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                         SENATE BILL 6326

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Franklin, Kline, Fairley, McAuliffe, Stevens and Costa

Read first time 01/13/2000.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Preventing a person's deoxyribonucleic acid from being screened for any insurance transaction.

    AN ACT Relating to genetic discrimination in insurance transactions; and adding a new section to chapter 48.01 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 48.01 RCW to read as follows:

    A person's deoxyribonucleic acid shall not be screened in any insurance transaction.  For purposes of this section, "screened" means obtaining a person's deoxyribonucleic acid and identifying the sequence of chemical base pairs.  This section must not be interpreted to deny third-party payment for deoxyribonucleic acid testing.

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