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May 13, 2025

King County Board of Health meeting Thursday, May 15 at 1 pm

News release summary

Summary

The King County Board of Health will meet Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 1 pm. The meeting will include briefings on overdose prevention, HIV and STIs, the state legislative session, federal cuts and Board of Health workgroups.

How to provide public comment:

If you do not wish to provide public comment, please help us manage the callers by using one of the options below to watch or listen to the meeting.

Two ways to watch or listen in to the meeting:

  • Stream online
  • Watch King County TV (Comcast Channel 22 and 322 [HD], and Astound Broadband Channels 22 and 711 [HD].)

Agenda

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  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, 2025
  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
    • Dr. John Olson, Addiction Medicine Physician, 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)
    • Edgar Longoria, Executive Director, Entre Hermanos
  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

If you have questions or need additional information about this agenda, please call 206-263-0365, or write to Joy Carpine Cazzanti, Board of Health Administrator via email at KCBOHAdmin@kingcounty.gov.

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