The bill establishes an interactive screening program aimed at improving access to behavioral health resources for health care providers in Washington State. It mandates the Department to contract with a nonprofit entity to create an evidence-based program that includes a screening questionnaire to assess the user's level of distress, while ensuring anonymity and confidentiality. The program will also facilitate communication with counselors via email and assist with paid medical leave requests for mental health issues related to clinician distress and burnout.

To fund this program, the bill introduces an annual surcharge on the licensing fees of health professionals, which will be uniformly set and collected into a newly created interactive screening program account. This account will be managed by the state treasurer and will exclusively support the program's operations, with expenditures authorized only by the secretary or their designee. The bill emphasizes that no appropriation is required for these expenditures, streamlining the funding process for the program.