HB 2805-S - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Requires the department of health to identify and provide funding to a work group charged with the expansion of umbilical cord blood collection practices.

Requires the department of health to identify an institution actively conducting research in Washington that requires the collection of blood and specimens from women during pregnancy and at delivery, including the collection of umbilical cord blood, to participate in a pilot project.