5915271 Public Hearing on PR 21-0545, Office of Unified Communications Karima Holmes Confirmation Resolution of 2016, B21-0506, Establishment of the Community Health Emergency Link Paramedicine Pilot Program Act of 2015, and B21-0615, Notice in Case ...
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Council of the District of Columbia
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARy
Notice of Public Hearing
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004
Revised and Abbreviated
Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson
Committee on the Judiciary
Announces a Public Hearing on
Proposed Resolution 21-0545, the “Office of Unified Communications Karima Holmes Confirmation Resolution of 2016”
Bill 21-0506, the “Establishment of the Community Health Emergency Link Paramedicine Pilot Program Act of 2015”
and
Bill 21-0615, the “Notice in Case of Emergency Amendment Act of 2016”
Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 1:00 p.m.
Room 412, John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, will hold a public hearing on Proposed Resolution 21-0545, the “Office of Unified Communications Karima Holmes Confirmation Resolution of 2016”, Bill 21-0506, the “Establishment of the Community Health Emergency Link Paramedicine Pilot Program Act of 2015”, and Bill 21-0615, the “Notice in Case of Emergency Amendment Act of 2016”. The hearing will be held in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., at 1:00 p.m. Please note that this notice has been revised and abbreviated to include PR21-0545.
The stated purpose of PR21-0545 is to confirm Karima Holmes as the Director of the Office of Unified Communications, to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
The stated purpose of B21-0506 is to establish a pilot community paramedicine program within the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. Community paramedicine involves the practice by an emergency medical services provider primarily in an out-of-hospital setting of providing episodic patient evaluation, advice, and treatment directed at preventing or improving a particular medical condition.
The stated purpose of B21-0615 is to expand the registration and format of OUC’s medical information profile program; to implement a vehicle and home decal program that alerts emergency responders that the vehicle glove department or the home contains a copy of the individual’s medical information profile; and to require the Department of Motor Vehicles and OUC to develop an emergency medical information profile request form by which OUC can contact interested residents.
The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing should contact Diamond Wade, Legislative Aide, at (202) 727-8204, or via e-mail at dwade@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business, March 18, 2016. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring twenty copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically to dwade@dccouncil.us.
For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at the end of the business day on April 8, 2016.
