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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6730

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senators Lee and Fleming; by request of Employment Security Department

Read first time 2/3/88 and referred to Committee on Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to information supplied to the employment security department; and adding a new section to chapter 50.13 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 50.13 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) If information provided to the department by another governmental agency is held private and confidential by state or federal law, the department may not release such information.

          (2) Information provided to the department by another governmental entity conditioned upon privacy and confidentiality is to be held private and confidential according to the agreement between the department and other governmental agency.

          (3) The department may hold private and confidential information obtained for statistical analysis, research, or study purposes if the information was supplied voluntarily, conditioned upon maintaining confidentiality of the information.

          (4) Persons requesting disclosure of information held by the department under subsections (1) or (2) of this section shall request such disclosure from the providing agency rather than from the department.