Government & Politics
First Selectman Jayme Stevenson’s Testimony to Committee Against Regionalizing Local Health Depts
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First Selectman Jayme Stevenson planned to testify before the Joint Public Health Committee of the state Legislature on Tuesday to oppose a plan to regionalize municipal health departments. Here’s her prepared statement:
OPPOSE – HB-7170, AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH’S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE INTEGRATION OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS INTO REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICTS
Good Morning Senators Gerratana, Somers, Representative Steinberg and Members of the Public Health Committee. I’m Jayme Stevenson, First Selectman from the Town of Darien and Chairman of Western Connecticut Council of Governments. I appreciate the opportunity to comment on HB-7170, which would require local health departments to consolidate into regional health districts along COG boundaries by 2020. I am here today opposing this legislation.