Drafter
Clerk 05/28/2024
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to personal and demographic information obtained, maintained, and shared by county agents and employees; and amending Ordinance 16692, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.010.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 16692, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.010 are each amended to read as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section or when otherwise required by law, a Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., County office, department, employee, agency, or agent shall not condition the provision of county services on the citizenship or immigration status of any person.
B. All applications, questionnaires, and interview forms used in relation to the provision of county benefits, opportunities, or services shall be reviewed by each agency, and any question requiring disclosure of information related to citizenship ((or)), immigration status, or national origin unless required by state or federal law, or international treaty, shall be((, in the agency's best judgment, either)) deleted ((in its entirety or revised such that the disclosure of the information is no longer required. Agencies that have a need for the collection of demographic data related to immigration status for performance measurement shall identify mechanisms that will allow for the separation of the demographic information from personally identifying information)). Agencies that are required by state or federal law, or international treaty, to collect immigration status or national origin information must separate that information from personal information in the agencies' records as soon as is practicable.
C. The ((Seattle-King County)) department of public health shall not condition the provision of health benefits, opportunities, or services on matters related to citizenship, national origin, or immigration status. The ((Seattle-King County)) department of public health may inqui...

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