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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 20-676, the “Behavioral Health System of Care Act of 2014”
Thursday, October 23, 2014
11:00 a.m., Room 412, 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 20-676, the “Behavioral Health System of Care Act of 2014”. The hearing will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2014 in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building.
The purpose of this bill is to establish a health access project to improve the mental health of children in the District by promoting the integration of mental health care and primary care by increasing pediatric primary care providers’ understanding and ability to treat children and adolescents with mental health issues which can be approximately managed in primary care.
Those who wish to testify should contact Cory Davis, Legislative Assistant to the Committee on Health, at 202-724-8170 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 Tuesday, October 21, 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 Tuesday, October 21, 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 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 Thursday, November 6, 2014.
