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SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery will hold a bill hearing on bills relative to opioids and the opioid crisis. To view the full list of bills being heard\, visit the hearing page. \nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Co-Chairs Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Adrian Madaro. \nPlease be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chair per Committee rules. \nThose who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing this form. The deadline to submit the form for persons planning to testify is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, October 21. The Committee will provide a link to join the public hearing to those who sign up to testify. Constituents planning to testify are encouraged to alert Sen. Comerford by emailing jo.comerford@masenate.gov. \nWritten testimony will be accepted through the Google Form. To submit written testimony after the Google Form closes\, you need to first create an account for MyLegislature by following these instructions. If you already have a MyLegislature account\, click here. The deadline to submit testimony for bills in this hearing through your MyLegislature account is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, November 25. \nThe hearing can be viewed via the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website. \nPlease contact committee staff with any questions at Amanda.Graff@mahouse.gov and Elizabeth.Ganz@masenate.gov.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-mental-health-substance-use-and-recovery-hearing-16/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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SUMMARY:Office Hours with Senator Jo Comerford
DESCRIPTION:Senator Jo Comerford and her team seek to be as accessible as possible to constituents living in the 24 cities and towns of the Hampshire\, Franklin\, Worcester district. Sen. Comerford and District Director Elena Cohen will be holding virtual office hours on select days this fall via Zoom (call-in option available). \nEach virtual office hour appointment is scheduled to last up to 25 minutes. To sign up for an appointment\, click here.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/office-hours-with-senator-jo-comerford/
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CATEGORIES:Office Hours
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SUMMARY:Racial Inequities in Maternal Health Commission Meeting & Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:The Racial Inequities in Maternal Health Commission will hold a remote public meeting and listening session. This public listening session will be held as the third of four listening sessions focused on geographically diverse regions across the Commonwealth \nIt is anticipated that public testimony via the remote hearing will begin at approximately 6:00 pm\, following the close of the Commission business. The listening session will focus on maternal health efforts and experiences in the Metro West and Central Massachusetts Regions. The Commission is especially interested in hearing from People of Color\, including maternal health practitioners\, birthing people\, birthing partners\, mothers\, fathers\, and other family members affected by maternal mortality or severe maternal morbidity. \nThe Commission was established by Chapter 348 of the Acts of 2020\, An Act to reduce racial inequities in maternal health. The goal of the Commission over the next year is to listen and learn from regions throughout the state. The testimony received from the listening sessions on strategies to optimize the experience and outcomes of birth for Black women will be used to inform a report and legislative recommendations. Commission members are especially interested in learning about best practices\, and barriers to accessing care. To that end\, your experiences\, expertise\, and testimony will be critical. \nInterested participants can sign up to testify and/or submit written testimony using this link: https://bit.ly/rimh1025 . The Commission asks those testifying to limit their remarks to three minutes to ensure that there is time for everyone to speak. Those testifying live are also warmly welcome to submit written testimony. The Commission welcomes written remarks of any length. Due to limited spaces on the Microsoft Teams Meeting\, everyone who is not testifying is asked to view the hearing via the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the Massachusetts Legislature’s website. \nShould you have questions or want to suggest others in the Metro West and Central Mass Regions who should receive an invitation to share testimony with the Commission\, do not hesitate to reach out to Gabrielle “Kate” Alicante\, who staffs the Commission and works for Chair Decker as a Research Analyst with the Joint Committee on Public Health\, at gabrielle.alicante@mahouse.gov  and Brian Rosman in Chair Comerford’s office at brian.rosman@masenate.gov.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/racial-inequities-in-maternal-health-commission-meeting-listening-session/
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