SHB 1255 — Reducing stigma and incentivizing health care professionals to participate in a substance use disorder monitoring and treatment program.

What this bill does

Prohibits the Department of Health and Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (Nursing Commission) from posting information on a public website regarding an enforcement action taken against an individual licensed by the Nursing Commission if the individual has successfully completed the terms of an agreement or order requiring the individual to contact and/or participate in an approved substance use disorder monitoring program. Requires the Nursing Commission to establish a stipend program to defray the costs associated with participating in the Nursing Commission's approved substance use disorder monitoring program.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  60 yea · 35 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 6, 2023
  40 yea · 7 nay · 2 not voting

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