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Council of the District of Columbia
Committee on Health and Human Services
Notice of Public Hearing
1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004
COUNCILMEMBER YVETTE M. ALEXANDER, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING
on
Bill 21-6, the “Healthy Hearts of Babies Act of 2015”
Monday, February 2, 2015
11:00 a.m., Room 500, John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Human Services, announces a public hearing on Bill 21-6, the “Healthy Hearts of Babies Act of 2015”. The hearing will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 2, 2015 in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building.
The purpose of this bill is to require hospitals and maternity centers to perform critical congenital heart defect screenings on newborns using pulse oximetry prior to discharge.
Those who wish to testify should contact Cory Davis, Legislative Assistant to the Committee on Health and Human Services, at 202-741-0904 or via e-mail at cdavis@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony. If submitted by the close of business on Thursday, January 29, 2015, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the hearing. Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses.
For those unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements can be emailed to cdavis@dccouncil.us or to mailed to Cory Davis at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 115, Washington, D.C., 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 2015.
