Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5239: Concerning the retention of hospital medical records.
Signed into law: Chapter 131, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Slatter
- Introduced
- January 14, 2025
- Status
- C 131 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Changes requirements relating to the retention of medical records.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 202598 yea · 0 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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