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Calendars Bi-Weekly Senate Calendar Session Agenda × General Senators Committees Media Calendars Contact Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services BLOCK I 9:30A.M.-11:00A.M Bill No. 35-0187- An Act amending title 19, part V, chapter 45, by adding subchapter XI, titled Extreme Risk Protection Orders, to allow a family or household member, law enforcement officer, healthcare worker, educator or co-worker to intervene and file a court petition to temporarily confiscate and ban a person’s access to guns for one year if that person is deemed to be a risk to themselves or others, INVITED TESTIFIER(S): Ms. Ariel Smith, Attorney General The Honorable Ray Martinez, Commissioner, Virgin Islands Police Department The Honorable Just “Tita” Encarnacion, Commissioner, Department of Health The Honorable Dionne Wells-Hedrington, Commissioner, Department of Education The Honorable Averil George, Commissioner Nominee, Department of Human Services LUNCH 12:05 PM.-12:35 PM BLOCK II 12:40 PM-2:15 PM Bill No. 35-0173, An Act amending title 5 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 201, by adding a subchapter V enacting the Safe Haven Newborn Protection Act to provide a mechanism for a newborn infant to be relinquished to a safe environment, for the parents of the newborn infant to remain anonymous if they choose and avoid civil or criminal liability for the act of relinquishing the newborn infant, Sponsored by Senator Angel L. Bolques, Jr. INVITED TESTIFIER(S): The Honorable Averil George, Commissioner Nominee, Department of Human Services Ms. Carla E. Benjamin, ME. ED. MSW, CSW, CPM, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Human Services Mr. Douglas Koch, Chief Executive Officer, Juan F. Louis Hospital Ms. Tina Comissiong, Esq., MPA, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Regional Medical Center Mr. Sydney Elskoe, Assistant Commissioner, Virgin Islands Police Department Mr. Antonio Stevens, Acting Director, V.I. Fire and Emergency Medical Service Mr. Robert Bryan, NRP, EMS Chief, V.I. Fire and Medical Emergency Medical Services Mr. Victor Adams, EMS Chief, V.I. Fire and Medical Emergency Medical Services Ms. Leah Kipley, Assistant Director, National Safe Haven Alliance Ms. Heather Burner, Rn, BSN, Executive Director, National Safe Haven Alliance Ms. Anya Stuart, Executive Director, Family Resource Center Ms. Darian Torrice-Hairson, Executive Director, Nana Baby Children’s Home BLOCK III 2:25 PM-3:40 PM Bill No. 35-0194- An Act amending title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 10, section 111(a) requiring the Commissioner of Education to hire a School Health Technician for every public school in the Territory. INVITED TESTIFIER(S): The Honorable Justa E. “Tita” Encarnación, Commissioner, The Department of Health The Honorable Dionne Wells-Hedrington, Commissioner, Department of Education BLOCK IV 3:45PM-5:00PM INVITED TESTIFIER(S): Honorable Justa E. Encarnacion, Commissioner, Department of Health Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning & Natural Resources Mr. Daryl D. Jaschen, Director, Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency Mr. Roger E. Merritt Jr., Executive Director, Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority Mr. Antonio Stevens, Acting Director, V.I. Fire and Emergency Medical Service The Honorable Dionne Wells-Hedrington, Commissioner, Department of Education + Add to Google Calendar + iCal / Outlook export Tags: 35-0173 , 35-0187 , Antonio Stevens , Anya Stuart , Ariel Smith , Averil George , Bovoni landfill , Carla E. Benjamin , Darian Torrice-Hairson , Daryl D. Jaschen , Dionne Wells-Hedrington , Douglas Koch , health effects , Heather Burner , Just “Tita” Encarnacion , Justa E. Encarnacion , Leah Kipley , mitigation , potential risks , Ray Martinez , Robert Bryan , Roger E. Merritt Jr. , Sydney Elskoe , Tina Comissiong , Victor Adams Date Dec 06 2023 Expired! Time 9:30 am Location Earle B. 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