The Governor signing the bill.

From left to right: Rep Joe Schmick, Jeb Shepard of WSMA, senator Randi Becker, Seth Dawson of NAMI, Governor Inslee, Dale Sanderson, PA, Ruth Peterson, Duzan Dula, PA, Kevin Black, and Kate White Tudor. 

 

 

 






PAs were added: The amounts provided in this subsection are contingent on the state and the union of physicians of Washington reaching an agreement by June 30, 2016, that allows psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform work and tasks that are currently or have been historically performed by physicians and psychiatrists at the state hospitals