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Panel hears cleanup bill to align RCW with DSHS reorganization
Summary
Representative Deborah Lekanoff sponsored HB 2468 to replace obsolete agency names in the Revised Code of Washington following a DSHS reorganization; DSHS Secretary Angela Ramirez and staff supported the technical corrections and said they are tracking a few additional edits. The hearing closed with staff noting policy clarifications on the Dementia Action Collaborative and advisory‑committee membership.
Representative Deborah Lekanoff introduced House Bill 24 68 on behalf of the Department of Social and Health Services to update statutory terminology after DSHS’s recent ‘‘Reimagine’’ restructuring.
The bill replaces references to administrations that were dissolved during the reorganization with references to DSHS generally or to successor administrations. ‘‘This is a small cleanup bill,’’ Lekanoff said, describing the measure as agency‑request legislation that substitutes the new administration names — the Home and…
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