2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.83 - Phenylketonuria and Other Preventable Heritable Disorders.
70.83.023 Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease.
RCW 70.83.023 Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease.
The department has the authority to collect a fee of eight dollars and forty cents from the parents or other responsible party of each infant screened for congenital disorders as defined by the state board of health under RCW 70.83.020 to fund specialty clinics that provide treatment services for those with the defined disorders. The fee may also be used to support organizations conducting community outreach, education, and adult support related to sickle cell disease. The fee may be collected through the facility where a screening specimen is obtained.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 17 § 1; 2007 c 259 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See notes following RCW 41.05.033.
