This act adds a new chapter to Title 28B RCW (Sections 1–3) and establishes legislative findings about abortion access as a human right and essential health care for students, noting about 196,000 pregnancy‑capable students in Washington public higher education and documented travel, time, and wait‑time barriers to care. The findings also reference increased burdens after Dobbs and a 2024 report about more out‑of‑state patients and longer wait times in regional clinics. The law requires, by the start of the 2026–27 academic year, that each student health center operated by a public institution of higher education offer access to medication abortion either through a public program that connects patients in Washington to reproductive health services, by providers at the student health center, or via telehealth or associated providers. Public institutions that do not operate a student health center must, by the same date, provide information and referral services for medication abortion including referrals to at least two qualified health care organizations and at least one telehealth organization, private accessible campus space for telehealth appointments on request, necessary technical support including reliable internet, and electronic devices to access telehealth services. All public institutions must maintain a comprehensive health services website with scheduling instructions and contacts, links to campus academic accommodation resources, and an unbroken link and accurate description directing students to the Department of Health’s abortion page. The act includes definitions for the council (Washington student achievement council), medication abortion (as defined in RCW 69.41.050), public institutions of higher education (RCW 28B.10.016), and student health center. Affected entities include public institutions of higher education, their student health centers, the Washington student achievement council, the Department of Health, telehealth organizations, and qualified health care providers or organizations. This is a new statutory requirement creating procedural obligations for institutions and student health centers to provide access, referrals, telehealth support, and website information; it does not create a new crime or change penalties. The text provided does not define what constitutes the cited "public program that connects patients in Washington to reproductive health services," does not define "qualified health care provider" or "qualified health care organization," and does not specify funding, enforcement, oversight, compliance mechanisms, or any role for the council.

If enacted, every Washington public college and university will have to make medication abortion readily reachable for students by the start of the 2026–27 academic year: campuses with student health centers must provide access either directly, through telehealth, or by connecting students to a public program that links them to services, and campuses without student clinics must at minimum give referrals to at least two qualified health organizations and one telehealth provider, offer private campus space and technical support for telehealth visits, and provide electronic devices and reliable internet access on request. All institutions must also keep an up‑to‑date health services website that explains how to schedule care, links to academic accommodations, and includes a working link to the state health department’s abortion page. The groups most affected are public institutions of higher education and the student health centers they operate, plus the telehealth and reproductive health providers they contract with; colleges will need to budget for staff time, referral coordination, private telehealth space, reliable internet, devices, and web maintenance, and may need to form new agreements with outside providers or public programs. Key details that would affect costs and implementation are missing from the provided text: the bill does not define what counts as a “public program” or a “qualified” provider, and it does not specify funding, enforcement, or the Washington student achievement council’s role, so how campuses will pay for and be held accountable for these requirements is unclear.