2010-12-13 revised hearing notice on bills 18-501 and 18-502
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support services to families who are eligible for services.
The bill would also establish waiting list guidelines, require criminal backgroundchecks for employees and volunteers of DDS and service providers; and require DDS to
meet certain reporting requirements regarding service-delivery to clients.
The committee will take comments on the introduced version of the bill. You
may access the introduced version of Bill 18-501 at the following link:
http://dccouncil.us/images/00001/20091021172014.pdf.
The purpose of Bill 18-502, the People First Respectful Language Modernization
Act of 2010, is to change District law by replacing antiquated, insensitive terms
describing intellectual and developmental disabilities with more respectful terminology.
You may access the introduced version of Bill 18-502 at the following link:
http://dccouncil.us/images/00001/20091030103026.pdf.
Those who wish to testify should contact Ms. Vivian McCarter of the Committee
on Human Services by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at (202) 724-8191 by Friday, December 10, 2010. E-mail contacts to Ms. McCarter should include the
full name, title, and affiliation -- if applicable -- of the person(s) testifying. Witnesses
should bring 15 copies of their written testimony to the Hearing. Representatives of
organizations and individuals will be allowed a maximum of thee (3) minutes for oralpresentation. Additionally, if you plan to testify and require reasonable accommodations,
please contact Ms. McCarter so arrangements can be made.
If you were scheduled to testify on the hearings original date of November 24, 2010,
your name will be automatically transferred to the witness list for December 13, 2010.
Please contact Ms. McCarter if you are no longer available.
If you are unable to testify at the Public Hearing, written statements are
encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements
should be submitted to Committee on Human Services, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue,N.W., Suite 117, Washington, D.C. 20004, by no later thanFriday,December 17, 5:00
p.m.
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