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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.

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