Washington SB 5933: Establishing a school seismic safety grant program.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to the facilitation of rapid sharing of overdose 1
mapping information for overdose prevention; amending RCW 70.168.090; 2
adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; and creating a new 3
section.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that substance 6
use disorder and drug overdose is a major health problem that affects 7
the lives of many people and multiple service systems, and leads to 8
profound consequences, including permanent injury or death. 9
Accidental overdoses caused by opioids and other legal and illegal 10
drugs are a Washington state health crisis that stress and strain the 11
financial, public health, health care, and public safety resources in 12
Washington state. This impact occurs because there are few central 13
databases that can quickly help identify this problem and limited 14
funding for support to mitigate the crisis and risks statewide.15
(2) The legislature finds there is a need for collaboration among 16
local, regional, and state agencies and service systems within 17
Washington, and other partners to establish a comprehensive system 18
addressing the problems associated with overdoses and to reduce 19
duplicative requirements across local, county, state, public safety, 20
and health care agencies. Formalized collaboration will allow these 21
S-4555.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5933
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senate Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators
Riccelli, Muzzall, Gildon, Liias, Nobles, and C. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.
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entities to combine their numerous resources and strengths, thus 1
reducing insular decision making. Contemporaneous data collection 2
about, and analysis of, confirmed or suspected overdoses within 3
Washington will further allow state and local agencies to focus on 4
specific areas where the following are needed most in order to 5
maximize resources: (a) Outreach and implementation of risk reduction 6
strategies; (b) real-time notification of spikes in overdose 7
activity; (c) public education about overdose prevention; and (d) 8
treatment, supportive services, and other health care options to 9
reduce demand.10
(3) Therefore, the legislature intends to:11
(a) Provide near real-time drug overdose analysis of confirmed or 12
suspected overdoses occurring within Washington, using a specialized 13
program to collect information about overdose incidents that supports 14
public health efforts to mobilize an immediate response to a sudden 15
increase in overdoses;16
(b) Provide a centralized resource that can collect information 17
about overdose incidents and make the data available to the health 18
care community, and municipal, county, and state agencies to quickly 19
identify needs and provide short and long-term solutions while 20
protecting and respecting the privacy rights of individuals;21
(c) Prevent accidental overdoses by quickly identifying the areas 22
within Washington where overdoses pose the highest risk to the 23
community;24
(d) Enable local, regional, and state agencies and service 25
systems to develop effective strategies for addressing confirmed or 26
suspected overdoses occurring within their jurisdictions and 27
implement interventional strategies; and28
(e) Encourage formal collaborative agreements among local, 29
regional, and state agencies and service systems that enhance present 30
and future work pertaining to the various health care and public 31
safety aspects of this crisis.32
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.70 33
RCW to read as follows:34
(1)(a) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department shall submit the 35
information required under this section to the overdose detection 36
mapping application program to report all incidences of fatal and 37
nonfatal opioid overdoses submitted to the Washington emergency 38
medical services information system. The department shall establish 39
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an application programing interface or similar process to allow for 1
the near time transfer of the information required under the section 2
between the Washington emergency medical services information system 3
and the overdose detection mapping application program.4
(b) Within 24 hours of submission of a patient care report by a 5
licensed ambulance service, aid service, or other emergency medical 6
services provider into the Washington emergency medical services 7
information system, the department shall submit the following 8
information for each patient care report to the overdose detection 9
mapping application program:10
(i) The date and time of the overdose;11
(ii) The location in latitude and longitude, to no more than four 12
decimal places in urban areas and no less than two decimal places in 13
rural areas, where the patient was initially encountered by the 14
emergency medical services provider;15
(iii) Whether one or more doses of an opioid ov