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HB1693 • 2026

WIC hematological screening

Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Zahn, Representative Thai, Representative Bernbaum, Representative Reed, Representative Hunt, Representative Salahuddin, Representative Simmons, Representative Parshley, Representative Ormsby, Representative Hill
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
H HC/Wellness
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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WIC hematological screening

WIC hematological screening

What This Bill Does

  • WIC hematological screening

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 House

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

WIC hematological screening

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to providing an exemption for women, infants, and 1
children program staff to perform hematological screening tests; and 2
amending RCW 18.360.090. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 18.360.090 and 2012 c 153 s 10 are each amended to 5
read as follows: 6
Nothing in this chapter prohibits or affects: 7
(1) A person licensed under this title performing services within 8
his or her scope of practice; 9
(2) A person performing functions in the discharge of official 10
duties on behalf of the United States government including, but not 11
limited to, the armed forces, coast guard, public health service, 12
veterans' bureau, or bureau of Indian affairs; 13
(3) A person trained by a federally approved end-stage renal 14
disease facility who performs end-stage renal dialysis in the home 15
setting; 16
(4) A person registered or certified under this chapter from 17
performing blood-drawing procedures in the residences of research 18
study participants when the procedures have been authorized by the 19
institutional review board of a comprehensive cancer center or 20
Z-0165.1
HOUSE BILL 1693
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Zahn, Thai, Bernbaum, Reed, Hunt, Salahuddin,
Simmons, Parshley, Ormsby, and Hill; by request of Department of
Health
Read first time 01/29/25. Referred to Committee on Health Care &
Wellness.
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nonprofit degree-granting institution of higher education and are 1
conducted under the general supervision of a physician; ((or))2
(5) A person participating in an externship as part of an 3
approved medical assistant training program under the direct 4
supervision of an on-site health care provider; or5
(6) A person working at a special supplemental nutrition program 6
for women, infants, and children (WIC) clinic administering tests and 7
evaluations, provided that these tests and evaluations are limited to 8
hematological tests via heel-stick, toe-stick, or finger-stick 9
sampling. 10
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