Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services

BLOCK I                                                                                                             10:00 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.

Bill No. 35-0254         An Act amending title 27 Virgin Islands Code by adding a chapter 21A establishing the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Justa “Tita” Encarnacion, Commissioner, Department of Health

Honorable H. Nathalie Hodge, Commissioner, Department of Licensing & Consumer Affairs

BLOCK II                                                                                                                 11:15 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

 Bill No. 35-0295         An Act amending title 19 Virgin Islands Code, part III, chapter 29 requiring the Virgin Islands Department of Health to establish and administer the “Virgin Islands Prescription Drug Monitoring Program” to provide prescription drug monitoring, and for other related purposes.

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Justa “Tita” Encarnacion, Commissioner, Department of Health

Mr. Troy de Chabert Schuster, State Director, AARP

Mr. Danson N. Nganga, PharmD, V.I. Board of Pharmacy