Legislature 2025-26: House Health Care & Wellness (Clyde Shavers)

State Representative Clyde Shavers (D-Oak Harbor) serves on the House Health Care & Wellness Committee. The committee has scheduled a meeting for Wed., Feb. 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM in House Hearing Room A, John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. HB 1640 – Placing licenses issued in chapters 18.71B and 18.71C RCW under the authority of the uniform disciplinary act. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. HB 1686 – Creating a health care entity registry. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. HB 1718 – Concerning well-being programs for certain health care professionals. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. HB 1725 – Increasing access to biosimilar medicines. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
5. HB 1766 – Prohibiting certain contracting practices by a health carrier acting as a third-party administrator for self-insured coverage offered to public employees. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Executive Session

1. HB 1187 – Protecting patients involved in motor vehicle accidents from delayed ambulance bills.
2. HB 1546 – Concerning general supervision of diagnostic radiologic technologists, therapeutic radiologic technologists, and magnetic resonance imaging technologists by licensed physicians.
3. HB 1720 – Expanding the types of medication assistance that may be provided to residents of community-based care settings.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature’s committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules