Washington Statutes
§ 70.245.170 — Insurance or annuity policies.
Washington § 70.245.170
JurisdictionWashington
Title 70PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Ch. 70.245THE WASHINGTON DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT
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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.245.170 (2026).
Text
The sale, procurement, or issuance of any life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy or the rate charged for any policy shall not be conditioned upon or affected by the making or rescinding of a request, by a person, for medication that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner. A qualified patient's act of ingesting medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner shall not have an effect upon a life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy.
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Legislative History
[2009 c 1 s 17(Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).]
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Washington § 70.245.170, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wa/70.245.170.