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Council Member Linda Lee introduces hearing on opioid settlement fund allocation
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Council Member Linda Lee, chair of the mental health disabilities and addictions committee, opens the hearing on the allocation of opioid settlement funds. She expresses excitement about discussing how the money is being spent and introduces other council members present both in-person and via Zoom.
- Lee emphasizes the importance of understanding fund allocation to community groups and specific zip codes
- The hearing aims to gather detailed information on program funding and methodology for fund distribution
- Council members from various committees, including Hospitals and Health, are present for the joint hearing
Linda Lee
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Good afternoon, everyone.
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My name is Linda Lee, chair of mental health disabilities and addictions committee.
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I'll get right to it.
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I'm excited to hear, the data information that, we've been asking for in terms of the funding that our wonderful attorney general has fought so hard for to get us the opioid settlement funds.
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And so today really is just hopefully diving more into details about how the money is being spent, which programs it's going to, you know, any methodology you guys are using to figure out how it gets to the community groups and which zip codes it's going to.
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So very, very excited to hear from you all on all of those things, and just to make sure that, we are addressing that.
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Because, obviously, I think knowing that information and having that data is gonna help us figure out how to move forward, more effectively.
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So I'm looking forward to today's hearing.
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So at this time, I wanna recognize obviously, I'm joined by, co chairs, Mercedes Narcisse.
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And, also, we're here with Lynn Shulman, council member Shulman, who's chair of health, and then also council member Caban.
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And on Zoom.
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And on Zoom, we have Christy Mamarado as well as council member Brooks Powers, council member Moya, and council member Paladino.
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So we have all of them joining us via Zoom.
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So thank you all for being here.
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And, of course, we wanna thank our committee staff for their hard work in preparing today's hearing, as well as advocates, providers, and individuals with lived experience who will be sharing their perspectives.
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At this time, I'd like to turn the floor over to my colleague and co chair for today's hearing, Chair Narcisse of the Committee on Hospitals.