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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5482

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Thibaudeau, Deccio, Costa, Rasmussen and Winsley)

Read first time 03/03/1999.

Regulating disclosure of medical and health research records.

    AN ACT Relating to the use of state data bases for institutionally reviewed medical and health research; and adding a new section to chapter 42.17 RCW.

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

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

    Disclosure of information available under the public disclosure laws set forth in this chapter to health research organizations requesting information in connection with a qualified medical or health research project is 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; and (2) "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.

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