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Bill would require Office of Financial Management to update state health plan with equity lens and data access
Summary
Substitute Senate Bill 5,568 would direct the Office of Financial Management to update Washington’s statewide health resource strategy, incorporate health-equity principles, use existing payer and agency data where permitted, and report progress with a preliminary report by July 1, 2026 and a final strategy by Dec. 31, 2027.
Substitute Senate Bill 5,568 would require the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to update Washington’s state health plan by developing a statewide health resource strategy that explicitly incorporates health-equity principles and leverages existing state health data sources where allowed, the committee heard March 14.
Kim Weidner, committee staff, reviewed historical context: the statewide…
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