the department under this chapter. (2) The attorney general may seek an injunction to prevent any acquisition not approved by the department under this c... |
70.45.100 | Compliance—Department authority—Hearings—Revocation or suspension of hospital license—Referral to attorney general for action. | The department shall require periodic reports from the nonprofit corporation or its successor nonprofit corporation or foundation and from the acquiring person or other parties to the acquisition to ensure compliance with commitments made. The department may subpoena information and documents and may conduct on-site co... |
70.45.110 | Authority of attorney general to ensure compliance. | The attorney general has the authority to ensure compliance with commitments that inure to the public interest.
[ 1997 c 332 s 11 .] |
70.45.120 | Acquisitions completed before July 27, 1997, not subject to this chapter. | An acquisition of a hospital completed before July 27, 1997, and an acquisition in which an application for a certificate of need under chapter 70.38 RCW has been granted by the department before July 27, 1997, is not subject to this chapter.
[ 1997 c 332 s 12 .] |
70.45.130 | Common law and statutory authority of attorney general. | No provision of this chapter derogates from the common law or statutory authority of the attorney general.
[ 1997 c 332 s 13 .] |
70.45.140 | Rule-making and contracting authority. | The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter and may contract with and provide reasonable reimbursement to qualified persons to assist in determining whether the requirements of RCW 70.45.070 and 70.45.080 have been met.
[ 1997 c 332 s 14 .] |
70.46.020 | Districts of two or more counties—District boards of health—Membership—Chair. | (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, health districts consisting of two or more counties may be created whenever two or more boards of county commissioners shall by resolution establish a district for such purpose. Such a district shall consist of all the area of the combined counties. The... |
70.46.031 | Districts of one county—District boards of health—Membership. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a health district to consist of one county may be created whenever the county legislative authority of the county shall pass a resolution or ordinance to organize such a health district under chapter 70.05 RCW and this chapter. The resolution or ordinance may sp... |
70.46.060 | District health board—Powers and duties. | The district board of health shall constitute the local board of health for all the territory included in the health district, and shall supersede and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties by law vested in the county board of health of any county included in the health district.
[ 1993 c 492 s 248 ; 1967 e... |
70.46.080 | District health funds. | Each health district shall establish a fund to be designated as the "district health fund", in which shall be placed all sums received by the district from any source, and out of which shall be expended all sums disbursed by the district. In a district composed of more than one county the county treasurer of the county... |
70.46.082 | District health funds—Health district as custodian. | (1) A health district, with the consent of the county legislative authority, the county treasurer, the county auditor, and the health district board, may act as custodian of funds, may keep the record of the receipts and disbursements, and may draw and may honor and pay all warrants or checks, which shall be approved b... |
70.46.085 | County to bear expense of providing public health services. | The expense of providing public health services shall be borne by each county within the health district.
[ 1993 c 492 s 250 ; 1967 ex.s. c 51 s 20 .]
Findings — Intent — 1993 c 492: See notes following RCW 43.20.050 .
Short title — Savings — Reservation of legislative power — Effective dates — 1993 c 492: See RCW 43.7... |
70.46.090 | Withdrawal of county. | Any county may withdraw from membership in said health district any time after it has been within the district for a period of two years, but no withdrawal shall be effective except at the end of the calendar year in which the county gives at least six months' notice of its intention to withdraw at the end of the calen... |
70.46.100 | Power to acquire, maintain, or dispose of property—Contracts. | In addition to all other powers and duties, a health district shall have the power to own, construct, purchase, lease, add to, and maintain any real and personal property or property rights necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the district. A health district may sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any di... |
70.46.120 | License or permit fees. | In addition to all other powers and duties, health districts shall have the power to charge fees in connection with the issuance or renewal of a license or permit required by law: PROVIDED, That the fees charged shall not exceed the actual cost involved in issuing or renewing the license or permit.
[ 1993 c 492 s 252 ;... |
70.46.140 | Community health advisory boards—Membership—Meetings. | (1) A community health advisory board shall: (a) Provide input to the local board of health in the recruitment and selection of an administrative officer, pursuant to RCW 70.05.045 , and local health officer, pursuant to RCW 70.05.050 ; (b) Use a health equity framework to conduct, assess, and identify the community he... |
70.47.002 | Intent—2002 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 773). | It is the intent of the people to improve the health of low-income children and adults by expanding access to basic health care and by reducing tobacco-related and other diseases and illnesses that disproportionately affect low-income persons.
[ 2002 c 2 s 1 (Initiative Measure No. 773, approved November 6, 2001).] |
70.47.005 | Transfer power, duties, and functions to Washington state health care authority. | The powers, duties, and functions of the Washington basic health plan are hereby transferred to the Washington state health care authority. All references to the *administrator of the Washington basic health plan in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the *administrator of the Washington state hea... |
70.47.010 | Legislative findings—Purpose—Director to coordinate eligibility. | (1)(a) The legislature finds that limitations on access to health care services for enrollees in the state, such as in rural and underserved areas, are particularly challenging for the basic health plan. Statutory restrictions have reduced the options available to the director to address the access needs of basic healt... |
70.47.015 | Enrollment—Findings—Intent—Enrollee premium share—Expedited application and enrollment process—Commission for insurance producers. | (1) The legislature finds that the basic health plan has been an effective program in providing health coverage for uninsured residents. Further, since 1993, substantial amounts of public funds have been allocated for subsidized basic health plan enrollment. (2) Effective January 1, 1996, basic health plan enrollees wh... |
70.47.020 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Director" means the director of the Washington state health care authority. (2) "Health coverage tax credit eligible enrollee" means individual workers and their qualified family members who lose their jobs due to the effects of international trade and are eligible for certain trade adjust... |
70.47.030 | Basic health plan trust account—Basic health plan subscription account. | (1) The basic health plan trust account is hereby established in the state treasury. Any nongeneral fund-state funds collected for this program shall be deposited in the basic health plan trust account and may be expended without further appropriation. Moneys in the account shall be used exclusively for the purposes of... |
70.47.040 | Basic health plan—Health care authority head to be administrator—Joint operations. | (1) The Washington basic health plan is created as a program within the Washington state health care authority. The administrative head and appointing authority of the plan shall be the *administrator of the Washington state health care authority. The *administrator shall appoint a medical director. The medical directo... |
70.47.050 | Rules. | The *administrator may promulgate and adopt rules consistent with this chapter to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All rules shall be adopted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 1987 1st ex.s. c 5 s 7 .]
*Reviser's note: The definition of "administrator" was changed to "director" in RCW 70.47.020 by 2011 1st... |
70.47.060 | Powers and duties of administrator—Schedule of services—Premiums, copayments, subsidies—Enrollment. | The *administrator has the following powers and duties: (1) To design and from time to time revise a schedule of covered basic health care services, including physician services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, prescription drugs and medications, and other services that may be necessary for basic health car... |
70.47.0601 | Income determination—Unemployment compensation. | The *administrator shall not count the twenty-five dollar increase paid as part of an individual's weekly benefit amount as provided in **RCW 50.20.1202 when determining an individual's gross family income, eligibility, and premium share.
[ 2011 c 4 s 18 .]
Reviser's note: *(1) The definition of "administrator" was cha... |
70.47.070 | Benefits from other coverages not reduced. | The benefits available under the basic health plan shall be excess to the benefits payable under the terms of any insurance policy issued to or on the behalf of an enrollee that provides payments toward medical expenses without a determination of liability for the injury. Except where in conflict with federal or state ... |
70.47.080 | Enrollment of applicants—Participation limitations. | On and after July 1, 1988, the *administrator shall accept for enrollment applicants eligible to receive covered basic health care services from the respective managed health care systems which are then participating in the plan. Thereafter, total subsidized enrollment shall not result in expenditures that exceed the t... |
70.47.090 | Removal of enrollees. | Any enrollee whose premium payments to the plan are delinquent or who moves his or her residence out of an area served by the plan may be dropped from enrollment status. An enrollee whose premium is the responsibility of the department of social and health services under RCW 70.47.110 may not be dropped solely because ... |
70.47.100 | Participation by a managed health care system—Expiration of subsections. | (1) A managed health care system participating in the plan shall do so by contract with the director and shall provide, directly or by contract with other health care providers, covered basic health care services to each enrollee covered by its contract with the director as long as payments from the director on behalf ... |
70.47.110 | Enrollment of medical assistance recipients. | The health care authority may make payments to *managed health care systems, as defined in RCW 74.09.522 or in this chapter, on behalf of any person who is a recipient of medical care under chapter 74.09 RCW, up to the maximum rate allowable for federal matching purposes under Title XIX of the social security act. Any ... |
70.47.115 | Enrollment of persons in timber impact areas. | (1) The *administrator, when specific funding is provided and where feasible, shall make the basic health plan available in timber impact areas. The *administrator shall prioritize making the plan available under this section to the timber impact areas meeting the following criteria, as determined by the employment sec... |
70.47.120 | Administrator—Contracts for services. | In addition to the powers and duties specified in RCW 70.47.040 and 70.47.060 , the *administrator has the power to enter into contracts for the following functions and services: (1) With public or private agencies, to assist the *administrator in her or his duties to design or revise the schedule of covered basic heal... |
70.47.130 | Exemption from insurance code. | (1) The activities and operations of the Washington basic health plan under this chapter, including those of managed health care systems to the extent of their participation in the plan, are exempt from the provisions and requirements of Title 48 RCW except: (a) Benefits as provided in RCW 70.47.070 ; (b) Managed healt... |
70.47.140 | Reservation of legislative power. | The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this chapter or any acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the powe... |
70.47.150 | Confidentiality. | Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW, (1) records obtained, reviewed by, or on file with the plan containing information concerning medical treatment of individuals shall be exempt from public inspection and copying; and (2) actuarial formulas, statistics, and assumptions submitted in support of a rate f... |
70.47.160 | Right of individuals to receive services—Right of providers, carriers, and facilities to refuse to participate in or pay for services for reason of conscience or religion—Requirements. | (1) The legislature recognizes that every individual possesses a fundamental right to exercise their religious beliefs and conscience. The legislature further recognizes that in developing public policy, conflicting religious and moral beliefs must be respected. Therefore, while recognizing the right of conscientious o... |
70.47.170 | Annual reporting requirement. | (1) Beginning in November 2012, the health care authority, in coordination with the department of social and health services, shall by November 15th of each year report to the legislature: (a) The number of basic health plan enrollees who: (i) Upon enrollment or recertification had reported being employed, and beginnin... |
70.47.200 | Mental health services—Definition—Coverage required, when. | (1) For the purposes of this section, "mental health services" means: (a) For any schedule of benefits established or renewed by the Washington basic health plan before January 1, 2021, medically necessary outpatient and inpatient services provided to treat mental disorders covered by the diagnostic categories listed i... |
70.47.201 | Mental health services—Rules. | The *administrator may adopt rules to implement RCW 70.47.200 .
[ 2005 c 6 s 11 .]
*Reviser's note: The definition of "administrator" was changed to "director" in RCW 70.47.020 by 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 s 83 .
Findings — Intent — Severability — 2005 c 6: See notes following RCW 41.05.600 . |
70.47.210 | Prostate cancer screening.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | (1) Any schedule of benefits established or renewed by the Washington basic health plan after December 31, 2006, shall provide coverage for prostate cancer screening, provided that the screening is delivered upon the recommendation of the patient's physician, *advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assist... |
70.47.220 | Increase in reimbursement rates not applicable. | The increases in inpatient and outpatient reimbursement rates included in chapter 74.60 RCW shall not be reflected in hospital payment rates for services provided to basic health enrollees under this chapter.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 30 s 15 .] |
70.47.240 | Discontinuation of health coverage—Preexisting condition. | If a person was previously enrolled in a group health benefit plan, an individual health benefit plan, or a catastrophic health plan that is discontinued by the carrier by July 1, 2012, at any time during the sixty-three day period immediately preceding their application date for nonsubsidized coverage in the basic hea... |
70.47.250 | Federal basic health option—Report to legislature—Certification—Director's findings—Program's guiding principles. | (1) On or before December 1, 2012, the director of the health care authority shall submit a report to the legislature on whether to proceed with implementation of a federal basic health option, under section 1331 of P.L. 111-148 of 2010, as amended. The report shall address whether: (a) Sufficient funding is available ... |
70.47.900 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the health care access act of 1987.
[ 1987 1st ex.s. c 5 s 1 .] |
70.47.902 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
70.48.020 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter the words and phrases in this section shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Administration" means the direct application of a drug whether by ingestion or inhalation, to the body of an inmate by a practitioner or nonpractitioner jail personnel. (2)... |
70.48.071 | Standards for operation—Adoption by units of local government. | All units of local government that own or operate adult correctional facilities shall, individually or collectively, adopt standards for the operation of those facilities no later than January 1, 1988. Cities and towns shall adopt the standards after considering guidelines established collectively by the cities and tow... |
70.48.090 | Interlocal contracts for jail services—Neighboring states—Responsibility for operation of jail—City or county departments of corrections authorized. | (1) Contracts for jail services may be made between a county and a city, and among counties and cities. The contracts shall: Be in writing, give one governing unit the responsibility for the operation of the jails, specify the responsibilities of each governing unit involved, and include the applicable charges for cust... |
70.48.095 | Regional jails. | (1) Regional jails may be created and operated between two or more local governments, or one or more local governments and the state, and may be governed by representatives from multiple jurisdictions. (2) A jurisdiction that confines persons prior to conviction in a regional jail in another county is responsible for p... |
70.48.100 | Jail register, open to the public—Records confidential—Exception. | (1) A department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall maintain a jail register, open to the public, into which shall be entered in a timely basis: (a) The name of each person confined in the jail with the hour, date and cause of the confinement; and (b) The hour,... |
70.48.130 | Emergency or necessary medical and health care for confined persons—Reimbursement procedures—Conditions—Limitations. | (1) It is the intent of the legislature that all jail inmates receive appropriate and cost-effective emergency and necessary medical care. Governing units, the health care authority, and medical care providers shall cooperate to achieve the best rates consistent with adequate care. (2) Payment for emergency or necessar... |
70.48.135 | Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | (1) Jails must make reasonable accommodations for the provision of available midwifery or doula services to inmates who are pregnant or who have given birth in the last six weeks. Persons providing midwifery or doula services must be granted appropriate facility access, must be allowed to attend and provide assistance ... |
70.48.140 | Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States. | A person having charge of a jail shall receive and keep in such jail, when room is available, all persons confined or committed thereto by process or order issued under authority of the United States until discharged according to law, the same as if such persons had been committed under process issued under authority o... |
70.48.160 | Post-approval limitation on funding. | Having received approval pursuant to *RCW 70.48.060 , a governing unit shall not be eligible for further funding for physical plant standards for a period of ten years from the date of the completion of the approved project. A jail shall not be closed for noncompliance to physical plant standards within this same ten y... |
70.48.170 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the City and County Jails Act.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 316 s 17 .]
Severability — 1977 ex.s. c 316: See note following RCW 70.48.020 . |
70.48.180 | Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties. | Counties may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place designated by the county legislative authority within the territorial limits of the county. The facilities shall comply with chapter 70.48 RCW and the rules adop... |
70.48.190 | Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Cities and towns. | Cities and towns may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place within the territorial limits of the county in which the city or town is situated, as may be selected by the legislative authority of the municipality. T... |
70.48.210 | Farms, camps, work release programs, and special detention facilities. | (1) All cities and counties are authorized to establish and maintain farms, camps, and work release programs and facilities, as well as special detention facilities. The facilities shall meet the requirements of chapter 70.48 RCW and any rules adopted thereunder. (2) Farms and camps may be established either inside or ... |
70.48.215 | Booking patients of state hospitals. | A jail may not refuse to book a patient of a state hospital solely based on the patient's status as a state hospital patient, but may consider other relevant factors that apply to the individual circumstances in each case.
[ 2012 c 256 s 11 .]
Purpose — Effective date — 2012 c 256: See notes following RCW 10.77.605 . |
70.48.220 | Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted—Defendant contact with defense counsel. | A person confined for an offense punishable by imprisonment in a city or county jail may be confined in the jail of any city or county contracting with the prosecuting city or county for jail services. A jurisdiction that confines persons prior to conviction in a jail in another county is responsible for providing priv... |
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