Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Section 70.245.170 Insurance or annuity policies

§ 70.245.170. Insurance or annuity policies

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.

[2009 c 1 § 17 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).]

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