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Board of Health meeting agenda

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 1 pm: Hybrid Meeting* 

*Hybrid meetings: Attend King County Board of Health meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. 


Agenda

  1. Call to order
  2. Roll call
  3. Announcement of any alternates serving in place of regular members
  4. Approval of minutes of the meeting of April 17, 2024
  5. Public Comments
  6. Chair's Report
  7. Director's Report

Briefings

  1. BOH Briefing No. 25-B17
    Creating a Template Document for Establishing Board of Health Workgroups
    • Quiana Daniels, Vice Chair
  2. BOH Briefing No. 25-B18
    Overdose Prevention and Response
    • Brad Finegood, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County
    • Susan McLaughlin, Director, Behavior and Health Recovery Division, King County Department of Community and Human Services
    • Stacey Lopez, Chief Clinical & Quality Officer, Sound Behavioral Health
  3. BOH Briefing No. 25-B19
    HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in King County
    • Dr. Jen Balkus, Senior Epidemiologist, HIV/STI/HCV Program at Public Health Seattle and King County, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Public Health
    • Dr. Matthew Golden, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Director, PHSKC HIV/STI/HCV Program, Director, UW Center for AIDS and STD (CFAS)
  4. BOH Briefing No. 25-B20
    State Legislative Session Update
    • Simon Vila, Government Relations Officer, Public Health – Seattle & King County
  5. BOH Briefing No. 25-B21
    Federal Cuts and Threats to Public Health
    • Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget

  1. Board Member updates
  2. Other business

Adjournment

About BOH meetings

All regular and special meetings of the Board and Board committee meetings shall be open to the public, in accordance with RCW 42.30. The Board may order the removal of individuals who are interrupting the meetings and may adjourn and reconvene in another location as provided in RCW 42.30.050.

The King County Board of Health meets at 1 pm on the third Thursday of each month unless otherwise noted. Meetings are held in the King County Council Chambers unless otherwise noted on monthly meeting agendas.

Public Hearings on proposed regulations are generally held during the monthly Board of Health meetings and are noted as such on the meeting agenda. If you wish to submit written testimony please note the following:

Written testimony is accepted if received by 5 pm on the Monday prior to the day of the public hearing, or later, if the public comment period is extended by the Board at the following street address or via email at:

King County Board of Health
ATTN: Board of Health Administrator
401 5th Ave, Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98104

Email: KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov

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