White americans. Unfortunately, this information about distrust and medical systems like a significant role on these outcomes. Last monday, had the pleasure speaking with the doctor, an emergency physician visiting professor of health, policy and management and the George Washington University Institute school of Public Health. The doctor previously served as the Health Commissioner for the city of baltimore. She led the nations oldest operating Health Department to fight the Opioid Epidemic and print child health and treat racism as a Public Health issue. The doctor has been a leading voice call for policies and practices during this coronavirus pandemic. On monday we spoken with about the impact of covid19 on communities of color in the u. S. [silence]. I believe we have video to play here. Thank you doctor for joining us. I would like to start off by asking you but the current data but the disparities in the covid19 rates. In the outcomes people of of color around the United States.
Of our native communities. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute. Members and witnesses, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Documents can be sent to rebecca at the email address weve provided. And all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me find that, now that ive said that. I believe that todays hearing is long overdue. Day after day, our nations tribal communities are suffering inequality, unequal access to Drinking Water, energy grid, broadband, and other problems that have created unnecessary hardship and turmoil. And covid19 is exacerbating the existing problems now. And the Navajo Nation has seen rates higher than wuhan, china, during the height of the pandemic. And weve heard repeatedly about the struggles of the native communities to protect against covid19. As the pandemic rages on, access to ppe and testing and proper san
The speaker pro tempore on on this vote the yeas are on this vote the yeas are 226, the are 188. The previous question is ordered. Is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. No. E opposed, the ayes have it. Adopted. Ution is the gentleman from georgia. On that i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the will rise. Ys a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on is vote the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 226. The nays are 189. The resolution is adopted. Without
Vulnerable in any way, but what it says is its a very complicated department of homelessness with h. U. D. Methodology for how many beds or homes they project to be open with some sort of like how you book a plane, they assume people will drop off, which is true, some people have dropped off. Thats where the 1,000 comes from. Good. Thank you. Im looking at a client standpoint. We have a nice chain thats put together to integrate and understand the client, often it seems to me the client actually responds better if there is sort of an individual that they feel is their advocate or their person or their doctor or their is that how were going to also be assigning that somebody will sort of be your key contact and someone that in case you go into crisis, have an issue where you would like to pick up the phone, there would be somebody they could talk to . There could be an individual assigned point person. Yes, some of them are already engaged with an intensive case manager, some of them wi
Is we would be running 41 beds in that facility and maintaining 29 lowbarrier hummingbird beds. In the interim, five people will be moved, provided its clinically indicated or they agree to move to other facilities, to open up a 14bed hummingbird that would last in april. People would be moved from that hummingbird to other hummingbird options and we would reopen to the state of 41 beds. Really pleased that we were able to come to some agreement. I think the staff input and the collective problemsolving let us move in the right direction. The governor just another key piece of news in our rapidly developing Behavioural Health field, the governor signed sb40 into law which helps strengthen our conservatorship and will help more people in what i consider lifesafing conservatorship. We will be able to help people for up to six months, provided they meet a number of criteria with regard to what these bills regarding we see the multiple offers of care. So we are working on this. A work grou