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., Mar. 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM in House Hearing Room A, John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. SSB 5351 – Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. ESSB 5557 – Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. SB 5672 – Delaying the home care aide certification requirements. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. SSB 5691 – Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Executive Session

1. SSB 5118 – Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates.
2. ESSB 5128 – Concerning medical services for individuals in juvenile detention facilities.
3. SSB 5568 – Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan.
4. SB 5577 – Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.

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