Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, November 6, 2023

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Youth Behavioral Health

The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery will conduct a hybrid public hearing on November 6, 2023, from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM in Hearing Room A-1 on bills relating to Youth Behavioral Health. This hearing will be streamed live and archived under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: For both in-person and virtual/remote testimony, please fill out this FORM: https://forms.office.com/g/3CFGWrBkDU

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 12:00 P.M. Friday, November 3, 2023. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail the day after pre-registration closes 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, and it will not be expanded to include other individuals or panels.

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. There is no deadline on the submission of written testimony. 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 the jointcmte-mentalhealth@malegislature.gov

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. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

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 - 11-6-2023	11/6/2023 1:00 PM	02:02:46

Youth Behavioral Health 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1975	An Act relative to PANDAS/PANS	Josh S. Cutler
S.1266	An Act relative to PANDAS/PANS	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.1979	An Act establishing a child and adolescent behavioral health implementation coordinating council	Marjorie C. Decker
H.1986	Resolve relative to children’s mental health in social media	Denise C. Garlick
H.1999	An Act relative to student mental health	Jack Patrick Lewis
S.1237	An Act relative to student mental health	Joanne M. Comerford
S.1265	An Act to increase substance use prevention and awareness and reduce overdose abandonment	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1271	An Act relative to fetal opioid drug exposure	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1273	An Act relative to the mental health of children in schools	John C. Velis
S.1274	An Act relative to Narcan availability in schools	John C. Velis

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

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