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The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will hold a |
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public hearing on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. in the Capitol |
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Extension, Room E1.016. The Committee will hear public and invited |
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testimony regarding the following interim charge: |
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Examine the roles and best practices among individuals, state and local |
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governments, hospitals and other health care providers, and the insurance |
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industry for disaster planning and first response efforts. Explore what |
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changes are needed to better prepare for natural disasters to mitigate |
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claims and losses. Include an assessment of the state's implementation |
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of recent recommendations for evacuations, including movement of |
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medically fragile populations. Study the level of preparedness among |
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critical infrastructure entities in both the public and private sector, |
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the effectiveness of state disaster relief policies relating to this |
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infrastructure and the sufficiency of personnel needed to restore this |
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infrastructure. Assess the state's preparedness to handle a public health |
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emergency. Examine the challenges of interoperability of communications |
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technologies to improve coordination of different plans across |
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The Committee may also hear testimony on other issues under its purview. |
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