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Rep. Eileen Cody, serving the 34th District Serving West Seattle, Burien, White Center, and Vashon and Maury Islands. |
Current Committee Assignments
Health Care and Wellness - Chair
The House Health Care and Wellness Committee considers a broad range
of issues relating to the provision of physical and mental health care
services and strategies to promote better health. Health care service
issues include the licensing and regulation of health care facilities
(such as hospitals, trauma care centers, and long-term care facilities)
and the credentialing of health care providers (such as doctors, nurses,
chiropractors, and mental health professionals). The committee also
regulates pharmacies and pharmaceutical drugs, and has oversight and
regulatory responsibility for state and local public health programs.
The committee also considers issues relating to the accessibility and
affordability of health care in both the private health insurance market
and public health programs such as medicaid and the basic health plan.
Ways and Means
The House Ways and
Means Committee considers the operating budget bill, global fiscal
issues such as pension policy and compensation, and bills with larger
fiscal impacts. The committee also coordinates the work of the Education
Appropriations, General Government Appropriations, Health and Human
Services Appropriations and Finance Committees in developing the
operating budget.
Health and
Human Services Appropriations
The House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee considers
issues relating to funding of health and human services programs and
agencies and makes funding recommendations to the Ways and Means
Committee. In addition, the committee considers bills relating to health
and human services with limited fiscal impact.
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