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Committee holds bill that would require health‑district board representatives to be elected officials
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony on House Bill 366, which would require representatives on district health boards to be elected officials; the committee voted to hold the bill after debate about accountability, expertise and statutory protections already in place.
House Health and Welfare Committee members heard testimony on House Bill 366 on a proposal from Representative Doug Pickett to require that people serving as representatives on district health boards be elected officials rather than county employees or other appointees. The bill sponsor said the change is intended to increase public accountability; committee members voted to hold the bill in committee.
Representative Doug Pickett, District 27, told the committee the bill (an updated version of a prior draft labeled House Bill 241) came from county commissioners in his district. "This bill is intended to ensure that representatives on district health boards are elected officials," Pickett said, adding that the statute's allowance for a physician to serve would remain. He said the updated text allows county commissions to appoint other elected officials where commissioners cannot serve, but would not leave physician representation out.
The bill's sponsor framed…
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