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Expanding Emergency Financial Support
Families in crisis who qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) can now receive more funds through the Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA) program.
The program now offers up to $2,000 per family once every 12 months to help with expenses such as medical bills, housing, transportation, childcare, and medical bills.
Paid Sick Leave
Expansion: Workers can use paid sick leave to care for more individuals, including household members and those with whom they have a caregiving relationship.
Emergency Leave: Paid sick leave can be taken if a child’s school or daycare closes due to an emergency.
Addressing Primary Care Provider Shortage
This law will allow physician assistants to more freely provide care, with the collaboration (rather than the supervision) of doctors.
Physician assistants still must be under a doctor’s supervision until they have 4,000 hours of experience. After that they no longer need direct supervision, only a “collaborative agreement” with a doctor. In underserved areas, the most experienced physician assistants will have even more autonomy in how they practice. (Seattle Times)
ID Cards Upon Release
This new law requires the state to provide identification to people upon release from state-run prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and rehabilitation centers.
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