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WA HB2200

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Joshua Penner

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee must review safety and stability outcomes across developmental disabilities residential settings, comparing residential habilitation centers, state-operated living alternatives, and contracted community-based settings from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025

  • Review must track 911 calls for behavioral crises, emergency room visits where clients remained hospitalized due to lack of provider acceptance, and placement terminations resulting in state custody, incarceration, or homelessness for high-acuity clients

  • Review must also include annual census of high behavioral/medical acuity clients by setting type and staff retention rate comparisons, with findings reported to legislature by December 1, 2026

  • Department of Social and Health Services must establish a public-facing provider safety and stability dashboard on its website by June 1, 2027, allowing families and the public to compare emergency service utilization and placement stability across residential settings

  • Dashboard must be updated annually by December 1st, with first update due December 1, 2027 covering data from January 1, 2026 forward

Legislative Description

Increasing access to data related to the safety and stability of residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Last Action

Referred to Appropriations.

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/4/2026
Early Learning & Human Services1/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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