Committee Agenda-02-25-2025 — Health, Hospitals and Human Services, 25 February 2025
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOSPITALS & HUMAN SERVICES The Honorable Ray Fonseca CHAIRMAN 36th Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands Capitol Building, P.O. Box 1690 Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 00804 (340) 693-3577 Email: senatorrayfonseca@legvi.org TO: Honorable Hubert L. Frederick, Vice-Chair Honorable Marvin A. Blyden Honorable Alma Francis-Heyliger Honorable Kenneth L. Gittens Honorable Milton E. Potter Honorable Kurt A. Vialet FROM: Honorable Ray Fonseca _ Chairman, Committee on Health, Hospitals & Human Services DATE: February 10, 2025 RE: AGENDA -Committee Hearing Please be advised that the Committee on Health, Hospitals & Human Services will be conducting a hearing on Tuesday, February 25 ,2025, at 10:00 a.m., in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room, on St. Croix. BLOCK I____________________________________________________10:00AM-1:00PM The Committee will receive testimony regarding the strategic plan to address staffing shortages and the reduction of emergency room wait-times at both hospital facilities. …
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOSPITALS & HUMAN SERVICES The Honorable Ray Fonseca CHAIRMAN 36th Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands Capitol Building, P.O. Box 1690 Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 00804 (340) 693-3577 Email: senatorrayfonseca@legvi.org TO: Honorable Hubert L. Frederick, Vice-Chair Honorable Marvin A. Blyden Honorable Alma Francis-Heyliger Honorable Kenneth L. Gittens Honorable Milton E. Potter Honorable Kurt A. Vialet FROM: Honorable Ray Fonseca _ Chairman, Committee on Health, Hospitals & Human Services DATE: February 10, 2025 RE: AGENDA -Committee Hearing Please be advised that the Committee on Health, Hospitals & Human Services will be conducting a hearing on Tuesday, February 25 ,2025, at 10:00 a.m., in the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room, on St. Croix. BLOCK I____________________________________________________10:00AM-1:00PM The Committee will receive testimony regarding the strategic plan to address staffing shortages and the reduction of emergency room wait-times at both hospital facilities. Also, the members will be presented with an overview on the territory’s MAP program and the boarder crisis in the Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Regional Medical Center and the Schneider Regional Medical Center. INVITED TESTIFIER(S): The Honorable Averil E. George Commissioner, Department of Human Services Ms. Tina M. Commissiong, Esq., MPA Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Regional Medical Center Ms. Hazel Philbert Chief Operating Officer, Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Regional Medical Center COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOSPITALS & HUMAN SERVICES The Honorable Ray Fonseca CHAIRMAN 36th Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands Capitol Building, P.O. Box 1690 Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 00804 (340) 693-3577 Email: senatorrayfonseca@legvi.org Mrs. Darlene Carty-Baptiste Chief Executive Officer, Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Regional Medical Center Mr. Christopher Finch Former-Chairman, Virgin Islands Government Health and Hospital Corporation Mr. Edgar Phillips Resident St. Thomas, USVI BLOCK II_____________________________________________________1:30PM-4:30PM The members will receive an overview on the designs including final completion target dates of the Herbert Grigg Nursing Home, Queen Louise Home for the Aged, Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center, Schneider Regional Medical Center, Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Center, and the Department of Human Services Complex, on St. Thomas. INVITED TESTIFIER(S): The Honorable Averil E. George Commissioner, Department of Human Services Mr. Christopher Finch Former- Chairman, Virgin Islands Government Health and Hospital Corporation Mr. Darryl Smalls Executive Director, Facilities and Capital Development, Territorial Hospitals Redevelopment Team Mr. Jerry Smith Chairman, Virgin Islands Government Health and Hospital Corporation