Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections.

 S-0946.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5182

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Human Services (originally sponsored by Senators Nobles, Frame, Bateman, Hasegawa, Saldaña, Trudeau, and C. Wilson)

READ FIRST TIME 01/30/25.

AN ACT Relating to programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections; and amending RCW 72.09.588 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 72.09.588 and 2018 c 41 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The department must make reasonable accommodations for the provision of available midwifery or doula services to (( inmates )) incarcerated individuals 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 during labor and childbirth where feasible, and must have access to the (( inmate's )) incarcerated individual's relevant health care information, as defined in RCW 70.02.010 , if the (( inmate )) incarcerated individual authorizes disclosure.