{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-70.41.324","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 70.41.324","heading":"Discharge planning—Certain policies and criteria not required.","body":"RCW 70.41.322 does not require a hospital to adopt discharge policies or criteria that:\n(1) Delay a patient's discharge or transfer to another facility or to home; or\n(2) Require the disclosure of protected health information to a lay caregiver without obtaining a patient's consent as required by state and federal laws governing health information privacy and security, including chapter 70.02 RCW and the federal health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 and related regulations.","path":["Title 70","Chapter 70.41"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=70.41.324","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:50:14Z","sha256":"b7b457657ba8b535d1c80b4eb5b8b6e0a0a31417ac62e209559b0b5435256f7d","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-70.41.322","next":"us-wa/rcw-70.41.326"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}