JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE HEARINGS CHILDREN PART 1 1-460 2020 Index BILL INDEX HOUSE PAGES HOUSE PAGES BILL BILL 5141 470-476, 531-544, 567- 5333 544, 546-549, 580-582, 574, 589-597, 609-637, 870, 872-874, 894-902, 660-666, 719-738, 744- 745, 749-864, 5334 586-589, 640-641, 903- 910, 5142 125, 126-127, 246-248, 5335 505-506, 544, 545-549, 5144 51-61, 73-80, 128-162 562-566, 574-578, 580- 581, 583-585, 870, 872, 5145 63, 64-65, 67-69, 71- 896-897, 911-916, 73, 102-106, 163-166, 167, 169-170, 5336 492-510, 515-529, 544, 546-549, 576-578, 580, 5146 5-20, 21-26, 63, 65-66, 582, 682-694, 867-868, 86-91, 167, 170-189, 894-896, 898, 917-939, 5199 258, 259-260, 266-267, 268-275, 309-313, 328- 337, 340-346, 5201 258, 260, 266-267, 275, 279-280, 335, 337-338, 347, 5202 258, 260-261, 267-268, 335, 338-339, 348-352, 5328 507, 510-515, 529-530, 544, 550-556, 559-562, 695-698, 739-740, 865- 870, 875-882, 5329 870, 874, 883, 5331 637-640, 870, 874-875, 884-889, 5332 580, 582, 709-719, 890- 896, 898, 2020 CHILDREN BILL INDEX SENATE PAGES SENATE PAGES BILL BILL 87 35-47, 62, 81-83, 167- 285 578-580, 606-609, 667- 168, 173, 177, 190-196 682, 738-741, 974-985, 88 83, 84-85, 91-102, 106- 286 470, 476, 480-481, 870- 111, 196-224 871, 986-989, 89 15, 21, 26-35, 47-50, 288 870, 990-991 63, 111-125, 167, 168, 214, 225-237, 353, 91 15, 20-21, 24, 63-64, 69-71, 83-84, 85-86, 167-168, 173, 176-177, 238-245 92 125-126, 246-247 93 476-486, 940-946, 156 256-257, 258, 261, 275, 278-279, 281, 305-309, 313-323, 335-336, 354- 366, 157 258-259, 261-266, 275, 280, 282-305, 323-327, 335-337, 367-451 158 253-256, 275-278, 452- 457, 459-460, 159 455, 457-458, 282 641-645, 741-744, 947, 283 486-492, 544-545, 556- 558, 646-652, 699-709, 870-872, 948-962, 992, 284 470, 597-606, 653-660, 963-973, 2020 CHILDREN CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 PUBLIC HEARINGS ON CHILDREN Connecticut State Library Hartford, Connecticut 06106 1 Committee on Children PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA Tuesday, February 18, 2020 1 :00 PM in Room 1 B of the LOB I. BILLS FOR REVIEW 1. S.B. No. 87 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD'S CHILD CARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. (KID) 2. S.B. No. 88 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S MENUS. (KID) 3. S.B. No. 89 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL LUNCH DEBT. (KID). 4. S.B. No. 90 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. (KID) 5. 91 S.B. No. (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE. FREE SWIMMING LESSONS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. (KID) 6. S.B. No. 92 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S SERVICES. (KID) 7. H.B. No. 5142 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S SAFETY. (KID) . 8. H.B. No. 5143 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S HEALTH. (KID) 9. H.B. No. 5144 (RAISED) AN ACT REQUIRING, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AND PEDIATRIC ACUTE-ONSET NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYNDROME. (KID) 10. H.B. No. 5145 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE ANNUAL REPORTING OF THE NUMBER OF VERIFIED ACTS OF BULL YING IN SCHOOLS. (KID) 11. H.B. No. 5146 (RAISED) AN ACT ESTABLISHING A YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION PILOT PROGRAM. (KID) II. Adjournment 2 COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN VOTE TALLY SHEET Bill No.: ------ Amendment Letter: Chair: �-------� Action: Language Change: Voting Yea Nay Abstain Absent and Not Voting Voice Vote TOTALS 11rt<M-f- yea nay abstain absent yea nay abstain absent Rep. Linehan L. 103 ?- Sen. Moore M. S22 + Rep. Comev R. 102 )i... Rep. Green R. 055 ,.( . Sen. Anwar S. S03 -r Sen. Kellv K. S21 )<. Rep. Bovd P. 050 /'( Rep. Cummini:is S. 074 ?' Rep. Hampton J. 016 ;A Rep. Turco G. 027 ";><. Rep. Wilson Pheanious P. 053 ,< Rep. Hayes R. 051 x Rep. Kokoruda N. 101 '::\ Sen. Cohen C. S12 ><. Vote date: Correction date: 3 Committee on Children Legislator or Agency Head Public Hearing Sign-Up Sheet Date: Time: Room: Name of Speaker Representing Name of Person Bill Pro or Written Testimony Signing Up Number(s) Con Provided? (YES or NO) {botrliSh !:l 1 ''--•--,., /),.,.�,,,,kc nr.c l/6 >r( eru;, cc,..,.:rJ. 2 AP,!/. )1,,_4 nc.r1 ()/pr, ' - q'J �<:" 3 !?1/). W.'1tie/ tl,mot"J ' ��-· '09 .)r,. - ( r'll{� 9 SI 4 �od'tlh &c.Yl DCJ4 1'7- VH , e/e-- i 7, 'lff.)c; J s <+evt/I Ht11Jt1... )p 7,, Cv(/�,cn �Jl!S'f Sit/ 6 7 8 - 9 10 -----·--��---� Committee on Children Public Hearing 2/18/2020 Public Date: 2/18/2020 Time: 1:00 PM Room: lB Testimony Submitted # Person(s) Testifying: Organization/Representing: Bill# Oral Email Paper Pending None 1 Meghan Scanlon 87 . 2 Gabriella True ASPIRE 5144 x 6 Barbara R. self 5144 x x 23 Tess Leone Intern at CCA/DV 87 x x 52 John Cattelan YMCA 88 and 9;1. x 77 Howard Sovronsky CCMC 5146 ' x x 82 Joan Nichols CFBA 88 x x 92 Andrew Fienstien SEEK 5145 x 101 Jim Willama AHA . 88 x x 136 Jeffrey Sidewater School Nutrition Association of CT 89 137 l"ltWr,,tA. H<dfo,,, /eir'f'ef 6/tft/ I- n+ iR.o../,.iO'lol orfi·-v for'e Page 1 of2 Y';,< 4 ---- ----�-····-···-·-·�-•• -c 5 1 February 18, 2020 aa COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN 1:00 pm PUBLIC HEARING CHAIRPERSON: Senator Marilyn V. Moore SENATORS: Anwar, Cohen, Kelly REPRESENTATIVES: Boyd, Comey, Cummings, Green, Hampton, Hayes, Kokoruda, Linehan, Turco, Wilson Pheanious SENATOR MOORE (22ND): Good afternoon. I’m going to call this public hearing to order. I’m Senator Marilyn Moore. Any comments from my co-chairs? REP. LINEHAN (103RD): Thank you, Senator. I just have to say I’m thrilled that you’re next to me. SENATOR MOORE (22ND): [Laughing]. REP. LINEHAN (103RD): Thank you. [Crosstalk]. I think it’s such an honor to have you co-chair this committee, and -- and it’s wonderful that you’re here with me today, and we’re going to do some really great things. That’s all I wanted to say publicly. SENATOR MOORE (22ND): Thank you. REP. LINEHAN (103RD): Thank you. SENATOR MOORE (22ND): I appreciate that. Anyone else? Thank you. So, we’re hear -- we’re hearing 11 bills today. The first person up is Commissioner Vanessa Dorantes from DCF. COMMISSIONER VANESSA DORANTES: Good afternoon, Senator Moore -- [pause] -- of -- sorry about that. HB 5146 Distinguished members of the Children’s Committee, my name is Vanessa Dorantes, and I’m the Commissioner of the Department of Children and 6 2 February 18, 2020 aa COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN 1:00 pm PUBLIC HEARING Families. I’d like to offer the following comments on House Bill 5146, AN ACT ESTABLISHING A YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION PILOT PROGRAM. DCF along with several state and community partners have been at the forefront of youth suicide prevention and training for the last several years. An integral part of that practice is our participation and support of the Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board. Tim Marshall of DCF, Andrea Iger Duarte of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and Tom Steen co-chair of this volunteer body, which is comprised of state officials, community-based providers, advocates, and suicide attempt and loss survivors. The Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board examines and promotes evidence-based prevention curriculums. Through the efforts of the Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board, Connecticut has various curricula for suicide prevention that are already utilized throughout the state. Such evidence-based curricula include Question Persuade Refer or (QPR), Signs of Suicide (SOS), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training or (ASIST), Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR), and Safe-TALK. These curricula are designed for various target populations and Question Persuade and Refer is the most popular and relevant of the trainings since it is intended for the general population and the training can be completed in less than a half a day. It is known as the "CPR" of behavioral health. Over the years, DCF and the Office of the Child Advocate and the Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board have funded or performed numerous prevention trainings and several Question Persuade and Refer Train-The Trainer programs. While we, of course, support the spirit of this bill, we strongly recommend several pieces of the 7 3 February 18, 2020 aa COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN 1:00 pm PUBLIC HEARING proposal be clarified. First, if state funding is made available to support suicide prevention curricula, we should be creating -- we should not be creating new training but rather focus on the existing evidence-based curricula listed above. More specifically, the legislature would get the most of its investment by supporting QPR training across the state. Secondly, the current funding streams for youth suicide prevention activities do not include any state dollars, but rather are exclusively federal grant dollars through the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant, the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant, and the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. Those dollars support evidence-based prevention trainings, community services, and suicide prevention materials, such as our “1 Word, 1 Voice, 1 Life” campaign which can be found at www.preventsuicidect.org.