BILL REQ. #:  S-5014.2 

Read first time 02/24/10.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

     AN ACT Relating to newborn screening fees; amending RCW 70.83.023; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 70.83.023 and 2007 c 259 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department has the authority to collect a fee of ((three)) six dollars and ((fifty)) forty cents from the parents or other responsible party of each infant screened for congenital disorders as defined by the state board of health under RCW 70.83.020 to fund specialty clinics that provide treatment services for or education and outreach to those with the defined disorders. The fee may be collected through the facility where a screening specimen is obtained.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect July 1, 2010.