Committee on Health Hospital and Human Services

 Agenda

The Committee on Health Hospital and Human Services has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and consider bills

Bill No. 34-0051 An Act amending title 19 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 75, section 4201 relating to fluoridation of water to lower the required minimum amount of fluoride in fresh water distributed for public consumption or for consumption in any schools in the Virgin Islands Sponsored by Senators Marvin A. Blyden and Novelle E. Francis, Jr.

Invited Testifiers:

Honorable Justa E. Encarnacion, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Health

Honorable Racquel Berry-Benjamin, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Education

Honorable Kimberley Causey-Gomez, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Human Services

Noel Hodge, Interim Executive Director, Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority

Moleto M. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, St. Thomas East End Medical Center Corporation .

Dr. Jane Grover, Director, Advocacy for Access and Prevention American Dental Association

Tooka Zokaie, Manager, Fluoridation and Preventive Health Activities American Dental Association

Dr. Sonia Taylor-Griffith, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Dental Association

Tom Bolt, Esq., Legal Counsel, Virgin Islands Dental Association

Masserae Sprauve-Webster, Chief Executive Officer, Frederiksted Health Care, Inc.

Bill No. 34-0040 An Act amending title 27, chapter 1 of the Virgin Islands Code by adding a new subchapter Va. establishing the Nurse Licensure Compact to create a multistate nursing license

Sponsored by Senator Kurt A. Vialet ; Co-Sponsored by Senators Kenneth L. Gittens, Samuel CarriÏŒn, Donna A. Frett-Gregory, and Carla J. Joseph

Invited Testifiers:

Rebecca Fotsch, JD, Director, State Advocacy & Legislative Affairs

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Tanicia Penn, RN, Chairperson, Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure

Honorable Justa E. Encarnacion, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Health

Carmen Vanterpool-Romney, Territorial Executive Director, Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure

Luis O. Amaro, MD, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Regional Medical Center

Ms. Dyma Williams, RN, BSN, MJ, CPHRM, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center