State Sen. Bill Morrisette, D-Springfield, whose district includes parts of Linn County around Sweet Home, will be chairman of the Senate Health Policy Committee in the 2003 Oregon Legislature.
He was named to the post Tuesday by new Senate President Peter Courtney. It is the first committee chairmanship for Morrisette, who served two sessions in the state House of Representatives before moving to the Senate in 2001.
The Health Policy Committee will focus on the…