| Passed by the House March 7, 2007 Yeas 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 4, 2007 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1848 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 17, 2007, 9:42 a.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 17, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/26/07.
AN ACT Relating to identification for health services applicants; and adding a new section to chapter 70.14 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 70.14 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The department of social and health services and the health
care authority shall enter into data-sharing agreements with the
appropriate agencies in the states of Oregon and Idaho to assure the
valid Washington state residence of applicants for health care services
in Washington. Such agreements shall include appropriate safeguards
related to the confidentiality of the shared information.
(2) The department of social and health services and the health
care authority must jointly report on the status of the data-sharing
agreements to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later
than November 30, 2007.