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State of Rhode Island, Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing , Executive Department / Established in 1977. Restructured in 1992.

Healthcare Committee

  • RI General Law § 23-1.8-3 (4) – Establishment of Healthcare committee.
  • Report to the Board of Commissioners.

Purpose: 

  • To identify statewide Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Education issues and challenges and to seek viable and innovative solutions at the statewide systematic level.
  • To make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners for actions.  Examples: Systematic or policy change; Introduce legislation bills for DHH children’s language acquisition and development.

Members

Healthcare Committee Role
Maria Cimini OHA
Carmen Boucher DOH
Kevin Savage BDHHD
Nathan Robinson Commissioner
Bunmi Osho Commissioner
Danielle Loughlin Perspectives
James Simon Perspectives
Rainer Randell, Jr ?

*Must have DHS and DLT
Last Meeting: 12/4/24

Contact

Pending

Healthcare Committee Chair

Phone:(401)xxx-xxxx

Email: xxxx@cdhh.ri.gov