S-0464.1
SENATE BILL 5273
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators Orwall, Cleveland, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Saldaña, Salomon, Shewmake, Slatter, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to the availability of community violence prevention and intervention services; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:
(1)(a) Subject to amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the authority shall administer funding for programs that offer community violence prevention and intervention services provided by community violence professionals to youth and adults who have been violently injured, are at risk of experiencing violent injury, or have experienced chronic exposure to community violence. The programs may be based at a hospital or at a community organization to which clients are referred by a licensed health care provider. Programs that serve youth must demonstrate the ability to coordinate with the school districts in the area served by the program. Beginning January 1, 2027, all community violence professionals must complete training in accordance with the curriculum standards established in section 2 of this act prior to providing services.