File #: 2024-0354    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: In Committee
File created: 11/5/2024 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A MOTION confirming the King County board of health's reappointment of Esther Lucero and Abigail Echo-Hawk as the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State's nonelected regular member and alternate members, respectively, to serve on the King County board of health.
Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
Indexes: Appointments, Board of Health, Indigenous People

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A MOTION confirming the King County board of health's reappointment of Esther Lucero and Abigail Echo-Hawk as the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State's nonelected regular member and alternate members, respectively, to serve on the King County board of health.

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                     WHEREAS, in 2021 RCW 70.05.035 was amended to require an equal number of elected to nonelected members on local boards of health, with one nonelected member selected by the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State, and the remaining members selected by the King County board of health from three specific categories of interests:  public health, health care facilities, and providers; consumers of public, and

                     WHEREAS, the King County board of health received the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State's nonelected regular and alternate members to serve three-year terms to expire on December 31, 2027;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     A.  The King County board of health's reappointment of Esther Lucero, to serve as the regular member candidate selected by the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State, for a three-year term to expire on December 31, 2027, is hereby confirmed.

                     B.  The King County board of health's reappointment of Abigail Echo-Hawk, to serve as the alternate member candidate selected by the American Indian Health Commission for Washington State, for a three-year term to expire on December 31, 2027, is hereby confirmed.