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Rep. Pickett introduces bill to require elected membership, shorten terms on district health boards
Summary
Representative Doug Pickett presented RS 32,189 to require district health boards be composed of elected officials rather than employees, to change removal rules to a two-thirds county-commission vote, and to shorten terms from five years to two; the committee voted to introduce the proposal by voice vote.
Representative Doug Pickett, R‑27, told the House Health and Welfare Committee that he introduced RS 32,189 “to ensure that members of district health boards are comprised of elected officials rather than employees.”
The draft measure would also require a two‑thirds vote of county commissioners to remove a member of those health district boards and would change individual board members’ terms of service from five years to two years, Pickett said. “And so with that, I would stand for any questions,” he said.
Committee members offered no questions during the presentation. A motion to introduce RS 32,189 was made and the committee approved the motion by voice vote; the chair recorded an aye and the RS was introduced.
The introduction means the committee will schedule RS 32,189 for a subsequent hearing where members can debate details and propose amendments. The bill text presented at the committee stage focuses on membership, removal thresholds and term length; the transcript does not specify additional statutory citations or implementation details.
No public testimony or agency analysis was taken at the introduction meeting. The committee did not set a date for a full hearing during the session recorded in the transcript.
