The Washington State Board of Health convenes for a hybrid meeting.
Agenda:
- Call to Order & Introductions
- Approval of Agenda—Possible Action
- Approval of October 8, 2025, Minutes – Possible Action
- Public Comment
- Announcements and Board Business
- Department of Health Update
- Rules Hearing – Newborn Screening, Adding Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD), Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase Deficiency (GAMT) & Arginase-1 Deficiency (ARG1-D), Chapter 246-650 WAC – Possible Action – Public Testimony
- School Rule Project Update
- Newborn Screening Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Legislative Report: Review of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV), SB 5829 – Possible Action
- Local Health and Community Focus
- Rules Hearing – Sanitary Control of Shellfish, Chapter 246-282 WAC – Possible Action – Public Testimony
- Petition for Rulemaking – Chapter 246-650 WAC, Newborn Screening, Request to Add Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) – Possible Action
- Rules Hearing – Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Permanent Rule, WAC 246-290-315 and WAC 246-290-71006 – Possible Action – Public Testimony
- 2026 Meeting Schedule – Possible Action
- Board Member Comments and Updates