SB 5302 — Establishing a personal protective equipment vendor database.

S-0677.1S-0511.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5302 State of Washington 67th Legislature 2021 Regular Session By Senate Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Conway, and Wilson, C.)C. READ FIRST TIME 02/01/21.

Read first time 01/20/21.

Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.

(1) The department must develop a personal protective equipment databaseregistration offor vendorspublic fromand whichprivate thesector departmentvendors orto otherrequest publicto entitiesbe inlisted Washingtonas statea havestate-approved purchasedpersonal orprotective contractedequipment forvendor on the department's personal protective equipment.equipment vendor database.

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p.(3) Before a vendor is added to the personal protective equipment vendor database, the department must vet each vendor registration request to ensure the vendor is selling approved personal protective equipment.

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(6)The Fordepartment purposeshas ofthe thisauthority section, "personal protective equipment" means an item or items used to protectapprove the eyes, face, head, body, arms, hands, legs, or feetdeny suchany asregistration goggles,request. safety glasses, helmets, headcovers, gloves, gowns, rubber slickers, disposable coveralls, shoe covers, biohazard waste bags, safety shoes, protective shields, face masks, respirators, surgical masks, face shields, thermometers, disinfectant sprays, disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizers, and barriers.

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The department may require vendors to notify the department with any other information they deem necessary to ensure the information listed on the database remains accurate.

(5) If a vendor does not notify the department as required in subsection (4) of this section, the department may remove the vendor's product from the database at any time.

(6) The department must publish the list of state-approved personal protective equipment vendors by product type on a website that is accessible to the public, and make any necessary updates to the vendor list at least once a month.

(7) For purposes of this section, "personal protective equipment" means an item or items used to protect the eyes, face, head, body, arms, hands, legs, or feet such as goggles, safety glasses, helmets, head covers, gloves, gowns, rubber slickers, disposable coveralls, shoe covers, biohazard waste bags, safety shoes, protective shields, face masks, respirators, surgical masks, face shields, thermometers, disinfectant sprays, disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizers, and barriers.

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