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Current as of April 06, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) In the provision of reproductive health care services through programs under this chapter, the authority, managed care plans, and providers that administer or deliver such services may not discriminate in the delivery of a service provided through a program of the authority based on the covered person's gender identity or expression.
(2) The authority and any managed care plans delivering or administering services purchased or contracted for by the authority, may not issue automatic initial denials of coverage for reproductive health care services that are ordinarily or exclusively available to individuals of one gender, based on the fact that the individual's gender assigned at birth, gender identity, or gender otherwise recorded in one or more government-issued documents, is different from the one to which such health services are ordinarily or exclusively available.
(3) Denials as described in subsection (2) of this section are prohibited discrimination under chapter 49.60 RCW.
(4) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) “Gender expression” means a person's gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's gender assigned at birth.
(b) “Gender identity” means a person's internal sense of the person's own gender, regardless of the person's gender assigned at birth.
(c) “Reproductive health care services” means any medical services or treatments, including pharmaceutical and preventive care service or treatments, directly involved in the reproductive system and its processes, functions, and organs involved in reproduction, in all stages of life. Reproductive health care services does not include infertility treatment.
(d) “Reproductive system” includes, but is not limited to: Genitals, gonads, the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and breasts.
(5) This section must not be construed to authorize discrimination on the basis of a covered person's gender identity or expression in the administration of any other medical assistance programs administered by the authority.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Washington Revised Code Title 74. Public Assistance § 74.09.875. Reproductive health care services--Prohibited discrimination - last updated April 06, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-74-public-assistance/wa-rev-code-74-09-875/
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