ESHB 2366, also known as the Matt Adler Suicide Assessment, Treatment and Management Act of 2012, was sponsored by Rep. Tina Orwall after hearing Adler’s widow tell the story of her young husband taking his life leaving her and their two small children behind.
Orwall said that although health professionals are
licensed by the state to protect the public, not all clinicians receive suicide
prevention training.
The new law requires mental health
professionals, social workers and occupational therapists to receive six hours
of training every six years, as part of their continuing education requirement,
starting in 2014.
Read Orwall’s full press release here.
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