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Council of the District of Columbia
Committee on Health
Notice of Public Hearing
1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004
COUNCILMEMBER YVETTE M. ALEXANDER, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING
on
Bill 20-600, the “Child and Adolescent Diabetes Prevention Act of 2014”
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
2:00 p.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, announces a public hearing on Bill 20-600, the “Child and Adolescent Diabetes Prevention Act of 2014”. The hearing will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building.
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescnets by requiring the Department of Health to establish a pilot lifestyle intervention program in District of Columbia Public Schools, to conduct an epidemiological student of the disease in children and adolescents, and to create an action plan to prevent the growth of Type 2 in children and adolescents.
Those who wish to testify should contact Rayna Smith, Committee Director to the Committee on Health, at 202-741-2111 or via e-mail at rsmith@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Monday, June 16, 2014. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony. If submitted by the close of business on Monday, June 16, 2014, 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 rsmith@dccouncil.us or to mailed to Rayna Smith 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 Wednesday, July 2, 2014.
