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A
Members
who
have
other
committees
and
we're
going
to
be
running
between
committees,
so
we
are
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
this
meeting
to
order.
This
is
the
fifth
meeting
of
the
house
standing
committee
on
health
services
and
I'd
like
to
go
ahead
and
call
the
meeting
to
order
and
DJ.
Please
take
the
role.
C
A
I'm
here,
okay,
we
have
in
a
quorum
established
to
do
business
and
we
are
going
to
go
right
ahead.
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
our
friends
from
Special
Olympics
for
being
with
us
today.
If
you
could,
please
stand
and
be
recognized
and
I
just
really
want
to
say,
I
appreciate
all
of
your
work.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Okay.
First,
we
are
going
to
take
up
House
Bill
176..
We
have
representative
nemus
and
please,
if
you
have
any
guests,
have
them
introduce
themselves
for
the
record
and
you
do
the
same.
Thank.
A
A
We
do
have
a
committee
sub
I'd
like
to
entertain
a
motion
on
the
sub
motion.
Do
we
have
a
second?
Second,
all
in
favor
of
adopting
the
sub
any
opposed?
Okay,
please
proceed.
Thank.
G
You,
madam
chairwoman,
I'm
going
to
say
just
a
few
brief
remarks
and
then
hand
it
over
to
somebody
who
actually
knows
what
she's
talking
about
a
whole
lot
more
than
me
anyway.
I
want
to
say
the
Kentucky
Nurses
Association
brought
this
bill
to
my
attention
in
order
to
prevent
violence
or
help
prevent
violence
in
health
care
settings
and
to
protect
our
our
workers.
48
percent
of
nurses
report
an
increase
in
workplace
violence,
63
percent
of
medical
providers
report
injuries
from
violent
attacks.
G
Healthcare
workers
are
five
times
more
likely
to
experience
Workforce
Workforce
violence
than
other
Industries
any
other
industry
and
39
States
haven't
enacted
some
forms
of
workplace,
violent
prevention
legislation,
and
now
it's
now
is
our
turn
in
the
Commonwealth.
To
do
the
same.
Miss
Hester
is
going
to
talk
about
the
bill
and
other
aspects.
Other
issues
and
we'll
take
questions.
H
Informing
me
to
zoom
in
from
work
I
really
really
appreciate
that
I'm,
like
a
representative
Moser,
said
I'm,
taking
a
quick
lunch
break
to
step
out
and
talk
to
you
guys
today
about
something
that
can
affect
every
healthcare
worker
within
our
state.
A
little
background
on
the
Kentucky
nurses,
Nurses
Association.
It
was
established
in
1906
and
we
represent
90
000
nurses
within
the
Commonwealth.
H
Each
of
those
nurses
within
the
state
are
represented,
regardless
of
their
specialty
or
their
fields
within
nursing,
and
there
are
80
different
practice
types.
Within
this
state
alone,
nurses
can
prize
nationally
a
53.3
percent
of
the
entire
Health
Care
Workforce,
and
there
are
4.4
million
nurses
within
the
United
States,
like
all
other
health
care
professions,
the
need
for
nurses
is
great.
It's
very
important
to
focus
on
the
retention
of
nurses
in
the
current
work
field.
One
way
of
ensuring
retainability
is
to
Harbor
a
safe
workplace
by
implementing
a
Workforce
violence
prevention
program.
A
B
Representative
Bentley
representative
bratcher,
yes,
representative,
Bray,
representative
Burke,
representative
Callaway,
yes,
representative,
Dodson,
representative
Duvall,
yes,
representative,
Fraser,
Gordon,.
A
B
C
C
A
A
J
A
J
J
Now
this
doesn't
mean
that
a
parent
Guardian
anybody
else
that
has
the
responsibility
of
that
child
does
not
if
they
want
him
to
have
a
covered
shot.
That's
fine!
That's
not
what
this
bill
is
about.
This
bill
is
basically
about
the
CDC
recommended
that
coveted
shots
become
more
like
flu
shots
and
what
my
fear
is
is
if
we
don't
decide
that
the
parent
or
Guardian
is
the
one
responsible
for
these
children
to
receive
coveted
shots.
J
A
E
Thank
you
before
we
vote
it.
I
just
wanted
to
record
that
I
will
be
a
no
vote
today,
as
you
can
appreciate,
I
believe
that
in
our
public
settings
it's
utmost
important
for
us
to
ensure
that
folks
are
vaccinated
for
public
health
reasons
and
I'm
respectfully.
You
know
understand
that
we
just
have
a
disagreement
of
opinion
here,
but
I
think
that
you
know
for
a
long
time
in
terms
of
public
settings
and
public
schools,
we've
acquired
vaccinations
and
they're
all
Alternatives.
E
If
a
family
member
does
not
wish
to
vaccinate,
that's
why
we
have
homeschool
and
I
think
in
our
public
settings
we
have
a
social
responsibility
to
ensure
that
we
are
vaccinating
against.
You
know
diseases
of
various
diseases,
viruses
and
that's
why
I'll
be
voting
no.
Today,
okay,.
A
Thank
you
for
representing
for
work
and
this
in
no
way
diminishes
the
the
value
of
vaccines.
Just
this
just
gives
parents
a
choice
in
K-12
only
only
for
this
specific
vaccine-
and
this
is
being
treated
much
like
the
flu
vaccine,
where
the
variant
is
different
every
season,
and
so
that's
why
we
felt
like
it
was
important
to
give
parents
a
choice
and
not
mandate
this.
So
any
other
discussion.
C
F
C
A
A
C
K
Next
bill
we
will
hear
today
is
House
Bill
156
with
representative
Dawson.
If
you
would
make
your
way
forward
with
any
testimony
that
you
have
with
you
today,
if
you
don't
mind,
go
ahead
and
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
begin
absolutely.
L
Representative
Myron
dice
at
9th
District.
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen.
Two
years
ago
we
passed
legislation
to
allow
for
essential
caregivers
in
our
nursing
home
hospitals
to
allow
family
members
to
be
able
to
visit
loved
ones
that
may
be
in
one
of
these
type
of
facilities.
In
doing
so,
we
forgot
psychiatric
facilities
that
would
treat
as
well
private
psychiatric
facilities.
We
did
include
the
state
run,
but
House
Bill
156
will
guarantee
that
essential.
L
Caregivers
will
go
into
these
type
of
of
psychiatric
treatments,
centers,
which
handle
children
from
the
age
to
4
to
21..
I've
had
two
young
people
that
have
contact.
Families
have
reached
out
to
me
over
the
last
three
months
that
their
children
were
taken
to
these
placed
in
for
72
hours,
they're
under
covid
lockdown,
and
no
ability
for
any
family
member
to
see
that
child.
So
we.
K
We
do
have
a
motion
in
a
second.
Do
we
have
any
discussion
before
we
take
a
vote,
seeing
none
clerk
called
the
role.
E
C
C
E
G
K
K
M
M
M
Great,
thank
you
Mr
chairman.
Thank
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
to
the
Family
Health
Services.
The
committee
side
was
very,
very
simple.
It
actually
just
inserted
a
couple
words,
so
it's
not
Monumental
it's
just
more
of
a
clarification
between
University
of
University
of
Louisville
and
uofl
health.
So
that's
basically
all
it
is.
But
let
me
go
and
talk
about
the
the
bill
itself.
M
A
couple
years
ago,
I,
actually
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
I
was
reading
article
Wall,
Street,
Journal
and
I
was
toward
the
end
of
the
article.
I
basically
talked
about
an
app
that
goes
on
phone
devices
whereby
middle
school
and
high
schoolers
can
access
mental
health
professionals
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
for
a
crisis
intervention.
M
Since
that
time,
I've
worked
with
several
legislators
in
the
University
of
Utah
I'm,
not
University,
of
Utah,
but
State
Utah,
the
general
assembly
members,
as
well
as
uofl
health
and
I,
just
want
to
put
a
plug
about
uofl
health
they've
jumped
in
the
very
beginning
to
to
help
cultivate
and
get
this
to
where
it
is
today,
and
this
is
a
really
a
dynamic
and
I
think
a
pretty
much
of
a
needle
mover
when
it
comes
to
helping
our
kids
out
when
they
come
across
a
very
significant
crisis
situation.
M
M
In
addition,
it
creates
an
Advisory
Board
to
guide
counsel
and
provide
a
resource
for
uvl
health.
These
members
basically
come
across
from
provides
a
wide
spectrum
of
disciplines
and
basically
those
those
members
of
those
council
is
outlining
the
bill.
It
enables
safe
KY
to
create
Implement
and
maintain
an
app
for
middle
and
high
schoolers
college
students
to
access
mental
health
professionals
to
help
divert
crisis
and
provide
some
guidance.
M
It
also
has
a
good
reporting
requirement
so
when
they
can
come
back
and
show
us
how
things
are
being
successful
and
so
forth,
but
their
ultimate
goal
goal
is
to
go
through
a
pilot
project
for
this
coming
year
or
this
year
and
then
implement
this
throughout
the
state.
We
do
have
a
couple
schools
that
are
interested
in
this
and
uofl
health
will
basically
cultivate
those
relationships,
as
well
as
law
enforcement,
to
help
those
things
out
so
I'm
going
to
have
Liz
sort
of
give
a
little
more
detail
about
this,
say
Kentucky.
D
Thank
you,
representative,
Fleming,
safe
KY
will
be
an
app
that
is
loaded
on
phone
and
through
that
app
an
individual,
whether
that's
a
student,
whether
that's
a
parent,
whether
that
is
a
school
official,
will
be
able
to
text
anytime.
They
have
an
emergency
concern
that
may
involve
mental
health.
If
they
become
aware
that
a
student
may
be
aware
that
there's
a
weapon
on
campus
or
if
they
have
are
having
thoughts
of
self-harm
or
harming
others,
they
can
send
a
text.
We
know
with
our
youth.
D
That
text
is
the
preferred
form
of
communication
and
currently
89
percent
of
teens
carry
a
cell
phone,
so
this
would
be
an
opportunity
for
them
to
reach
out.
We
would
have
a
licensed
person
on
the
other
end
of
the
text
they
can
reach
out
anonymously.
We
would
then
connect
them
with
either
law
enforcement
or
school
officials
or
a
trusted
adult,
maybe
a
parent
or
other
adult,
so
that
they
can
then
help
in
resolving
the
crisis
situation.
M
I
also
want
to
add
Mr
chairman
that
this
basically
complements
9-1-1
or
988
I
should
say.
Basically
it's
sometimes
it's
hard
to
remember
a
number
all
the
student
does
is
like
you
know,
they're
basically
face
plant
in
this
thing
right
here,
and
they
basically
have
this
app
right
there
in
front
of
them
where
they
can
go
and
access
a
mental
health
professional.
So
that's
that's,
really
a
really
good
benefit
and
once
again
it
complements
the
988.
M
The
other
thing
I
want
to
mention.
We
have
a
motion
on
the
bill.
M
Yeah,
if
you
don't
mind,
because
I
I
think
this
is
really
a
Monumental
thing
that
you're
voting
on
today,
because
a
lot
of
these
calls
come
in
between
11
p.m
and
3
A.M
and
sometimes
you
know
we're
parents
and
we're
we're
sleeping,
and
so
they
will
call
this
app
make
sure
they
make
sure
that
things
are
taken
care
of,
and
so
they
address
the
student
and
their
in
their
needs
and
so
forth.
So
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is.
M
This
is
a
Monumental
I
think
thing
thing
that
you're
voting,
voting
for
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
very
implemental,
implemental
and
very
important
for
for
the
life
of
our
kids.
K
D
We've
talked
with
some
of
the
988
representatives
in
the
state.
We
currently
have
10
different
call
centers.
That
answer
988
calls
only
one
or
two
of
them
at
this
point
are
able
to
take
texts,
and
since
this
is
designed
as
a
primarily
text
and
chat
feature,
it's
meant
for
us
to
become
aware
of
that,
and
then
we
can
also
Loop
in
the
988
or
911
services,
if
needed.
I
K
You
thank
you.
I'd
have
another
question
here,
representative
Winton.
F
D
We
do
not
collect
any
information
at
all
when
answering
the
phone,
nor
do
you
have
to
put
in
information
to
register
for
the
app.
If
we
became
aware
that
someone
had
threatened
harm
on
others,
we
can
pass
along
the
IP
information
to
law
enforcement
and
they
can
then,
through
their
channels,
try
to
discover
if
it
is
a
privately
owned
phone
where
it
may
be
coming
from,
but
otherwise
there
is
no.
It
ensures
anonymity
and
I
think
that's
part
of
the
appeal
and
why
students
feel
comfortable
in
reaching
out.
C
C
K
K
If
you
would
representative
make
your
way
to
the
table
and
give
us
your
name
for
the
record,
and
also
your
the
name
of
your
guest
on
Zoom.