Live now to discussion with main senator angus king who joins Healthcare Providers and Bipartisan Policy Center experts on the use of telehealth during the covid pandemic. Health team led by, Catherine Hayes and others. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Bipartisan Policy Center we were established a a little over a decade ago by four former majority leaders, senator bob dole, late senator howard baker on the republican side. Senator tom daschle and senator George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell from the great state of maine which youll hear shortly his estate, very well represented here this morning. The country is indeed, indeed the world quite frankly is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic caused untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Healthcare Providers are struggling to provide Critical Care under some very difficult conditions. But if there is any good, and theres that much, but if theres any good to come out of this virus,
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition . Mr. Butterfield as the member designated by mr. Price of North Carolina, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Price will vote yes, he will vote yes on h. Con. Res 11. As the member designated by mr. Carson of indiana excuse me, mr. Speaker mr. Carson of indiana, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Carson will vote yes, he will vote yes on h. Con. Res 11. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition . Mr. Garcia as the member designated by mr. Grijalva of arizona, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that mr. Grijalva will vote yes on h. Con. Res 11. As the member designated by ms. Ocasiocortez of new york, pursuant to h. Res. 8, i inform the house that ms. Ocasiocortez will vote yes on h. Con. Res 11. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Stanton as the
Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
That. Thats one reason we now have psychiatrists a psychiatrist and a psychiatric Nurse Practitioner on the ride along with us. They have been extremely helpful when we approach that individual and recognize that this person does not have the capacity to care for themselves. So address your question specifically, we have a very Good Relationship with the police, but at times, it seems their mission is different than ours, and we are able to help the people that need help with the Behavioral Health team of street medicine. Commissioner veronese so i thank you for that explanation. And i think whats important for this commission to hear is that the Police Officers job is part of the criminal justice job. Theyre part of the criminal justice program. And i would assume its my opinion that theres many people in this room that would agree, that if somebody is unable to care for themselves or they have some mental instability, and thats typically what it is, that thats not Law Enforcements jo
Feel that something must be done. So one route of placing them on hold wouldi be special calling of Police Officers. Police officers are quick to place someone on hold that are a harm to themselves. But disabled is another, and Police Officers in my opinion are not the best agency to do that. Thats one reason we now have psychiatrists a psychiatrist and a psychiatric Nurse Practitioner on the ride along with us. They have been extremely helpful when we approach that individual and recognize that this person does not have the capacity to care for themselves. So address your question specifically, we have a very Good Relationship with the police, but at times, it seems their mission is different than ours, and we are able to help the people that need help with the Behavioral Health team of street medicine. Commissioner veronese so i thank you for that explanation. And i think whats important for this commission to hear is that the Police Officers job is part of the criminal justice job.