S-0809.1

SENATE BILL 5418

BySenators Billig, Kuderer, Conway, Darneille, Das, Frockt, Hasegawa, Hunt, Liias, Nguyen, Nobles, Randall, Saldaña, Stanford, Wellman, and Wilson, C.

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting health care entities from providing donors or board members privileged access to drugs or vaccines that are in limited supply; adding a new section to chapter 70.01 RCW; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.01 RCW to read as follows:

(1) If a drug or vaccine is in limited supply and eligibility requirements for providing the therapy have been established, a health care entity must make every effort to provide the drug or vaccine to eligible individuals in a fair and consistent manner.

(2) A health care entity is prohibited from offering an individual who has financially contributed to the health care entity or has served on the health care entity's board priority or privileged access to a drug or vaccine through means including, but not limited to, reservation systems, invite-only mechanisms, and special access clinics, when the same access is not offered to all individuals who are eligible for the drug or vaccine.

(3) Failure to comply with this chapter is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation.

(4) For purposes of this section, "health care entity" includes a facility, clinic, organization, system, or institution that dispenses or administers a prescription drug or vaccine.

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