Health Public Hearing

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON HEALTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 REVISED COUNCILMEMBER CHRISTINA HENDERSON, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC Hearing on B25-0690 - Public School Health Services Amendment Act of 2024 and B25-0948 - Certificate of Need Improvement Amendment Act of 2024 on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 9:30a.m. Hybrid in Room 500 and Virtual via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.gov/council-videos/ https://www.christinahendersondc.com/live https://www.youtube.com/@cmchenderson Councilmember Christina Henderson, Chair of the Committee on Health, announces a public hearing on B25-0690 - Public School Health Services Amendment Act of 2024. The hearing will be held on Wednesday October 9, 2024, 9:30a.m., hybrid in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, and Virtual via Zoom. The stated purpose of B25-0690 is to require public schools and public charter schools to have a minimum of 30 hours per week of nursing coverage during the school year and summer school. It requires a deadline for new schools to request nursing services from DC Health to ensure efficient budgeting and planning. DC Health is required to provide technical assistance to schools not participating in the DC Health School Health Services Program and is to collect and publish data on school nursing service coverage. The stated purpose of B25-0948 is to strengthen and modernize the process through which a new institutional health service, or capital expenditure related to an existing medical/health asset, obtains a Certificate of Need (CON) from the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) within DC Health.  Witnesses may appear either in-person or virtually using the Zoom platform. Unless otherwise stated in pre-hearing instructions, witnesses will have 5 minutes to speak if they are representing an organization, and 3 minutes if they are speaking for themselves. The public should sign up at https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings by 5pm on Monday, October 7, 2024. Witnesses who anticipate needing spoken language interpretation, or require sign language interpretation, are requested to inform the Committee office of the need as soon as possible but no later than five business days before the proceeding. We will make every effort to fulfill timely requests, although alternatives may be offered. Requests received in less than five business days may not be fulfilled. If you have additional questions, please email Ashley Strange, Legislative Assistant at astrange@dccouncil.gov. Testimony should be submitted through the Council’s Hearing Management System https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings in advance of the roundtable. Testimony will be publicly accessible upon Committee review. If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Statements for the record should be submitted through the Hearing Management System. The record will close at 5:00pm on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. This notice was revised to add B25-0948 - Certificate of Need Improvement Amendment Act of 2024 for consideration.