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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SENATE BILL 5244 Chapter 8, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION HEMATOLOGICAL SCREENING TESTS—WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN PROGRAM EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the Senate February 25, 2025 Yeas 49 Nays 0 DENNY HECK President of the Senate Passed by the House March 27, 2025 Yeas 93 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5244 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved April 4, 2025 11:14 AM FILED April 7, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SENATE BILL 5244 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Riccelli, Bateman, Nobles, Saldaña, and C. Wilson; by request of Department of Health Read first time 01/14/25. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care. AN ACT Relating to providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests; and amending RCW 18.360.090. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 18.360.090 and 2012 c 153 s 10 are each amended to read as follows: Nothing in this chapter prohibits or affects: (1) A person licensed under this title performing services within his or her scope of practice; (2) A person performing functions in the discharge of official duties on behalf of the United States government including, but not limited to, the armed forces, coast guard, public health service, veterans' bureau, or bureau of Indian affairs; (3) A person trained by a federally approved end-stage renal disease facility who performs end-stage renal dialysis in the home setting; (4) A person registered or certified under this chapter from performing blood-drawing procedures in the residences of research study participants when the procedures have been authorized by the institutional review board of a comprehensive cancer center or nonprofit degree-granting institution of higher education and are conducted under the general supervision of a physician; ((or )) (5) A person participating in an externship as part of an approved medical assistant training program under the direct supervision of an on-site health care provider; or (6) A person working at a special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) clinic administering tests and evaluations, provided that these tests and evaluations are limited to hematological tests via heel-stick, toe-stick, or finger-stick sampling . Passed by the Senate February 25, 2025. Passed by the House March 27, 2025. Approved by the Governor April 4, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 7, 2025.
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