In a Fox News interview on Feb. 5, Sen. Jamie Pedersen was quoted as saying 13-year-olds have a “complete right” to make ...

State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen didn’t foresee the furor that would erupt over his description of a ...

Washington State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, is standing by comments he made last week to a Fox News ...

A Washington state senator says a quote of his that ... have a “complete right” to make their own decisions about mental health care without parental consent. His full quote was in response ...

Access to mental health care provides essential intervention for those in need of support, especially when care is localized ...

Legislation to update last year’s parental “bill of rights” initiative is heading to the Washington state House of Representatives amid a host of disagreements over what the changes will mean for ...

A bill that was supposed to help people understand and clear up language for mental health and substance abuse insurance ...

They seem more interested in empowering the state than protecting family autonomy. State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, recently stated that kids as young as 13 should be able to ...

The Mental Health Project ... by public insurance. As Washington continues to grapple with deadly fentanyl overdoses and high rates of addiction, operators of the state’s addiction treatment ...

A proposed bill could eliminate coverage mandates for mental health and substance abuse treatments under employer-provided insurance in Arkansas.

But President Donald Trump's executive order to end what he says are "discriminatory and illegal" government diversity, ...