Health & Long-term Care

January 13, 2014

Keeping minors away from tanning beds

This is the second year I’ve proposed legislation aimed at making it more difficult for minors to use tanning beds. Study after study shows that this kind of UV exposure at such a young age can have devestating consequences later in life, including cancer. I’ve been working with medical professionals such as...
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February 18, 2013

IN THE NEWS: Why tanning is being compared to smoking in Olympia

Teenagers hoping to get bronzed before the big dance or upcoming swim party will have to do it the old-fashioned way under a bill being heard Monday in Olympia. If passed, tanning would be illegal for those under 18. After hearing from parents who lost children to skin cancer years...
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October 27, 2011

King to be honored Saturday for his role in brain injury bill’s passage

On Saturday the Brain Injury Association of Washington will recognize Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, for his efforts in getting the Zackery Lystedt law through the Legislature during the 2009 legislative session. “It’s a real honor to be recognized like this by the Brain Injury Association of Washington, especially when it...
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April 13, 2011

Senate adopts King resolution to honor Yakima Health District

Members of the Washington State Senate took time Wednesday to mark the 100 years of service provided by the Yakima Health District. Senate Resolution 8654, sponsored by Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, was adopted unanimously. “Back in June of 1911, the Yakima County Health District was formed to deal with a...
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March 25, 2010

Senators sign letter supporting AG lawsuit

Today Senate Republican Deputy Floor Leader Jim Honeyford, R-Sunnyside, delivered a letter to Attorney General Rob McKenna in support of his decision to join a bipartisan, nationwide group of attorneys general challenging the constitutionalityof the national health care bill signed into law this week. These senators signed the letter: Sen....
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