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                         SENATE BILL 5240

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Costa, Deccio and Winsley; by request of Department of Health

Read first time 01/18/1999.  Referred to Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care.

Repealing the requirement to maintain a registry for handicapped children. 

    AN ACT Relating to birth defects surveillance; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 70.58.300, 70.58.310, 70.58.320, 70.58.322, 70.58.324, 70.58.330, 70.58.332, 70.58.334, 70.58.338, 70.58.340, and 70.58.350.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  Existing statutes related to the birth defects surveillance are redundant to other reportable conditions rules.  Repeal of these sections will allow for consolidation of birth defects surveillance with other notifiable conditions.  This is expected to improve the quality and efficiency of reporting for practitioners as well as health systems.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 70.58.300 and 1959 c 177 s 1;

(2) RCW 70.58.310 and 1991 c 3 s 344, 1979 c 141 s 110, & 1959 c 177 s 2;

(3) RCW 70.58.320 and 1991 c 3 s 345, 1984 c 156 s 1, 1979 c 141 s 111, & 1959 c 177 s 3;

(4) RCW 70.58.322 and 1984 c 156 s 2;

(5) RCW 70.58.324 and 1984 c 156 s 3;

(6) RCW 70.58.330 and 1984 c 156 s 4 & 1959 c 177 s 4;

(7) RCW 70.58.332 and 1984 c 156 s 5;

(8) RCW 70.58.334 and 1984 c 156 s 6;

(9) RCW 70.58.338 and 1984 c 156 s 7;

(10) RCW 70.58.340 and 1991 c 3 s 346, 1979 c 141 s 112, & 1959 c 177 s 5; and

(11) RCW 70.58.350 and 1959 c 177 s 6.

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