Passed by the Senate March 10, 2004 YEAS 49 NAYS 0 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 5, 2004 YEAS 95 NAYS 0 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6599 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED Secretary of State State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to required elements of cholinesterase monitoring programs for certain pesticide handlers; adding new sections to chapter 49.17 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW to read as follows:
Employers whose employees receive medical monitoring under chapter 296-307 WAC, Part J-1, shall submit records to the department of labor and industries each month indicating the name of each worker tested, the number of hours that each worker handled covered pesticides during the thirty days prior to testing, and the number of hours that each worker handled covered pesticides during the current calendar year. The department of labor and industries shall work with the department of health to correlate this data with each employee's test results. No later than January 1, 2005, the department of labor and industries shall require employers to report this data to the physician or other licensed health care professional and department of health public health laboratory or other approved laboratory when each employee's cholinesterase test is taken. The department shall also require employers to provide each employee who receives medical monitoring with: (1) A copy of the data that the employer reports for that employee upon that employee's request; and (2) access to the records on which the employer's report is based.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW to read as follows:
By January 1, 2005, January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2007, the department of labor and industries shall report the results of its data collection, correlation, and analysis related to cholinesterase monitoring to the house of representatives committees on agriculture and natural resources and commerce and labor, or their successor committees, and the senate committees on agriculture and commerce and trade, or their successor committees. These reports shall also identify any technical issues regarding the testing of cholinesterase levels or the administration of cholinesterase monitoring.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW to read as follows:
As specified in any proviso relating to cholinesterase monitoring in the 2003-2005 omnibus operating appropriations act, the department shall make reasonable reimbursements on a quarterly basis.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.