10-28-2025 Committee on Health, Hospitals & Human Services

Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services, 36th Legislature · October 29, 2025

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The committee on health, Hospitals and Human Services is now on the record, and greetings are extended to colleagues and invited testifiers.

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The Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services took testimony and advanced legislation to expand caregiver leave for government employees and heard formal updates from the territorial medical and dental boards. Witnesses from the Division of Personnel, AARP and local home‑health providers supported the amendment, while senators pressed for verification rules, administrative guidance and safeguards. The committee approved amendment 36‑599 and voted 7‑0 to forward bill 36‑0086 (Caregivers Leave Act, as amended) to Rules and Judiciary; boards asked the Legislature for staffing, an administrative procedures act and support for workforce development, including a proposed dental‑hygiene training program with UVI.

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