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Health Impact Reviews
Background
Second Substitute Senate Bill 6197 created the
Governors Interagency Coordinating Council on Health Disparities and
authorized the State Board of Health to conduct
health
impact reviews (HIRs) in collaboration with the Council.
A HIR is a review of a proposal for a legislative or
budgetary change that analyzes the extent to which the proposal is likely to
have a positive or negative impact on health disparities.
Instructions for Requesting a Health Impact Review
Only the Governor or a state legislator may request a
HIR.
For detailed information on the definition, goal, and
scope of HIRs and processes for requesting and conducting a HIR, please
review the Health Impact
Review Procedures
To request a HIR, please fill out a
HIR Request Form and
return it via one of the methods below:
Send electronically to: HIR@doh.wa.gov
Fax to: 360-236-4088
Mail to: State Board of Health, PO Box 47990, Olympia, WA 98504-7990
2008 Health Impact Review Requests
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