District of Columbia (Health) - Committee on Health, Performance Oversight Hearing, Christina Henderson, Chairperson - Feb 03, 2025

Committee on Health · February 3, 2025

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The performance oversight hearing for the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) is being conducted, focusing on public witnesses today.

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The Committee on Health held a performance oversight hearing on the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) on Feb. 3, 2025 (part 1). The session gathered nearly 90 public witnesses, including school leaders, providers, advocates, parents and young people, focused on school‑based behavioral health, crisis response/911 diversion, DBH staffing and provider network capacity, early‑childhood behavioral consultation (Healthy Futures), and urgent care/crisis services. Witnesses urged expanded clinician staffing, clearer billing and authorization processes, stronger diversion from police for mental-health crises, continuity for early‑childhood and youth homelessness behavioral services, and sustained funding for the Court Urgent Care Clinic.

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