Establishing a health sciences campus of the University of Washington.

 S-0350.1

SENATE BILL 5424

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Braun, Boehnke, Dozier, and King

Read first time 01/22/25. Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

AN ACT Relating to establishing a health sciences campus of the University of Washington; adding new sections to chapter 28B.20 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that with the coming "silver tsunami" our state needs additional services from behavioral health, dental, nursing and relevant providers. The state further finds that the University of Washington behavioral health and medical sciences programs are nationally renowned, with the expertise for the needed additional services.

Therefore, the legislature intends to create the University of Washington health sciences campus in order to provide the necessary services that our communities require.