BILL REQ. #:  S-0798.2 

Read first time 02/21/2005.   Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

     AN ACT Relating to adding a tribal representative to the state board of health; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.20.030.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 43.20.030 and 1984 c 287 s 75 and 1984 c 243 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) The state board of health shall be composed of ((ten)) eleven members. These shall be the secretary or the secretary's designee and ((nine)) ten other persons to be appointed by the governor, including four persons experienced in matters of health and sanitation, an elected city official who is a member of a local health board, an elected county official who is a member of a local health board, a local health officer, a health official from a federally recognized tribe, and two persons representing the consumers of health care. Before appointing the city official, the governor shall consider any recommendations submitted by the association of Washington cities. Before appointing the county official, the governor shall consider any recommendations submitted by the Washington state association of counties. Before appointing the local health officer, the governor shall consider any recommendations submitted by the Washington state association of local public health officials. Before appointing the tribal representative, the governor shall consider any recommendations submitted by tribes and tribal organizations. Before appointing one of the two consumer representatives, the governor shall consider any recommendations submitted by the state council on aging. The chairman shall be selected by the governor from among the nine appointed members. The department ((of social and health services)) health shall provide necessary technical staff support to the board. The board may employ an executive director and a confidential secretary, each of whom shall be exempt from the provisions of the state civil service law, chapter 41.06 RCW.
     (2) Members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
     (3) For purposes of this section, "health official from a federally recognized tribe" means a person holding an elected office in the government of a federally recognized tribe or a person serving in an official capacity within the health system of a federally recognized tribe.