School Based Health Care
The WSMA supports legislation that would create a state-funded program to
enable local communities to provide health care service, referrals, or
both, to school-aged teenagers in communities where a need is perceived
and at locations where services will be utilized to most effectively
provide health education and general health care. The WSMA believes such
legislation should provide for maximum local control of such programs in a
fashion consistent with local needs and shared values. (Res 1, A-87)
(Reaffirmed A-23)
Return to the WSMA Policy Compendium index
Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services