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1/18/2022
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Media Advisory: Health and human services efficiency commission to meet Thursday
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STATE HOUSE – The Special Legislative Commission to Review and Make Recommendations Regarding the Efficient and Effective Administration of Health and Human Services Programs in the State of Rhode Island is scheduled to meet virtually Thursday about developmental disabilities services and state hospitals.
The meeting is scheduled Thursday, Jan. 20, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. via WebEx.
The agenda includes presentations by:
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The Department of Children, Youth and Families and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals on developmental disabilities services
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Looking Upwards Executive Director Carrie Miranda
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Opportunities Unlimited Executive Director Linda Ward
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Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals on state hospitals
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Karen Hazard of Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 808
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State of Rhode Island United Nurses & Allied Professionals Local 5019 President Cynthia Lussier.
No public testimony is planned at this meeting.
The meeting will be televised on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox Channels 15 and 61, in high definition on Cox Channel 1061, on Full Channel on Channel 15 and on Channel 34 by Verizon subscribers. It will also be live streamed at https://www.rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx.
The 11-member commission, led by Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Joshua Miller (D-Dist. 28, Cranston, Providence) and established by a bill (2021-S 0985) sponsored by Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Little Compton, Tiverton, Newport), is to review and make recommendations on how to most efficiently and effectively administer health and human services in the state, including the governance structure. The commission includes Chairman Miller; Senator DiPalma; Sen. Jessica de la Cruz (R-Dist. 23, North Smithfield, Burrillville, Glocester); Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council President and CEO Michael DiBiase; former Rhode Island Health Insurance commissioner Marie Ganim; Matthew Gunnip, president of Local 580, SEIU, AFL-CIO, RI Alliance of Social Service Employees; Tanja Kubas-Meyer, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition for Children and Families; Elena Nicolella, president & CEO of the Rhode Island Health Center Association; Joseph Polisena Jr., Deputy Counsel of Policy in the governor’s office; Tina Spears, executive director of Community Provider Network of Rhode Island; and Susan A. Storti, President and CEO of the Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of Rhode Island.
For more information, contact:
Meredyth R. Whitty, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-1923
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