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New nominee Judy Hollingsworth highlights long-term care and mental-health experience
Summary
Judy Hollingsworth, a licensed social worker from Laurel with decades of long-term care experience, appeared before the committee as a first-time board member and said she hopes to bring mental-health expertise to board deliberations on nursing homes and long-term care.
Judy Hollingsworth introduced herself to the committee as a licensed social worker and a first-time appointee to the board; she emphasized her experience in long-term care and mental-health issues within nursing homes.
"My name is Judy Hollingsworth. I was born and raised in Laurel," she said, identifying her University of Southern Mississippi degree and more than 30 years of long-term care experience. She told the committee she is attending meetings to learn how to apply her mental-health social-work experience to board responsibilities affecting long-term care.
When chair asked for clarification about her licensure, Hollingsworth corrected a staff reading that mislisted her as an LPN and confirmed she is a licensed social worker. The committee thanked her for coming; her nomination was later approved as part of a block voice vote. The transcript does not record further specific directives to the board or a numeric vote tally.
