Special Event DetailsPUBLIC HEARING NOTICES on the Holyoke Soldiers Home COVID-19 Outbreak from a Family and Healthcare Proxy Lens - First Hearing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Holyoke Community College

Event Description

We are encouraging as many family members as possible to testify either in person, remotely or to provide written testimony, as this will be their first opportunity to do so in a public forum. First priority will be accorded to family members of both our heroic Veterans that have succumbed to COVID-19 and to those of our surviving residents at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Unfortunately, given COVID protocols and procedures, we may need to extend the hearings where we are soliciting testimony from family members beyond this date. Regardless, we will make every accommodation possible to provide the opportunity for all family members and healthcare proxies to testify.

For individuals looking to testify in person at the hearing on October 20 beginning at 11AM, please fill out this Google Form. The Google Form will remain open until 4PM on October 16th. (To submit via google form, you have to be logged in to a google account.)

If you cannot sign up via Google Form, please email Jessica Avery at jessica.avery@mahouse.gov by 11AM on October 16th. Please make sure to include Special Joint Oversight Committee on the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke COVID-19 Outbreak Testimony Sign Up in the subject line. We also ask that you provide us with your name, organization, phone number, and email that you will use to sign into the hearing. We will follow up with you about how to share testimony with the committee.

If you are not able to attend the in-person hearing on Tuesday, or feel more comfortable participating online, a virtual hearing will take place on Thursday, October 22nd beginning at 12 pm via Microsoft Teams. Please fill out this Google Form by Monday, October 19th, and indicate that you will testify virtually.

You are also invited to send your testimony either as an attached PDF or in the body of an email to Jessica Avery, Research Director, at jessica.avery@mahouse.gov or Hannah Buntich, Chair Timilty’s Chief of Staff, at hannah.buntich@masenate.gov no later than 7:00 pm on October 22, 2020. Please make sure to include the Special Joint Oversight Committee on the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke COVID-19 Outbreak Testimony in the subject line. We also ask you provide the committee with your name, address, organization (if applicable), and phone number.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Jessica or Hannah with any questions or concerns.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Holyoke Soldiers Home COVID-19 Outbreak - Hearing 1	10/20/2020 11:00 AM	03:03:30

Special Event DetailsPUBLIC HEARING NOTICES on the Holyoke Soldiers Home COVID-19 Outbreak from a Family and Healthcare Proxy Lens - First Hearing

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