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A
A
All
right,
we
have
a
quorum,
we're
established
to
do
business.
The
single
item
on
the
agenda
today
is
senate
bill
133
an
act
relating
to
reorganization,
the
sponsor
senator
steven
meredith
senator
meredith.
If
you'd
like
to
come
to
the
table,
introduce
yourself
and
begin
your
testimony
whenever
you're
ready.
A
A
C
C
At
all
understands
the
complexity
of
our
cabinet
for
health
and
family
services,
and
that's
part
of
the
reasons
we
passed
senate
joint
resolution
60
earlier
in
the
session
to
look
at
reorganizing
that
cabinet
and
trying
to
be
more
efficient,
more
effective,
more
responsive
and
that's
what
the
understanding
of
the
cabinet,
in
fact,
we're
looking
forward
to
working
with
them
during
the
interim
to
try
to
improve
this
cabinet
and
their
operations,
and
the
thing
that
caught
my
attention
about
this
in
particular,
is
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
our
our
telehealth
and
our
data
analytics.
C
You
know
that's
kind
of
a
new
venture
for
us
and
it's
kind
of
a
place
that
doesn't
fit
anywhere,
particularly
so.
We've
got
a
lot
of
moving
parts
of
this
thing
and
I
think
it's
going
to
serve
as
the
foundation
for
our
discussions.
If
we
pass
the
syndrome
resolution
through
the
house
as
well,
but
serve
as
a
foundation
for
our
discussion
this
during
the
interim
as
to
how
we
can
more
effectively
reorganize
that
cabinet
and
do
the
things
that
we're
tempting
to
to
do.
D
Thank
you,
senator
hello.
My
name
is
kelly.
Rodman,
I'm
with
the
office
of
legislative
regulatory
affairs
with
the
cabinet.
I
thank
you
chairman
alvarado.
Thank
you
committee.
Thank
you.
Senator
meredith,
and
this
is
our
reor
senate
bill.
133
is
our
reorganization
bill.
As
many
of
you
all
may
remember.
D
When
we
first
came
into
when
the
secretary
first
came
in
two
years
ago,
he
had
even
made
comments
on
how
he
had
liked
some
of
the
changes
that
had
happened
to
the
cabinet
in
his
few
years
that
he
had
been
away
one
of
those
but
as
we
have
gone
through
the
past
two
years,
there's
a
few
things
that
he
has
seen
that
he
would
like
to
streamline.
There's
a
few
things
that
he
has
liked
that
he
wanted
to
bring
into
different
areas
of
the
cabinet,
and
so
that's
what
this
reorganization
bill.
D
Does
it's
a
little
confusing
and
I
will
say
that
because
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
not
listed
in
the
actual
bill,
and
that
is,
I
know
those
are
some
questions
that
I
have
already
received,
but
they
are
in
the
plan
that
has
been
filed
by
to
the
legislative,
research,
commission
and
the
director's
office.
So
it
is
on
file
at
this
point
in
time.
D
D
What
we
have
seen
is
this
is
one
thing
that
needs
to
be
probably
streamlined,
and
the
secretary
is
requesting
to
bring
that
up
into
this
office
of
the
secretary
so
that
it
has
a
direct
link
to
the
secretary
and
very
quick
response.
It
would
be
con
it'd
be
very
equal
to
my
position
at
the
office
of
legislative
regulatory
affairs
and
the
budget
office,
so
that
there
will
be
a
dotted
line
if
you
will
to
individuals
in
each
of
the
agencies.
D
D
Public
health,
whichever
agency
allowing
us
to
have
some
streamline,
allowing
them
to
have
a
little
bit
quicker
response
time
and
to
be
able
to
be
an
owner
to
their
own
individual
data.
So
that's
the
big
one
with
the
we
will
be
having
because
of
the
way
it's
written
in
statute,
we
will
have
to
abolish
and
reassign
it
or
re-recreate
it.
So
the
division
for
health
benefit
exchange
will
stay
under
the
office
of
with
this
committee,
sub
will
stay
under
the
office
data
analytics
help.
D
The
division
of
telehealth
will
be
along
with
the
division
of
kentucky
exchange.
Information
exchange
will
both
of
those
will
move
over
to
the
office
of
inspector
general.
The
secretary
believes
that
this
is
a
great
move,
because
it
keeps
the
programs
where
programs
need
to
be
so
that
the
health
care
providers
that
are
being
regulated
all
have
one
agency
to
fall
under
versus
having
two
different
agencies
to
fall
under.
D
It
would
combine
to
one
what
is
not
written
in
the
bill,
but
that
is
in
the
plan
is
that
dcbs
would
be
creating
a
new
division
of
prevention
and
in
that
division
of
prevention,
and
I
apologize,
but
I
can't
remember
all
my
titles
here:
division
of
prevention
and
community
well-being.
They
will
also
have
three
branches
that
I
would
like
to
touch
on,
and
that
would
be
the
pr
primary
prevention
branch,
the
community
response
and
well-being
branch
and
the
prevention,
evidence-based
practice
branch.
So
that
is
something
that
we
look
forward
to.
D
You
have
heard
throughout
the
interim
and
throughout
the
two
years,
the
past
two
years
that
we
have
wanted
to
grow
and
change
and
make
dcbs
a
little
bit
more
modern
and
bringing
it
into
several
different
into
the
21st
century.
If
you
will-
and
so
that's
something
that
we
are
looking
to
do,
the
other
big
piece
that
would
change
that
isn't
seen
is
behavioral
health,
the
department
of
better
health.
We
have
two.
Today
we
have
the
division
of
behavioral
health.
D
We
will
be
abolishing
it
and
creating
two
new
divisions
and
again
bringing
us
up
to
the
situation.
We
are
today
in
different
types
using
today's
language,
so
one
of
those
will
be
the
division
of
mental
health
and
then
the
second
division
will
be
the
division
of
substance,
use
disorder,
so
moving
us
more
into
being
in
line
with
situations
and
issues
and
concerns
that
are
really
impacting
our
state.
There
are
several
name
changes
that
are
going
to
be
doing
the
same
thing:
there's
no
hit,
there's
nothing
hidden.
A
Very
good,
thank
you.
So
any
questions
from
the
members
of
the
committee
senator
nemes.
E
Yes,
how
many
employees
will
be
affected?
I
mean
I
know
they're
changing
I
mean
is:
are
you
adding
employees,
subtracting
employees.
D
E
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
senator
meredith.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
the
big
picture
with
all
this.
We
still
hope
to
move
forward
to
study
this
summer,
the
structure
of
medicaid
or
the
structure
of
the
cabinet
and
maybe
breaking
it
up.
That's
still,
we
still
hope
to
move
forward
with
that
correct.
C
We
most
certainly
do
whenever
secretary
freelander
and
ms
rodman
approached
him
about
doing
this
bill.
It
was
with
understanding
that
we
were
going
to
take
a
deep
dive
on
this
this
summer,
and
this
just
kind
of
gives
maybe
gives
us
a
starting
point
on
all
this,
because
you
can
see
from
this
a
lot
of
moving
parts
of
this
thing
and
there's
going
to
be
some
opportunities.
I
believe-
and
I
think
they
concur-
that
we
can.
We
can
do
a
better
job
with
all
these
functions
and
kind
of
chris
cynicism.
C
Anyone
it's
just
such
a
big
cabinet
that
we
we
have
to
take
a
harder
look
at
this.
So,
yes,
this
will
not
impact
that
center
joint
resolution
60
that
task
force
again.
I
think
it
just
gives
us
a
starting
point.
Excellent.
E
And
kelly,
thank
you
for
being
here
this
morning.
It's
always
good
to
see
you,
I
and
I,
from
my
understanding.
There
was
a
point
in
the
past
where
there,
the
cabinet
was
more,
was
not
as
big
and
it
had
absorbed
more
as
time
went
by
and
there
there
was
when
there
was
more
separation.
There
were
issues
with
that.
Do
you
do
you
have
any
historical
perspective
from
those
years
and
and
does
the
cabinet
support,
maybe
separating
some
of
these
larger
agencies
to
to
be
more
efficient
in
the
operations.
D
I
I
don't
have
the
historical
data
secretary
was
sorry
he
couldn't
be
here
today.
He
would
have
liked
to
been
here.
He
is
traveling
to
go
to
a
cms
meeting
with
the
commissioner
of
medicaid
to
speak
on
some
things
for
our
the
state
and
for
medicaid
itself,
so
he
could
not
be
here.
He
does
have
the
historical
data
and
the
extraordinary
so
he's
more
than
willing
to
share
it.
D
He
has
said
that
he
was
around
when
it
was
two
different
cabinets
he's
not
the
biggest
fan
of
it,
but
you
know
he
would
be
more
than
glad
to
talk
to
the
committee
with
once
the
senate
concurrent
resolution
passes
and
goes
through,
and
we
get
the
same
in
the
house
and.
D
C
A
I-
and
I-
and
I
wasn't
here
for
that-
I
do
know
senator,
but
there
was
a
lot
of
there's
just
so
much
coordination
that
goes
on
between
when
it
was
two
separate
cabinets.
My
understanding
is
talking
to
people
that
it
was
just
difficult
to
get
a
lot
of
that
coordination.
This
has
always
been
done,
I
think,
by
the
executive
branch
in
the
past,
when
it
was
merged
into
one
and
there's
always
people
on
both
sides
of
the
fence
about
separating
it
back
keeping
it
as
one.
C
I
think
what
you
should
just
reorga
is
the
secretary's
attempt
to
try
to
address
some
of
those
issues
by
these
actions
and
commend
him
for
that,
but
he
is
open
to
our
discussions
this
summer.
If
we
move
forward
with
this.