Referred to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on January 13, 2021
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 28, 2021
Establishes a presumption that a person has the capacity to make health care decisions, if they are of age and not subject to a guardianship.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 29, 2021
Amendment offered by Sen. Mike Padden (Spokane Valley) (R) on February 16, 2021
Removes the capacity of a minor to provide informed consent for abortion services and provides that informed consent for abortion services for a minor may be provided by a person authorized to provide informed consent on behalf of a minor under RCW 7.70.065..
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on February 16, 2021
Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on February 18, 2021
Referred to the House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee on February 19, 2021
Amendment offered in the House on March 19, 2021
The striking amendment removes the presumption that an adult subject to a guardianship that includes health care decision making under the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act does not have the capacity to make a health care decision.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on April 5, 2021
The striking amendment removes the presumption that an adult subject to a guardianship that includes health care decision making under the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act does not have the capacity to make a health care decision.