Bill to restructure public health gets big changes in Legislature after passing state Senate
Spokane County’s local board of health may soon have to change if a bill sponsored by area Rep. Marcus Riccelli gets final approval from the Legislature.
The bill, which passed the state Senate on Sunday , looks a lot different than it did in January when lawmakers hoped to create a more regional approach to the state’s public health system.
The newest version would require the composition of local boards of health to include an equal number of elected officials and nonelected citizens. It also would create a public health advisory board to oversee public health across the state.
Riccelli, a Democrat from Spokane who had worked on the proposal since December, called the version that passed Sunday “a mixed bag.”
Read more: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/apr/12/bill-to-restructure-public-health-gets-big-changes/
(Spokane Spokesman-Review)
