BILL REQ. #:  S-3773.1 

Read first time 01/22/14.   Referred to Committee on Health Care .

     AN ACT Relating to ensuring that navigators associated with the health benefit exchange protect private health care information; and amending RCW 43.71.075.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.71.075 and 2012 c 87 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person or entity functioning as a navigator consistent with the requirements of section 1311(i) of P.L. 111-148 of 2010, as amended, shall not be considered soliciting or negotiating insurance as stated under chapter 48.17 RCW.
     (2) A person or entity functioning as a navigator may not request health care information from any person seeking their services. Any information inadvertently received by a navigator may not be disclosed to any third party and must be destroyed if in print or electronic form. If a person's health care information is received and disclosed to a third party in violation of this subsection, the navigator must inform the person of the disclosure within five business days of discovery of the disclosure.
     (3) For the purposes of this section, "health care information" has the meaning provided in RCW 70.02.010.