Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) In addition to the data elements required
by WAC 246-455-020, hospitals must
collect additional information on patient's ethnicity, race, preferred
language, disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation. When requesting
demographic information under this section, hospitals must inform patients that
providing the information is voluntary.
(2) Patient's ethnicity shall be identified
by the patient and reported using one of the following categories:
(a) Hispanic, Latino/a, Latinx;
(b) Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, Latinx;
(c) Patient declined to respond; or
(d) Unknown to patient.
(3) Patient's race shall be identified by the
patient and reported using one or more of the following categories. If the
patient self-identifies more than one race, each race shall be reported.
(a) Afghan;
(b) Afro-Caribbean;
(c) Alaska Native;
(d) American Indian;
(e) Arab;
(f) Asian;
(g) Asian Indian;
(h) Bamar/Burman/Burmese;
(i) Bangladeshi;
(j) Bhutanese;
(k) Black or African American;
(I) Central American;
(m) Cham;
(n) Chicano/a or Chicanx;
(o) Chinese;
(p) Congolese;
(q) Cuban;
(r) Dominican;
(s) Egyptian;
(t) Eritrean;
(u) Ethiopian;
(v) Fijian;
(w) Filipino;
(x) First Nations;
(y) Guamanian or Chamorro;
(z) Hmong/Mong;
(aa) Indigenous-Latino/a or
Indigenous-Latinx;
(bb)
Indonesian;
(cc) Iranian;
(dd) Iraqi;
(ee) Japanese;
(ff) Jordanian;
(gg) Karen;
(hh) Kenyan;
(ii) Khmer/Cambodian;
(jj) Korean;
(kk) Kuwaiti;
(II) Lao;
(mm) Lebanese;
(nn) Malaysian;
(oo) Marshallese;
(pp) Mestizo;
(qq) Mexican/Mexican American;
(rr) Middle Eastern;
(ss) Mien;
(tt) Moroccan;
(uu) Native Hawaiian;
(vv) Nepalese;
(ww) North African;
(xx) Oromo;
(yy) Pacific Islander;
(zz) Pakistani;
(aaa) Puerto Rican;
(bbb) Romanian/Rumanian;
(ccc) Russian;
(ddd) Samoan;
(eee) Saudi Arabian;
(fff) Somali;
(ggg) South African;
(hhh) South American;
(iii) Syrian;
(jjj) Taiwanese;
(kkk) Thai;
(lll) Tongan;
(mmm) Ugandan;
(nnn) Ukrainian;
(ooo) Vietnamese;
(ppp) White;
(qqq) Yemeni;
(rrr) Other race;
(sss) Patient declined to respond;
and
(ttt) Unknown to patient.
(4) Patient's preferred
language either written or spoken or both shall be identified by the patient
and reported to the department. Preferred language shall be reported using the
following categories:
(a) Amharic;
(b) Arabic;
(c) Balochi/Baluchi;
(d) Burmese;
(e) Cantonese;
(f) Chinese (unspecified);
(g) Chamorro;
(h) Chuukese;
(i) Dari;
(j) English;
(k) Farsi/Persian;
(l) Fijian;
(m) Filipino/Pilipino;
(n) French;
(o) German;
(p) Hindi;
(q) Hmong;
(r) Japanese;
(s) Karen;
(t) Khmer/Cambodian;
(u) Kinyarwanda;
(v) Korean;
(w) Kosraean;
(x) Lao;
(y) Mandarin;
(z) Marshallese;
(aa) Mixteco;
(bb) Nepali;
(cc) Oromo;
(dd) Panjabi/Punjabi;
(ee) Pashto;
(ff) Portuguese;
(gg) Romanian/Rumanian;
(hh) Russian;
(ii) Samoan;
(jj) Sign languages;
(kk) Somali;
(ll) Spanish/Castilian;
(mm) Swahili/Kiswahili;
(nn) Tagalog;
(oo) Tamil;
(pp) Telugu;
(qq) Thai;
(rr) Tigrinya;
(ss) Ukrainian;
(tt) Urdu;
(uu) Vietnamese;
(vv) Other language;
(ww) Patient declined to respond;
or
(xx) Unknown.
(5) Patient's disability shall be
identified by the patient and reported consistent with the categories in this
subsection. If the patient self-identifies more than one disability, each
disability shall be reported.
(a) The patient
experiences any of the following in their daily living:
(i) Difficulty hearing;
(ii) Difficulty seeing, even when wearing
glasses;
(iii) Limitations in any
activities because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition;
(iv) Uses a cane, a wheelchair, a trained
service animal, adaptive bed, adaptive telephone, or some other
device;
(v) Difficulty
concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental,
or emotional condition;
(vi)
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs;
(vii) Difficulty dressing or
bathing;
(viii) Difficulty doing
errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping;
(ix) Not listed above;
(x) Not applicable (no
limitations);
(xi) Patient declined
to respond; or
(xii)
Unknown.
(b) The patient
has any of the following disabilities or conditions:
(i) Intellectual disability;
(ii) Developmental disability;
(iii) Physical disability;
(iv) Brain injury;
(v) Mental health disability;
(vi) Neurocognitive disability;
(vii) Deaf, d/Deaf, or hard of
hearing;
(viii) Blind, low vision,
or visually impaired;
(ix) Chronic
medical condition;
(x) Not listed
above;
(xi) Not applicable (no
disability or condition);
(xii)
Patient declined to respond; or
(xiii) Unknown.
(6) Patient's gender identity
shall be identified by the patient and reported using one or more of the
following options. If the patient self-identifies more than one gender, each
gender shall be reported.
(a) Male;
(b) Female;
(c) Man or Masculine/Masc;
(d) Woman or Feminine/Femme;
(e) Trans* or transgender;
(f) Cis or cisgender;
(g) Genderqueer;
(h) Nonbinary;
(i) Two spirit;
(j) Gender fluid;
(k) Bigender;
(l) Agender;
(m) Demigirl;
(n) Demiboy;
(o) Gender not listed above, please
specify;
(p) Patient declined to
respond; or
(q) Unknown.
(7) Patient's sexual orientation
shall be identified by the patient and reported using one or more of the
following categories. If the patient self-identifies more than one sexual
orientation, each sexual orientation shall be reported.
(a) Straight;
(b) Gay;
(c) Lesbian;
(d) Queer;
(e) Bisexual;
(f) Pansexual/Bi+;
(g) Asexual;
(h) Sexual orientation not listed above,
please specify;
(i) Patient
declined to respond; or
(j)
Unknown.
