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Initiative 1029 increasing requirements to be a long term care provider
This measure would require long-term care workers to be certified as home care aides based on an examination, with exceptions; increase training and criminal background check requirements; and establish disciplinary standards and procedures. Another initiative for which I have experience. … Continue reading
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Tagged ballot measures, election 2008, elections, health care, micro-economics, washington state
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Initiative 1000 allowing terminally ill competent adults to obtain lethal prescriptions
This measure would permit terminally ill, competent, adult Washington residents, who are medically predicted to have six months or less to live, to request and self-administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician. I just spent 19 months watching my mom … Continue reading
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