Obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate Via Videoconferencing as part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and as a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullen at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is, okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine
And make sure that they get exactly what they need. The chair would like to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mister schrader. Is he available . Not seeing or hearing him. The chair recognizes Mister Kennedy. Mister kennedy available . Not in his chair. Then the chair will recognize thegentleman from New Hampshire , miss custer or five minutes of questions. You need to unmute. You. Thank you very much. Thank you madam chair. I appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to address you on this important issue. Here in New Hampshire weve had a dramatic increase. Depression, anxiety, trauma and grief as a result of covid and we are struggling as well with changes to the Economic Impact on our Healthcare Providers particularly Mental Health providers. 83 percent of small and large groups Substance Abuse providers have described what is a Financial Hardship as a result of covid and 48 percent of those providers have had to cancel income generating events while 74 percent hav
Restricting the number of hours a baker could work each week. Watch landmark cases tonight on cspan 3. And any time on cspan. Org. Now a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on Mental Health. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health discusses the benefits telehealth has provided americans and the need to continue after the pandemic ends. This is just over four hours 15 minutes. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Due to covid19, todays hearing obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate via Video Conferencing. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. I just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue. Please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the reco
[roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen so im going to have a rough time today speaking, but ill get there. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, michael and malina who make each of the presentations available online. Madam clerk, do you have any communications . Clerk i have none, mr. President. President yee okay. Lets go to this months city departments highlights. As a reminder, this new segment is an opportunity for the board and the members of the public to see an inside peek of littleknown work our departments are doing, and this should be a good one this week, and today, we have a short clip produced by our Emmy Award Winning team at sfgov tv, the efforts that our staff did to help in the wildfires. Last week, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta quake. W
[roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen so im going to have a rough time today speaking, but ill get there. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, michael and malina who make each of the presentations available online. Madam clerk, do you have any communications . Clerk i have none, mr. President. President yee okay. Lets go to this months city departments highlights. As a reminder, this new segment is an opportunity for the board and the members of the public to see an inside peek of littleknown work our departments are doing, and this should be a good one this week, and today, we have a short clip produced by our Emmy Award Winning team at sfgov tv, the efforts that our staff did to help in the wildfires. Last week, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta quake. W