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• Introduced by Rep. Dawn Morrell, (D-Puyallup) (D) on January 15, 2007, to establish a “Voluntary Adult Family Home Certification” program through the Department of Social and Health Services. Program participants would be required to complete a 52-hour course developed by the department. Course subjects would include age-related mental health conditions, health promotion programs, preventing falls, addressing health issues of aging families, and health concerns facing ethnic older adults with developmental disabilities.
  • Referred to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee on January 15, 2007.
    • Substitute offered to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee on February 5, 2007, to allow adult family homes to participate in a voluntary adult family home certification program through the University of Washington geriatric education center. In addition to the minimum qualifications, individuals participating in the program shall complete fifty-two hours of class requirements as established by the department.
    • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on March 6, 2007.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 7, 2007.
    • Substitute offered to the House Appropriations Committee on February 26, 2007, to clarify that the University of Washington Geriatric Center will establish the class requirements for the voluntary adult family home certification program, as opposed to the Department of Social and Health Services.
    • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on March 6, 2007.
  • Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 26, 2007.
• Passed in the House (96 to 1) on March 6, 2007. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 8, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on March 8, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 22, 2007.