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Senate committee hears bill to create Healthcare Coordination Council for confined individuals
Summary
Senate Bill 5031, as presented to the Senate Human Services Committee, would create a Healthcare Coordination Council within the Washington State Department of Health to improve communication and coordination of health services for people in state and local confinement.
Senate Bill 5031, as presented to the Senate Human Services Committee, would create a Healthcare Coordination Council within the Washington State Department of Health to improve communication and coordination of health services for people in state and local confinement.
Committee staff counsel Will Tronson summarized the substitute bill and said the council would include agency representatives, federally recognized tribes, the governor’s appointees and people with lived experience “using the healthcare system in an institution of total confinement.” The bill requires quarterly meetings, compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act…
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