BILL REQ. #:  S-4395.1 

Read first time 01/18/2006.   Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

     AN ACT Relating to the calculation of glomerular filtration rate when testing to diagnose kidney disease; and adding a new section to chapter 70.42 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 70.42 RCW to read as follows:
     A designated test site supervisor must ensure that when the test site tests a specimen to determine a patient's serum creatinine level, the test site calculates the patient's glomerular filtration rate using information provided by the patient or the health care professional requesting the test. The test site must include the patient's glomerular filtration rate with its report to the patient's health care professional.