It now goes to the senate. Here is the floor debate leading to the final vote. Nt Public Health bill. H. R. 3922, the championing healthy kids act. This legislation funds a fiveyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program known as chip. Along with a twoyear extension of Community Health centers and numerous other critically important Public Health programs. This bill will deliver Quality Health care and peace of mind to millions of americans. The patients and families helped by this legislation are our neighbors and our friends. More than eight million children receive chipfunded coverage and more than 25 million patients are served by our Community Health centers and other important programs. This fiveyear funding of chip marks one of the longest extensions of the Program Since it was created 20 years ago. The policy we are considering mirrors the bipartisan policy thats been introduced and voted out of our Sister Committee in the United States senate. Funding for these im
Washington journal continues. Is atcongressman paulsen our desk. And nevertheless taken up the issue of the of euro crisis did dust opioid crisis. The opioid crisis. Opioids affect people from all walks of life. Can you give people a sense of how widespread the epidemic is . Minnesota is not one of those states where its been high in the radar the last couple of years, but theres no doubt that the trend has been increasing. It is not just in the urban core. It is affecting people in Rural Communities and the suburbs. Heroin is easily accessible. The death of prince was a fentanyl overdose. In the county i represent, there have been more deaths in may than all of last year. Resources for long person and education is really critical at this time. For Law Enforcement and education is really critical at this time. Host do you think the republican plan to replace the Affordable Care act does some of the things . Guest theres a 15 billion st of money set aside that can be used for Mental Hea
Skilled dependent i urge i urging you to hit the brakes but given what has happened that africans to me and weve started to make that transition i want to make one clarification the budget difference to what ucsf come back to our where we are is not solid one hundred millions it is one hundred Million Dollars and ucsf has an incredible amount of pencil sharon if you recall originally the range is 70 to one hundred Million Dollars but i can imagine and shearling your pencil and have a low tolerance in terms of your conditioncy your risk all of a sudden gets very large so when we have a discussion one hundred a number and 70 is a number to you, we working hard further questions if not well continue to get an update of our results but where we are and weve taken the questions and distributed those for example. Commissioner singer asked for several issues commissioner singer asked questions regarding cost and also and the staff so well make sure. Penalties and staff. I understand okay. Gre
Those opposed . The minutes have been approved. Thank you. Item 3 the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. As you know well known out that we have been successfully moved into a new building. According to our ceo everyone is trying to acclimate to a new building with lots of space. So, i think that will be an ongoing process. We would like to acknowledge and we have Jeff Critchfield here on the medical staff and of course our ceo in roland, many who have done many many hours and getting prepared to move into the new building. The San Francisco General Hospital foundation played a tremendous role in raising support to furnish and equip the building. I dedicated partners at ucsf and public works of turn our shared vision into reality. So kudos to the entire hospital staff, the nursing staff Facilities Management in financial services, i do want to acknowledge it today they tell me they only have 10 orders and they were on 247 during the process to ensure it was up and running