Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, October 2, 2023

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Behavioral Health Treatment and System Improvements

The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery will conduct a hybrid public hearing on October 2, 2023, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM in A2 and Teams on bills relating to Behavioral Health Treatment and System Improvements. This hearing will be streamed live and archived under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: To provide oral testimony, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/GZUh3GRG2k.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 5:00 P.M. Thursday, September 28, 2023. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in-person on forms provided by Committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of conducting hybrid hearings, legislators and public officials are also requested to pre-register to testify. The Chairs, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn. The Committee will extend this courtesy to legislators and public officials only.

ORAL TESTIMONY – TIME LIMIT: Each individual registered to testify shall be afforded 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within the 3 minute time limit.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Please have each member of the panel fill out the pre-registration form separately and completely. The Chairs will permit either fully in-person panels or fully-remote panels only. Questions related to the registration of panels should be directed to Thomas.Baranowski@mahouse.gov and Gabe.Adams-Keane@masenate.gov

WRITTEN TESTIMONY – DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM: For individuals wishing to provide written testimony ONLY, please do not fill out the form. Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee via E-mail to House Chair at Adrian.Madaro@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair John.Velis@masenate.gov, as well as to Committee staff at jointcmte-mentalhealth@malegislature.gov. Written testimony will be accepted until the bill is acted upon.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: ADA accommodations, such as closed captioning and transcription services, shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies require 3 business days to process any request for services. Requests for services should be submitted through the link below.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On Mental Health, Substance Use And Recovery - 10-2-2023	10/2/2023 1:00 PM	03:17:06

Behavioral Health Treatment and System Improvements 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1963	An Act to promote high value and evidence-based behavioral health care	James Arciero
H.1976	An Act to improve the quality of mental health services, and rights of patients, by providing for sufficient privacy.	Michael S. Day
H.1988	An Act relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments	Patricia A. Haddad
S.1269	An Act relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments	Marc R. Pacheco
H.1989	An Act relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health	Patricia A. Haddad
S.1268	An Act relative to creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within the Department of Mental Health	Marc R. Pacheco
H.1985	An Act building resiliency in communities through mental health	Brandy Fluker Oakley
S.1244	An Act building resiliency in communities through mental health	Julian Cyr
H.2000	An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics	Paul McMurtry
S.1236	An Act relative to benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics	William N. Brownsberger
H.1996	An Act establishing a maternal mental health equity grant program	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.2001	An Act relative to improving mental health care through innovation	Paul McMurtry
H.2014	An Act relative to recovery housing in environmental justice communities	Christopher J. Worrell
S.1262	An Act relative to recovery housing in environmental justice communities	Liz Miranda
H.3602	An Act establishing peer-run respite centers throughout the Commonwealth	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.1238	An Act establishing peer-run respite centers throughout the Commonwealth	Joanne M. Comerford
S.970	An Act relative to suicide prevention signage at certain facilities	Paul R. Feeney
S.1234	An Act to provide more focused care to individuals suffering from mental health and substance related disabilities	Michael D. Brady
S.1251	An Act strengthening prescription drug safety and drug stewardship	John F. Keenan
S.1276	An Act to address mental health and substance use needs	John C. Velis

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

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