Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 50A.25 · 14 active provisions
(1) If information provided to the department by another governmental agency is held private and confidential by state or federal law, the department may not release such information unless otherwise provided in this title.(2) Information provided to the department by another governmental entity conditioned upon privac…
(1) Any information or records concerning an individual or employer obtained by the department pursuant to the administration of this title shall be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or RCW 50A.05.040.(2) This chapter does not create a rule of evidence.(3) The department must publis…
The commissioner has the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind rules interpreting and implementing this chapter.
(1) An individual shall have access to all records and information concerning that individual held by the department unless the information is exempt from disclosure under RCW 42.56.410.(2) An employer shall have access to:(a) Its own records relating to any claim or determination for family or medical leave benefits b…
(1) Any interested party, as defined by rule, in a proceeding before the appeal tribunal or commissioner shall have access to any information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if the information or records are material to the issues in that proceeding.(2) No decision by the commissioner or t…
(1) Information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter shall be available to parties to judicial or formal administrative proceedings only upon a written finding by the presiding officer that the need for the information or records in the proceeding outweighs any reasons for the privacy and confi…
(1) The department may enter into data-sharing contracts and may disclose records and information deemed confidential to state or local government agencies under this chapter only if permitted under subsection (2) of this section and RCW 50A.25.090. A state or local government agency must need the records or informatio…
The state legislature may have access to information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if the following requirements are met:(1) The legislature, a legislative committee, a legislator, or a staff member finds that the information or records are necessary and for official purposes; and(2) The…
The department may disclose information or records deemed confidential under this chapter to the federal internal revenue service if the information is deemed necessary by the department to administer RCW 50A.15.070.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or restricting the effect of RCW 42.56.070(8).
The paid family and medical leave program of the department and the long-term services and supports trust administering agencies may disclose information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter to any private person or organization, and by extension, the agents of any private person or organizatio…
(1) All private persons, government agencies, and organizations authorized to receive information from the department under this chapter have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions necessary to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.(2) The disclosure of any records or information by a pri…
Where the family and medical leave program of the department contracts to provide services to other governmental or private organizations, the department may disclose to those organizations information or records deemed private and confidential that have been acquired in the performance of the department's obligations…
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if all details identifying an individual or employer are deleted so long as the information or records cannot be foreseeably combined with other publicly available information to reveal the…