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WA Rev Code § 43.20.275 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.|43.20.275 - Council created—Membership—Duties—Advisory committees.

RCW 43.20.275 Council created—Membership—Duties—Advisory committees.(1) In collaboration with staff whom the office of financial management may assign, and within funds made expressly available to the state board for these purposes, the state board shall assist the governor by convening and providing assistance to the council. The council shall include one representative from each of the following groups: Each of the commissions, the state board, the department, the department of social and health services, the department of commerce, the health care authority, the department of agriculture, the department of ecology, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of children, youth, and families, the workforce training and education coordinating board, and two members of the public who will represent the interests of health care consumers. The council is a class one group under RCW 43.03.220. The two public members shall be paid per diem and travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. The council shall reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender. The governor or the governor's designee shall chair the council.(2) The council shall promote and facilitate communication, coordination, and collaboration among relevant state agencies and communities of color, and the private sector and public sector, to address health disparities. The council shall conduct public hearings, inquiries, studies, or other forms of information gathering to understand how the actions of state government ameliorate or contribute to health disparities. All state agencies must cooperate with the council's efforts.(3) The council with assistance from the state board, shall assess through public hearings, review of existing data, and other means, and recommend initiatives for improving the availability of culturally appropriate health literature and interpretive services within public and private health-related agencies.(4) In order to assist with its work, the council shall establish advisory committees to assist in plan development for specific issues and shall include members of other state agencies and local communities.(5) The advisory committee shall reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender.[ 2018 c 58 § 19; 2006 c 239 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.
WA Rev Code § 43.20.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.|43.20.280 - Action plan for eliminating health disparities—Council meetings—Reports to the legislature.

RCW 43.20.280 Action plan for eliminating health disparities—Council meetings—Reports to the legislature.The council shall consider in its deliberations and by 2012, create an action plan for eliminating health disparities. The action plan must address, but is not limited to, the following diseases, conditions, and health indicators: Diabetes, asthma, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, heart disease, strokes, breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, chronic kidney disease, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), mental health, women's health issues, smoking cessation, oral disease, and immunization rates of children and senior citizens. The council shall prioritize the diseases, conditions, and health indicators according to prevalence and severity of the health disparity. The council shall address these priorities on an incremental basis by adding no more than five of the diseases, conditions, and health indicators to each update or revised version of the action plan. The action plan shall be updated biannually. The council shall meet as often as necessary but not less than two times per calendar year. The council shall report its progress with the action plan to the governor and the legislature no later than January 15, 2008. A second report shall be presented no later than January 15, 2010, and a third report from the council shall be presented to the governor and the legislature no later than January 15, 2012. Thereafter, the governor and legislature shall require progress updates from the council every four years in odd-numbered years. The action plan shall recognize the need for flexibility.[ 2006 c 239 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20.285 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.|43.20.285 - Health impact reviews—Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding to implement chapter.

RCW 43.20.285 Health impact reviews—Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding to implement chapter.The state board shall, to the extent that funds are available expressly for this purpose, complete health impact reviews, in collaboration with the council, and with assistance that shall be provided by any state agency of which the board makes a request.(1) A health impact review may be initiated by a written request submitted according to forms and procedures proposed by the council and approved by the state board before December 1, 2006.(2) Any state legislator or the governor may request a review of any proposal for a state legislative or budgetary change. Upon receiving a request for a health impact review from the governor or a member of the legislature during a legislative session, the state board shall deliver the health impact review to the requesting party in no more than ten days.(3) The state board may limit the number of health impact reviews it produces to retain quality while operating within its available resources.(4) A state agency may decline a request to provide assistance if complying with the request would not be feasible while operating within its available resources.(5) Upon delivery of the review to the requesting party, it shall be a public document, and shall be available on the state board's website.(6) The review shall be based on the best available empirical information and professional assumptions available to the state board within the time required for completing the review. The review should consider direct impacts on health disparities as well as changes in the social determinants of health.(7) The state board and the department shall collaborate to obtain any federal or private funding that may become available to implement the state board's duties under this chapter. If the department receives such funding, the department shall allocate it to the state board and affected agencies to implement its duties under this chapter, and any state general funds that may have been appropriated but are no longer needed by the state board shall lapse to the state general fund.[ 2006 c 239 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.|43.20.290 - Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding.

RCW 43.20.290 Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding.The state board and the department shall collaborate to obtain any federal or private funding that may become available to implement the state board's duties under this chapter. If the department receives such funding, the department shall allocate it to the state board to implement its duties under this chapter, and any state general funds that may have been appropriated but are no longer needed by the state board shall lapse to the state general fund.[ 2006 c 239 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.|43.20.300 - Local boards of health—Membership.

RCW 43.20.300 Local boards of health—Membership.(1) The state board of health shall adopt rules establishing the appointment process for the members of local boards of health who are not elected officials. The selection process established by the rules must:(a) Be fair and unbiased; and(b) Ensure, to the extent practicable, that the membership of local boards of health include a balanced representation of elected officials and nonelected people with a diversity of expertise and lived experience.(2) The rules adopted under this section must go into effect no later than one year after July 25, 2021.[ 2021 c 205 § 8.]NOTES:Finding—2021 c 205: See note following RCW 43.70.675.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.005 - Intent—Public involvement and outreach.

RCW 43.20A.005 Intent—Public involvement and outreach.It is the intent of the legislature that the department of social and health services and the department of ecology, in consultation with affected constituent groups, continue appropriate public involvement and outreach mechanisms designed to provide cost-effective public input on their programs and policies.[ 2001 c 291 § 1001.]NOTES:Part headings not law—Effective date—2001 c 291: See notes following RCW 43.20A.360.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.010 - Purpose.

RCW 43.20A.010 Purpose.The department of social and health services is designed to integrate and coordinate all those activities involving provision of care for individuals who, as a result of their economic, social or health condition, require financial assistance, institutional care, rehabilitation or other social and health services. In order to provide for maximum efficiency of operation consistent with meeting the needs of those served or affected, the department will encompass substantially all of the powers, duties and functions vested by law on June 30, 1970, in the department of public assistance, the department of institutions, the veterans' rehabilitation council and the division of vocational rehabilitation of the coordinating council on occupational education. The department will concern itself with changing social needs, and will expedite the development and implementation of programs designed to achieve its goals. In furtherance of this policy, it is the legislative intent to set forth only the broad outline of the structure of the department, leaving specific details of its internal organization and management to those charged with its administration.[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 211; 1979 c 141 § 60; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.Effective date—1970 ex.s. c 18: *"Except as otherwise in this amendatory act provided, this 1970 amendatory act shall take effect on July 1, 1970." [ 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 69.]*Reviser's note: Phrase "Except as otherwise in this amendatory act provided" refers to 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 67, uncodified, which pertained to laws amended in existing education code and as the same were reenacted in the new education code, effective July 1, 1970, not otherwise pertinent hereto.Severability—1970 ex.s. c 18: "If any provision of this 1970 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application to other persons or circumstances, is not affected." [ 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 70.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.020 - Definitions.

RCW 43.20A.020 Definitions.As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:(1) "Department" means the department of social and health services.(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of social and health services.(3) "Deputy secretary" means the deputy secretary of the department of social and health services.(4) "Overpayment" means any department payment or department benefit to a recipient or to a vendor in excess of that to which the recipient or vendor is entitled by law, rule, or contract, including amounts in dispute pending resolution.(5) "Vendor" means an entity that provides goods or services to or for clientele of the department and that controls operational decisions.[ 1987 c 283 § 1; 1979 c 141 § 61; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 2.]NOTES:Severability—1987 c 283: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1987 c 283 § 17.]Savings—1987 c 283: "The enactment of this act shall not have the effect of terminating or in any way modifying any liability, civil or criminal, that is in existence on July 26, 1987." [ 1987 c 283 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.030 - Department created—Powers and duties transferred to.

RCW 43.20A.030 Department created—Powers and duties transferred to.There is hereby created a department of state government to be known as the department of social and health services. All powers, duties and functions vested by law on June 30, 1970, in the department of public assistance, the department of institutions, the veterans' rehabilitation council, and the division of vocational rehabilitation of the coordinating council on occupational education are transferred to the department. Powers, duties and functions to be transferred shall include, but not be limited to, all those powers, duties and functions involving cooperation with other governmental units, such as cities and counties, or with the federal government, in particular those concerned with participation in federal grants-in-aid programs.[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 212; 1979 c 141 § 62; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.035 - Inventory of charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory land.

RCW 43.20A.035 Inventory of charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory land.The department shall conduct an inventory of real properties as provided in *RCW 79.01.006.[ 1991 c 204 § 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 79.01.006 was recodified as RCW 79.02.400 pursuant to 2003 c 334 § 554.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.037 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.037 - Affordable housing—Inventory of suitable housing.

RCW 43.20A.037 Affordable housing—Inventory of suitable housing.(1) The department shall identify and catalog real property that is no longer required for department purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory shall include the location, approximate size, and current zoning classification of the property. The department shall provide a copy of the inventory to the *department of community, trade, and economic development by November 1, 1993, and every November 1 thereafter.(2) By November 1 of each year, beginning in 1994, the department shall purge the inventory of real property of sites that are no longer available for the development of affordable housing. The department shall include an updated listing of real property that has become available since the last update. As used in this section, "real property" means buildings, land, or buildings and land.[ 1995 c 399 § 65; 1993 c 461 § 8.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.Finding—1993 c 461: See note following RCW 43.63A.510.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.040 - Secretary of social and health services—Appointment—Term—Salary—Temporary appointment if vacancy—As executive head and appointing authority.

RCW 43.20A.040 Secretary of social and health services—Appointment—Term—Salary—Temporary appointment if vacancy—As executive head and appointing authority.The executive head and appointing authority of the department shall be the secretary of social and health services. He or she shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. He or she shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.03.040. If a vacancy occurs in his or her position while the senate is not in session, the governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the senate, when he or she shall present to that body his or her nomination for the office.[ 2009 c 549 § 5073; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.050 - Secretary of social and health services—Powers and duties generally—Employment of assistants and personnel, limitation.

RCW 43.20A.050 Secretary of social and health services—Powers and duties generally—Employment of assistants and personnel, limitation.It is the intent of the legislature wherever possible to place the internal affairs of the department under the control of the secretary to institute the flexible, alert and intelligent management of its business that changing contemporary circumstances require. Therefore, whenever the secretary's authority is not specifically limited by law, he or she shall have complete charge and supervisory powers over the department. The secretary is authorized to create such administrative structures as deemed appropriate, except as otherwise specified by law. The secretary shall have the power to employ such assistants and personnel as may be necessary for the general administration of the department. Except as elsewhere specified, such employment shall be in accordance with the rules of the state civil service law, chapter 41.06 RCW.[ 1997 c 386 § 41; 1979 c 141 § 63; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.060 - Departmental divisions—Plan establishing and organizing.

RCW 43.20A.060 Departmental divisions—Plan establishing and organizing.The department of social and health services shall be subdivided into divisions, including a division of vocational rehabilitation. Except as otherwise specified or as federal requirements may differently require, these divisions shall be established and organized in accordance with plans to be prepared by the secretary and approved by the governor. In preparing such plans, the secretary shall endeavor to promote efficient public management, to improve programs, and to take full advantage of the economies, both fiscal and administrative, to be gained from the consolidation of the departments of public assistance, institutions, the veterans' rehabilitation council, and the division of vocational rehabilitation of the coordinating council on occupational education.[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 213; 1979 c 141 § 64; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 6.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.073 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.073 - Rule making regarding sex offenders.

RCW 43.20A.073 Rule making regarding sex offenders.See RCW 72.09.337.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.075 - Rule-making authority.

RCW 43.20A.075 Rule-making authority.For rules adopted after July 23, 1995, the secretary may not rely solely on a section of law stating a statute's intent or purpose, on the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency, or on any combination of such provisions, for statutory authority to adopt any rule.[ 1995 c 403 § 102.]NOTES:Findings—Short title—Intent—1995 c 403: See note following RCW 34.05.328.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.080 - Data sharing—Confidentiality—Penalties.

RCW 43.20A.080 Data sharing—Confidentiality—Penalties.(1) The department shall provide the employment security department quarterly with the names and social security numbers of all clients in the WorkFirst program and any successor state welfare program.(2) The information provided by the employment security department under RCW 50.13.060 for statistical analysis and welfare program evaluation purposes may be used only for statistical analysis, research, and evaluation purposes as provided in RCW 74.08A.410 and 74.08A.420. Through individual matches with accessed employment security department confidential employer wage files, only aggregate, statistical, group level data shall be reported. Data sharing by the employment security department may be extended to include the office of financial management and other such governmental entities with oversight responsibility for this program.(3) The department and other agencies of state government shall protect the privacy of confidential personal data supplied under RCW 50.13.060 consistent with federal law, chapters 50.13 and 50A.25 RCW, and the terms and conditions of a formal data-sharing agreement between the employment security department and agencies of state government, however the misuse or unauthorized use of confidential data supplied by the employment security department is subject to the penalties in RCW 50.13.080 and 50A.25.120.[ 2019 c 13 § 67; 1997 c 58 § 1005.]NOTES:Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.090 - Deputy secretary—Department personnel director—Assistant secretaries—Appointment—Duties—Salaries.

RCW 43.20A.090 Deputy secretary—Department personnel director—Assistant secretaries—Appointment—Duties—Salaries.The secretary shall appoint a deputy secretary, a department personnel director and such assistant secretaries as shall be needed to administer the department. The deputy secretary shall have charge and general supervision of the department in the absence or disability of the secretary, and in case of a vacancy in the office of secretary, shall continue in charge of the department until a successor is appointed and qualified, or until the governor shall appoint an acting secretary. The officers appointed under this section, and exempt from the provisions of the state civil service law by the terms of *RCW 41.06.076, shall be paid salaries to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the procedure established by law for the fixing of salaries for officers exempt from the operation of the state civil service law.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 811; 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 515; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 7.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 41.06.076 expired June 30, 2005.Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 102, 104-115, 201-227, 301-337, 401-419, 501-513, 801-803, and 805-822: See note following RCW 43.216.025.Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.