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Rep. Tami Green, serving the 28th District Serving DuPont, Fircrest, University Place, Lakewood, Steilacoom, Tillicum, West Tacoma, and Anderson, Ketron and McNeil Islands. |
2009 Committees
Audit Review & Oversight
The Committee on Audit
Review and Oversight conducts reviews of performance and fiscal audits.
Committee meetings are slated for the 2009 interim.
Commerce & Labor
The House Commerce & Labor Committee considers labor issues relating
to the workers' compensation system, the unemployment insurance system,
workforce development, collective bargaining, and employment standards,
such as wage laws and working conditions. Commerce issues considered by
the committee include business regulation, the regulation of professions
(except for financial and health care professions), and consumer
protection. The committee also considers the regulation and oversight of
liquor and gambling activity (both tribal and non-tribal), including the
state lottery and horse racing.
Health Care and Wellness
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.
Human Services
The House Human
Services Committee considers issues relating to persons with developmental
disabilities, adults in need of general assistance, adults in need of drug
and alcohol treatment, vocational rehabilitation, and juvenile offenders.
The committee also considers mental health issues relating to civil
commitment and mentally ill offenders in the criminal justice system. In
addition, the committee considers programs and operations affiliated with
certain state facilities and institutions, including those under the purview
of the Department of Corrections, the Juvenile Rehabilitation
Administration, and the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
Rules
The House Rules
Committee considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees and
determines whether, and in what order, to schedule their consideration on
the floor of the House. The Rules Committee also reviews, adopts and
schedules consideration of floor resolutions.