5482-S AMH SG H2625.1

SSB 5482 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on State Government

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 42.17 RCW to read as follows:

    The disclosure of personal information, that is otherwise subject to public disclosure under this chapter, from driver's license and identicard records to a health research organization requesting this information for purposes of soliciting voluntary participation, or tracking current participants, in a qualified medical or health research project is deemed to be required to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and shall be considered a permissible use under the driver's privacy protection act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2721.

    For purposes of this section:  (1) "Health research organization" means a nonprofit corporation that is exempt under 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and authorized under federal or state law to conduct health or medical research; (2) "personal information" means name, residential addresses, county of residence, date of birth, gender, eye color, height, weight, and date of last activity; and (3) "qualified medical or health research project" means a medical or health research project that has been reviewed and approved by an institutional review board, as defined in RCW 70.02.010."

    Correct the title.

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