RCW 43.70.665
Early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program—Medical advisory committee.
(1) The legislature finds that Washington state has the highest incidence of breast cancer in the nation. Despite this, mortality rates from breast cancer have declined due largely to early screening and detection. Invasive cervical cancer is the most preventable type of cancer. The Pap test, used to detect early signs of this disease, has been called "medicine's most successful screening test." Applied consistently, invasive cervical cancer could nearly be eliminated. The legislature further finds that increasing access to breast and cervical cancer screening is critical to reducing incidence and mortality rates, and eliminating the disparities of this disease in women in Washington state. Furthermore, the legislature finds there is a need for a permanent program providing early detection and screening to the women and families of Washington state.
It is the intent of the legislature to establish an early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program as a voluntary screening program directed at reducing mortalities through early detection to be offered to eligible women only as funds are available.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Eligible woman" means a woman who is age forty to sixty-four, and whose income is at or below two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, as published annually by the federal department of health and human services. Priority enrollment shall be given to women as defined by the federal national breast and cervical cancer early detection program, under P.L. 101-354.
(b) "Approved providers" means those state-supported health providers, radiology facilities, and cytological laboratories that are recognized by the department as meeting the minimum program policies and procedures adopted by the department to qualify under the federal national breast and cervical cancer early detection program, and are designated as eligible for funding by the department.
(c) "Comprehensive" means a screening program that focuses on breast and cervical cancer screening as a preventive health measure, and includes diagnostic and case management services.
(3) The department of health is authorized to administer a state-supported early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program to assist eligible women with preventive health services. To the extent of available funding, eligible women may be enrolled in the early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program and additional eligible women may be enrolled to the extent that grants and contributions from community sources provide sufficient funds for expanding the program.
(4) Funds appropriated for the state program shall be used only to operate early detection breast and cervical cancer screening programs that have been approved by the department, or to increase access to existing state-approved programs, and shall not supplant federally supported breast and cervical cancer early detection programs.
(5) Enrollment in the early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program shall not result in expenditures that exceed the amount that has been appropriated for the program in the operating budget. If it appears that continued enrollment will result in expenditures exceeding the appropriated level for a particular fiscal year, the department may freeze new enrollment in the program. Nothing in this section prevents the department from continuing enrollment in the program if there are adequate private or public funds in addition to those appropriated in the biennial budget to support the cost of such enrollment.
(6) The department shall establish a medical advisory committee composed of interested medical professionals and consumer liaisons with expertise in a variety of areas relevant to breast and cervical health to provide expert medical advice and guidance. The medical advisory committee shall address national, state, and local concerns regarding best practices in the field of early prevention and detection for breast and cervical cancer and assist the early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program in implementing program policy that follows the best practices of high quality health care for clinical, diagnostic, pathologic, radiological, and oncology services.
[ 2006 c 55 § 1.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.70 - Department of Health.
43.70.020 - Department created.
43.70.030 - Secretary of health.
43.70.040 - Secretary's powers—Rule-making authority—Report to the legislature.
43.70.041 - Five-year formal review process of existing rules.
43.70.045 - Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.
43.70.047 - Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care.
43.70.050 - Collection, use, and accessibility of health-related data.
43.70.053 - Hospital consolidated annual income—Reporting.
43.70.054 - Health care data standards—Submittal of standards to legislature.
43.70.060 - Duties of department—Promotion of health care cost-effectiveness.
43.70.068 - Quality assurance—Interagency cooperation.
43.70.070 - Duties of department—Analysis of health services.
43.70.075 - Identity of whistleblower protected—Remedy for retaliatory action—Definitions—Rules.
43.70.080 - Transfer of powers and duties from the department of social and health services.
43.70.090 - Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas—Provisions governing subpoenas.
43.70.097 - Enforcement in accordance with RCW 43.05.100 and 43.05.110.
43.70.110 - License fees—Costs—Other charges—Waiver.
43.70.115 - Licenses—Denial, suspension, revocation, modification.
43.70.120 - Federal programs—Rules—Statutes to be construed to meet federal law.
43.70.125 - Health care facility certification—Unfunded federal mandates—Applicant fees.
43.70.130 - Powers and duties of secretary—General.
43.70.140 - Annual conference of health officers.
43.70.150 - Registration of vital statistics.
43.70.190 - Violations—Injunctions and legal proceedings authorized.
43.70.195 - Public water systems—Receivership actions brought by secretary—Plan for disposition.
43.70.210 - Right of person to rely on prayer to alleviate ailments not abridged.
43.70.220 - Transfer of powers and duties from the department of licensing.
43.70.230 - Office of health consumer assistance created—Duties.
43.70.240 - Written operating agreements.
43.70.250 - License fees for professions, occupations, and businesses.
43.70.270 - License moratorium for persons in the service—Rules.
43.70.290 - Funeral directors and embalmers subject to chapter 18.130 RCW.
43.70.310 - Cooperation with department of ecology.
43.70.323 - Hospital infection control grant account.
43.70.327 - Public health supplemental account—Annual statement.
43.70.334 - Temporary worker housing—Definition.
43.70.337 - Temporary worker housing building permit—Plans and specifications—Fees—Rules.
43.70.400 - Head injury prevention—Legislative finding.
43.70.410 - Head injury prevention—Program, generally.
43.70.420 - Head injury prevention—Information preparation.
43.70.435 - Diagnosed concussions of students—Report.
43.70.440 - Head injury prevention act—Short title—1990 c 270.
43.70.444 - Washington plan for suicide prevention—Steering committee—Report.
43.70.446 - Suicide-safer homes project—Suicide-safer homes project account.
43.70.470 - Retired health care provider liability malpractice insurance—Conditions.
43.70.480 - Emergency medical personnel—Futile treatment and natural death directives—Guidelines.
43.70.495 - Telemedicine training for health care professionals.
43.70.500 - Health care services practice indicators and risk management protocols.
43.70.510 - Health care services coordinated quality improvement program—Rules.
43.70.512 - Public health system—Foundational public health services—Intent.
43.70.515 - Foundational public health services—Funding.
43.70.525 - Immunization assessment and enhancement proposals by local jurisdictions.
43.70.526 - Childhood immunizations—Resources for expecting parents.
43.70.533 - Chronic conditions—Training and technical assistance for primary care providers.
43.70.540 - Data collection—Legislative finding and intent.
43.70.545 - Data collection and reporting rules.
43.70.550 - Public health services improvement plan—Contents.
43.70.555 - Assessment standards.
43.70.560 - Media violence—Reporting reduction efforts.
43.70.590 - American Indian health care delivery plan.
43.70.595 - Health equity zones.
43.70.600 - Survey regarding exposure to radio frequencies—Results.
43.70.605 - Personal wireless services—Random testing on power density analysis—Rules.
43.70.610 - Domestic violence education program—Established—Findings.
43.70.613 - Health care professionals—Health equity continuing education.
43.70.617 - Prenatal nutrition best practices—Educational resources for pregnant women.
43.70.619 - Pregnancy complications—Informational resources.
43.70.620 - List of contacts—Health care professions.
43.70.630 - Cost-reimbursement agreements.
43.70.640 - Workplace breastfeeding policies—Infant-friendly designation.
43.70.645 - Donor human milk—Milk bank safety standards.
43.70.650 - School sealant endorsement program—Rules—Fee—Report to the legislature.
43.70.660 - Product safety education.
43.70.665 - Early detection breast and cervical cancer screening program—Medical advisory committee.
43.70.670 - Human immunodeficiency virus insurance program.
43.70.675 - Public health advisory board.
43.70.680 - Volunteers for emergency or disaster assistance.
43.70.690 - State asthma plan.
43.70.705 - Fall prevention program.
43.70.715 - COVID-19 public health response account.
43.70.720 - Universal vaccine purchase account.
43.70.725 - Health extension program—Dissemination of evidence-based tools and resources—Rules.
43.70.738 - Down syndrome resources—Development.
43.70.740 - Adjudicative proceedings.
43.70.765 - Opioid drugs—Warning—Patient education materials.
43.70.770 - State opioid response plan.
43.70.780 - Fruit and vegetable incentives program.
43.70.790 - Health care facility inspection and investigation availability.
43.70.800 - Oversight, consolidation, and standardization—Review.
43.70.810 - Provision of medical information—Dissemination of requirements and authority.
43.70.815 - Environmental health disparities map.
43.70.820 - Environmental justice obligations of the department of health.
43.70.825 - School-based health center program office.
43.70.835 - Lead contamination in drinking water in school buildings—State-tribal compact schools.
43.70.840 - Lead contamination in drinking water in school buildings—Technical guidance.
43.70.850 - Suicide-safer homes task force.
43.70.901 - References to the director or department of licensing—1989 1st ex.s. c 9.
43.70.902 - References to the hospital commission—1989 1st ex.s. c 9.