Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, December 4, 2023

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Studies and Commissions; Health Plan Requirements

The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery will conduct a hybrid public hearing on Monday, December 4, 2023, from 1:00PM to 5:00PM in Hearing Room A-1 and on Teams on bills relating to Studies and Commissions and Health Plan Requirements. 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/ApeeuSKnLU

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 12:00 PM, Friday, December 1, 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, 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. 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. 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	12/4/2023 1:00 PM	02:01:42

Agenda

Studies and Commissions; Health Plan Requirements 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1977	An Act to identify and eliminate racial and sexual orientation and gender identity disparities in mental health	Marjorie C. Decker
H.1987	An Act establishing a special commission on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, including but not limited to investigation of PTSD caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic	Colleen M. Garry
H.2003	An Act relative to mental health and suicide prevention	Mathew J. Muratore
H.2004	An Act to establish a special task force on best practices for sober homes	Tram T. Nguyen
H.2010	An Act to establish a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community	Orlando Ramos
S.1250	An Act to establish a commission to study substance use disorder and treatment disparities in the minority community	Adam Gomez
H.2012	An Act creating a commission to reform Section 12	Jon Santiago
H.2013	An Act relative to halfway houses	Chynah Tyler
H.3600	An Act relative to discharge from substance use disorder treatment	Kate Donaghue
S.1256	Resolve to ensure delivery of mental health services to adults with acute mental illness	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1264	An Act establishing a special commission to study the prevention of heroin trafficking	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1275	An Act establishing a commission to study the availability of a continuum of care for persons	John C. Velis
H.1997	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.1964	An Act to require equitable payment from the Commonwealth	Ruth B. Balser
H.2006	An Act relative to applied behavioral health clinic rates	James J. O'Day
S.1248	An Act to increase investment in behavioral health care in the Commonwealth	Cindy F. Friedman
S.1249	An Act relative to reducing administrative burden	Cindy F. Friedman
S.1253	An Act to remove administrative barriers to behavioral health services	John F. Keenan
S.1257	An Act relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1267	An Act expanding access to mental health services	Jacob R. Oliveira

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Studies and Commissions; Health Plan Requirements 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

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