Rivers to chair Health Care Committee

Sen. Ann Rivers has been promoted to leader of the Senate Health Care Committee. She will begin as committee chair when the 2017 legislative session convenes early next month.

Rivers, (R-La Center), served on the health care committee for the past two years. Her priorities will include pursuing policy answers to the opioid epidemic in Washington; improving access to medical and dental services in rural and underserved areas; and working to gain better control of health care costs.