---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specifying to whom information and records related to mental health services may be disclosed for the purposes of care coordination and treatment."
description: "Specifying to whom information and records related to mental health services may be disclosed for the purposes of care coordination and treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5435"
citation: "Washington SB 5435 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c387bfd1-dd77-42c4-b2d8-ee61641477a0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5435&year=2017"
source_hash: "90d044b70578f8270880e47319fadd9fee77b53d96a3b523f9ea9e5f545617c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5435 (2017-2018) — Specifying to whom information and records related to mental health services may be disclosed for the purposes of care coordination and treatment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5435.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5435-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#24) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-24** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** HSMH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Held on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 325, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c387bfd1-dd77-42c4-b2d8-ee61641477a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).