SB 5188 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Provides that, notwithstanding RCW 70.24.105(4) or RCW 70.02.050, the department of corrections or a local correctional facility shall without the inmate's authorization, upon request, disclose health care information that the department or facility obtained in its capacity as the inmate's health care provider relative to:  (1) A person sentenced to death; or

     (2) a medical condition used by an inmate in confinement as defined in RCW 9.9A.030 as a ground for an attempt to overturn a conviction, or to obtain release under a personal restraint petition or any other form of appeal including a request for pardon or clemency.