{"id":1357,"date":"2019-03-09T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2019-03-09T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T19:34:10","slug":"senate-passes-legislation-to-address-environmental-health-disparities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2019\/03\/09\/senate-passes-legislation-to-address-environmental-health-disparities\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate passes legislation to address environmental health disparities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OLYMPIA \u2013 <\/strong>Yesterday the Senate passed the HEAL Act to address environmental health disparities and establish a more equitable approach to environmental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5489&amp;Initiative=false&amp;Year=2019\">Senate\nBill 5489<\/a>,\nsponsored by Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle), creates a task force to make\nrecommendations on how state agencies can incorporate environmental justice\nprinciples in their work. The task force would also provide guidance for\nidentifying and addressing environmental health disparities and designate\nhighly impacted communities.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur\nyouth need a clean environment to meet their full potential. We must recognize\nthe disproportional impacts of environmental problems on low-income communities\nand communities of color, and we need state agencies to be coordinated with\ncommunity stakeholders to face these impacts,\u201d said Salda\u00f1a. \u201cThe HEAL Act will\nbring environmental and health agencies together with impacted community\nstakeholders to determine how to best use the new cumulative impacts data tool\nto achieve more efficient and coordinated outreach, policy implementation, and\ninvestments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SB 5489 defines environmental justice as\n\u201cthe fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of\nrace, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development,\nimplementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and\npolicies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill now moves to the House for\nconsideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Yesterday the Senate passed the HEAL Act to address environmental health disparities and establish a more equitable approach to environmental health. Senate Bill 5489, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle), creates a task force to make recommendations on how state agencies can incorporate environmental justice principles in their work. The task force would also provide guidance for identifying and addressing environmental health disparities and designate highly impacted communities.&nbsp; \u201cOur youth need a clean environment to meet their full potential. We must recognize the disproportional impacts of environmental problems on low-income communities and communities of color, and we need&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate passes legislation to address environmental health disparities - Sen.Alpha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2019\/03\/09\/senate-passes-legislation-to-address-environmental-health-disparities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate passes legislation to address environmental health disparities - Sen.Alpha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OLYMPIA \u2013 Yesterday the Senate passed the HEAL Act to address environmental health disparities and establish a more equitable approach to environmental health. 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