Washington
Explore the Washington records currently included in this collection. Coverage is not complete.
State Laws Database: 0 records
NHGRI database archive: 25 records
Status: 6 enacted or approved; 3 proposed or pending
Most common mapped topics: Privacy (15) · Health Insurance Coverage (3) · Health Insurance Nondiscrimination (3)
Records in Washington
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| Jurisdiction | Law or policy | Topics | Status | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 2021 State Bills Washington 2021 HB 1346NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Pending | Requires an osteopathic physician and, physician, physician's assistant and advanced registered nurse practitioner to refer a person who is 18 years of age or younger to a children's specialty health care facility that can provide specialized diagnostic services, including genetic testing, unless the person is currently receiving care in such a facility, if the person has experienced any neurological or physical symptoms, including but not limited to seizures or missing developmental milestones. Requires a health carrier must provide coverage for genetic testing including up to a full genome panel as determined by the ordering practitioner to identify potential causes of seizures, neurological symptoms, or other physical symptoms as determined by the health care provider in persons who are 18 years of age or younger. Carries over to 2022. |
| Washington | 2021 State Bills Washington 2021 HB1433NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Pending | Creates a charter of people's personal data rights. Establishes the rights of an individual with regard to personal information. Prohibits a person or legal entity processing captured personal information in a manner that discriminates against consumer on the basis of various characteristics, including predisposing genetic characteristics. Carries over to 2022. |
| Washington | 2021 State Bills Washington 2021 SB 5062NHGRI archive2021 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Pending | Prohibits a data controller from processing sensitive data concerning a consumer without obtaining the consumer's consent or, in the case of the processing of sensitive data of a known child, without obtaining consent from the child's parent or lawful guardian, in accordance with the children's online privacy protection act requirements. Data controllers must conduct and document a data protection assessment of processing activities involving personal data, including sensitive data such as genetic data. Carries over to 2022. |
| Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2273NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Died | Creates a study committee on human genome editing. Died. |
| Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2485NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Enacts measures to safeguard the privacy, confidentiality, security, and integrity of a consumer's genetic data resulting from direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Died. |
| Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2742NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Requires controller who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data to obtain consent prior to processing sensitive data, including genetic data. Controllers must conduct an assessment of activities pertaining to the processing of sensitive data. Died. |
| Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 HB 2928NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes the parent's bill of rights. Requirements set forth in the bill include parental written consent before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared or stored unless required by law or court order. Died. |
| Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 SB 6281NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Requires controller who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data to obtain consent prior to processing sensitive data, including genetic data. Controllers must conduct an assessment of activities pertaining to the processing of sensitive data. Died. |
| Washington | 2020 State Bills Washington 2020 SB 6664NHGRI archive2020 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes the parent's bill of rights. Requirements set forth in the bill include parental written consent before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is made, shared or stored unless required by law or court order. Died. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 1854NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Protects consumer data. Original version of bill included genetic data in the definition of sensitive information, but it was removed from the substitute bill version. 1/13/2020 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Died. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 1870NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Enacted | Making state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act. Prohibits a health carrier or health plan from establishing rules for eligibility based on health-status related factors such as genetic information. April 17, 2019 Signed by the Governor. Effective immediately. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 1990NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Other Topics | Died | Restricts genome editing of human embryos. Died. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 2018NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Employment Nondiscrimination | Died | Concerns harassment and discrimination by legislators and legislative branch employees, including discrimination based on genetic status. Substitute bill, which did not include genetic discirmination provision, was enacted. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 HB 2046NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Seeks to increase consumer data transparency. The bill address consumer biometric information, which is defined to include DNA. Died. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 SB 5376NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Protects sensitive data of consumers, including genetic data. 1/13/2020 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. Died. |
| Washington | 2019 State Bills Washington 2019 SB 5805NHGRI archive2019 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Nondiscrimination | Died | Making state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act. Prohibits a health carrier or health plan from establishing rules for eligibility based on health-status related factors such as genetic information. Died. |
| Washington | 2018 State Bills Washington 2018 HB 2565NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Substitute bill version: Requires the drug utilization review board to consider the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of drugs and gene therapies in its recommendations to the director of the authority regarding coverage for medical assistance programs. Died. |
| Washington | 2018 State Bills Washington 2018 SB 5957NHGRI archive2018 legislative sessionPrimary source | Health Insurance Coverage | Died | Establishes the Healthy Washington program to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage for all residents of the state. The board of Healthy Washington must create requirements and standards for the program and for health care organizations, care coordinators, and health care providers pertaining to nondiscrimination with respect to members and health care providers on the basis of genetic information. Died. |
| Washington | 2017 State Bills Washington 2017 HB 2213NHGRI archive2017 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Enacted | Modifies the state privacy law pertaining to biometric information by adding DNA to the definition of biometric identifiers. Provides an exception for law enforcement agencies. 6/27/2017 Signed by the Governor. Effective 7/23/2017. |
| Washington | 2015 State Bills Washington 2015 HB 1094NHGRI archive2015 legislative sessionPrimary source | Privacy | Died | Establishes protections for the use of biometric identifiers of an individual for commercial purposes. Biometric identifier is defined to include DNA. Died. |