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. 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM in House Hearing Room A, John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. E2SSB 5337 – Creating a certification for memory care services. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. SSB 5579 – Prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and providers from making any public statements of any potential or planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. ESSB 5594 – Concerning biosimilar medicines. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning biosimilar medicines and interchangeable biological products.) (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Executive Session

1. ESSB 5557 – Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments.
2. SB 5672 – Delaying the home care aide certification requirements.
3. SSB 5691 – Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities.
4. SJM 8002 – Concerning Medicare.
5. SJM 8004 – Concerning Universal Health Care.

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