Washington HB 1262: Establishing a lump sum reporting system.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to updating the name, authority, membership, and 1
duties of the governor's interagency coordinating council on health 2
disparities; amending RCW 43.20.270, 43.20.275, 43.20.280, 41.05.840, 3
and 70.41.470; reenacting and amending RCW 43.20.025; and repealing 4
RCW 44.28.810.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
Sec. 1. RCW 43.20.025 and 2019 c 185 s 1 are each reenacted and 7
amended to read as follows:8
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter 9
unless the context clearly requires otherwise.10
(1) "Commissary" means an approved food establishment where food 11
is stored, prepared, portioned, or packaged for service elsewhere.12
(2) (("Commissions" means the Washington state commission on 13
African American affairs established in chapter 43.113 RCW, the 14
Washington state commission on Asian Pacific American affairs 15
established in chapter 43.117 RCW, the Washington state commission on 16
Hispanic affairs established in chapter 43.115 RCW, and the 17
governor's office of Indian affairs.18
(3))) "Consumer representative" means any person who is not an 19
elected official, who has no fiduciary obligation to a health 20
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HOUSE BILL 1262
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Santos, Thai, Doglio, Berry, Ryu, Obras, Ormsby,
Scott, Parshley, Timmons, Pollet, Macri, Simmons, Hunt, and Hill; by
request of Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities
Read first time 01/14/25. Referred to Committee on Health Care &
Wellness.
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facility or other health agency, and who has no material financial 1
interest in the rendering of health services.2
(((4))) (3) "Council" means the governor's ((interagency 3
coordinating)) council ((on)) for health ((disparities)) justice and 4
equity, convened according to this chapter.5
(((5))) (4) "Department" means the department of health.6
(((6))) (5) "Health disparities" means the difference in 7
incidence, prevalence, mortality, or burden of disease and other 8
adverse health conditions, including lack of access to proven health 9
care services that exists between specific population groups in 10
Washington state.11
(((7))) (6) "Health impact review" means a review of a 12
legislative or budgetary proposal completed according to the terms of 13
this chapter that determines the extent to which the proposal 14
improves or exacerbates health disparities.15
(((8))) (7) "Local health board" means a health board created 16
pursuant to chapter 70.05, 70.08, or 70.46 RCW.17
(((9))) (8) "Local health officer" means the legally qualified 18
physician appointed as a health officer pursuant to chapter 70.05, 19
70.08, or 70.46 RCW.20
(((10))) (9) "Mobile food unit" means a readily movable food 21
establishment.22
(((11))) (10) "Regulatory authority" means the local, state, or 23
federal enforcement body or authorized representative having 24
jurisdiction over the food establishment. The local board of health, 25
acting through the local health officer, is the regulatory authority 26
for the activity of a food establishment, except as otherwise 27
provided by law.28
(((12))) (11) "Secretary" means the secretary of health, or the 29
secretary's designee.30
(((13))) (12) "Servicing area" means an operating base location 31
to which a mobile food unit or transportation vehicle returns 32
regularly for such things as vehicle and equipment cleaning, 33
discharging liquid or solid wastes, refilling water tanks and ice 34
bins, and boarding food.35
(((14))) (13) "Social determinants of health" means those 36
elements of social structure most closely shown to affect health and 37
illness, including at a minimum, early learning, education, 38
socioeconomic standing, safe housing, gender, incidence of violence, 39
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convenient and affordable access to safe opportunities for physical 1
activity, healthy diet, and appropriate health care services.2
(((15))) (14) "State board" means the state board of health 3
created under this chapter.4
Sec. 2. RCW 43.20.270 and 2006 c 239 s 1 are each amended to 5
read as follows:6
The legislature finds that women and people of color experience 7
significant disparities from men and the general population in 8
education, employment, healthful living conditions, access to health 9
care, and other social determinants of health. The legislature finds 10
that these circumstances coupled with lower, slower, and less 11
culturally appropriate and gender appropriate access to needed 12
medical care result in higher rates of morbidity and mortality for 13
women and persons of color than observed in the general population. 14
Health disparities are defined by the national ((institute[s])) 15
institutes of health as the differences in incidence, prevalence, 16
mortality, and burden of disease and other adverse health conditions 17
that exist among specific population groups in the United States.18
It is the intent of the Washington state l