Legislative Calendar Weekending 061209
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The document is a 7-page Senate calendar for the week of June 8-19, 2009. It lists the scheduled committee meetings, times, locations, and agendas. The main committees meeting are Planning and Environmental Protection, Health, Appropriations and Budget, Rules and Judiciary, and Financial Services, Infrastructure and Consumer Affairs. The agendas include items like a lease agreement, coastal zone permits, health care issues, and various invited testifiers.
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Legislative Calendar Weekending 061209
- 1. Monda June 08, 2009 ay, 0 Time: 10:0 00AM Commit ttee: Plan nning and E Environme ental Prote ection Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislativ Hall, St. Thomas y ve . Agenda The Com mmittee on Planning and Envir n g ronmental Protection has sche n eduled a meeting to consid the following item g der ms: Lease A Agreement between t Govern t the nment of th Virgin Is he slands acting throug gh the Dep partment of Property and Procu f urement an Surtep E nd Enterprise Inc. es, Invite Testifiers: ed Honorable Robert S. Mathes t s Mr. Alli ision “Alli Petrus ie” Commisssioner Surtep Enterprisees Departm ment of Pla anning and Natural R d Resources Major C Coastal Zon Permit C ne CZT-5-08W Marriott O W Ownership Resort (S Thomas p St. s), Inc. Invite Testifiers: ed Honorable Robert S. Mathes t s Mr. Aus stin M. Mon nsanto Commisssioner Chairman Departm ment of Pla anning and Natural R d Resources Coastal Zone Man l nagement Commisssion St. T Thomas Senate Ca alendar Page 1
- 2. Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Committee: No Committee Meeting Scheduled ____________________________________________________________________ RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Committee: No Committee Meeting Scheduled Location: RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK Thursday, June 11, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Committee: Health Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas Agenda The Committee on Health will meet to receive testimony on the following items listed on this agenda: 1. Electronic health record implementation Costs Changes in HIPPA legislation Appropriate buy in from private doctors Assistance from the Bureau of Information Technology 2. Uncompensated care status and strategies 3. Status of health insurance availability 2:00 PM- 6:00 PM 4. Allied Health Board Licensing issues for massage therapists, tattoo parlors, microderm abrasion, licensing of dialysis technicians, etc 5. Cancer prevention and treatment programs Senate Calendar Page 2
- 3. Explore and detail linkages between the Department of Health and two hospitals Data collection and recording of a Central Cancer Registry and the re- implementation of such a program Status of the Breast & Cervical Cancer Program 6. Regulatory Oversight Invited Testifiers: Honorable Julia Sheen-Aaron Honorable Wayne Biggs Commissioner, Designee Commissioner Department of Health Department of Licensing & Consumer Affairs Mr. John C. George Ms. Illene Garner Director Director Bureau of Information UVI Cell Technology Mr. John Abramson, Jr. Director GESCH Health Insurance Board _______________________________________________________________________ Friday, June 12, 2009 Time: 9:00 A.M. Committee: Health Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas Agenda The Committee on Health will meet to receive testimony on bill no. 28-0005and the focused outline on the agenda: Bill No. 28-0005 – An Act amending 27 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, subchapter II, Section 34, to require doctors and physicians to disclose any financial ownership or interest in any medical laboratory within or outside the Virgin Islands and from referring patients to a laboratory in which they have financial interest Invited Testifiers: Ms. Deborah Davis Ms. Susan Cranston President President Community Medical Laboratory Cranston Dottin Biomedical Laboratory Senate Calendar Page 3
- 4. Ms. Cynthia Burt Ms. Kit-Ali Freeman President Medical Technologist Doctors Clinical Laboratory Havensight Medical Laboratory Ms. Flerida Jimmenez Mrs. Claudette Young-Hinds Manager Manager Beeston Hill Clinic Laboratory Beeston Hill Clinic Laboratory Ms. Jessica Coursey Manager St. Croix Clinical Laboratory 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM 1. Procurement practices within the Department of Health a) HIV Medication 7 Communicable Disease (i) Status of HIV Medication Disbursement Program, detail improvements made to the Ryan White Programs (ii) Coordination with community health centers (iii) Government procurement practices structure of the Department of Health billing and financial systems (iv) Local government investment in HIV Prevention & Treatment Programs 2. Mental Health/Substance Abuse concerns a) Status of new Eldra Schulterbrandt Annex b) Discussion on the development of a Mental Health Strategic Plan c) Status of the Mental Health Advisory Committee and their role d) Discussion on legislation proposed by NAMI for separation of outpatient mental health services from Schneider Regional Medical Center to the Department of Health e) Parity of mental health services between both health districts f) Substances abuse detailed between the districts 3. Environmental Health concerns a) Status of the Adoption of the Food Code b) Schedule of inspections for various sites and grading policy (restaurants, business, water trucking companies and schools) c) Potential overlap between the Department of Health, Department of Planning and Natural Resources and the Waste Management Authority relative to environmental health concerns d) Waterborne & food borne diseases e) Frequency of public education f) Environmental Health Inspector versus Environmental Health Inspector with Peace Officer status Senate Calendar Page 4
- 5. Invited Testifiers: Ms May Adams Cornwall Honorable Julia Sheen-AAron Executive Director Commissioner, Designee Virgin Islands Waste Management Department of Health Authority Ms. Ivy Moses Ms. Judy Bain Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer HOPE, Inc. Ten Thousand Helpers of St. Croix, Inc. Mr. Roger Dewey Ms. Ona Davis Executive Director President St. Croix Foundation for Community National Alliance on Mental Illness Development Ms. Sandra Phaire Acting Chief Executive Officer VICARE Monday, June 15, 2009 Time: 5:00 PM Committee: Planning and Environmental Protection Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas Agenda TO BE ANNOUNCED _______________________________________________________________________ Senate Calendar Page 5
- 6. Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Time: 9:30 AM Committee: Appropriations and Budget Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas ______________________________________________________________________ Agenda TO BE ANNOUNCED Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Committee: Planning and Environmental Protection Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix Agenda TO BE ANNOUNCED ____________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM Committee: Planning and Environmental Protection Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix Agenda TO BE ANNOUNCED Senate Calendar Page 6
- 7. Thursday, June 18, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Committee: Rules and Judiciary Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix Agenda TO BE ANNOUNCED Friday, June 19, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Committee: Financial Services, Infrastructure and Consumer Affairs Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas Agenda TO BE ANNOUNCED Senate Calendar Page 7