Bill > SB6110

This bill modernizes the child fatality statute in Washington state. It expands the child fatality review process to cover children up to 19 years of age, rather than the previous limit of 18 years. The bill also provides legal protections for the confidentiality of information collected during the review process, allows local health departments to retain identifying information for quality improvement efforts, and requires health care providers and other entities to provide relevant data to aid in the reviews. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of Health to assist local health departments in collecting and entering the child fatality review reports into a database, and to provide technical assistance to the review teams. The bill aims to reduce infant and child mortality in Washington by identifying and addressing preventable causes of child deaths through the child fatality review process.