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Senate Health and Welfare opens session with overview of health care, Medicaid and community services
Summary
Members of the Senate Health and Welfare committee on Jan. 15 heard opening remarks outlining the panel’s jurisdiction — including health care, Medicaid, insurance, temporary housing and mental-health services — and were told staff from the Legislative Council and Joint Fiscal Office would brief the committee’s new members.
Jenny Lyons, a member of the Senate Health and Welfare committee, opened the Jan. 15 meeting and told members the panel would cover a broad set of issues including health care, Medicaid, insurance, community-based services, temporary housing and mental-health services.
"We have a wide range of issues that we cover," Lyons said, and added the committee relies on staff for technical support: "The one good thing that we really rely on is our legislative council and our joint fiscal office because they are our experts to help us go through the huge, complexity that we have in the company." The committee invited staff members Nolan, Jen and Katie to brief members on their roles and work.
Lyons noted the committee had held trainings and a security briefing the previous day. She also introduced herself and several other members by name and said the panel included three new members. At one point a member mentioned a roughly 90-minute commute to the meeting; committee members also discussed seating arrangements for staff who would brief the panel.
No formal votes or motions were recorded in the meeting excerpt. The remarks on scope and staff support framed the committee’s agenda for the session and set up the planned briefings from Legislative Council and Joint Fiscal Office staff.
Staff indicated Katie would begin the briefing; the session then moved toward that presentation. A livestream technical issue was mentioned as members prepared to proceed.
