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Board hears legislative updates; staff to circulate bill tracker and testimony guidance
Summary
Board staff briefed members on active bills affecting public health, including a House bill on settlement funding, potential restrictions on use of public funds for lobbying, an environmental health fee bill, and the recently passed Medicaid expansion; staff will circulate bill numbers and testimony instructions.
At the special online meeting, the Cascade City-County Board of Health received a legislative update from Abigail, who said she will circulate a bill tracker and bill numbers tied to the board's recent resolutions.
Abigail reported that House Bill 494 — the measure tied to the tobacco-settlement funding discussion — had a committee hearing the day of the meeting and that staff had heard "strong…
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