PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: HB 1711, passed in legislature in June of 2000, relating to disclosure of hospital information.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 70.41.150.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: HB 1711 allows the Department of Health to disclose previously protected hospital licensing information, including licensing surveys, complaint investigations and adverse event information. A new chapter of WAC would address new disclosure requirements.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Yvette Lenz, Department of Health, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98502, phone (360) 705-6655, fax (360) 705-6654.
October 29, 2001
Mary C. Selecky
Secretary