Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs- House

The court room and we are going to pass over HB eleven sixty six this morning and move on to H. R. one zero zero eight representative bro you are ready to provide. Bill do you say perform that's okay I yeah you know we get these mice on me to sing for us to. The I'll get Johnny rusted that but anyway I would. What I'm doing here today I'm going to really get some recognition it to House resolution for this fellow by the name of Vincent Eastwood he's a veteran himself but he has gone above and beyond what. A lot of people do for helping veterans being one himself he was in desert. he was in the Gulf War he's is in several battles he was injured over there severely injured and anyway would even got out he he would determine each can help all the rest of. In this guy. Well. A can brag on him enough the details are in here you may have read some of this but Would you name it he's done it and need it with very little resources let me give you the one of the best illustrations that comes to mind this Christmas he just got a few dollars just a little bit of money from not talking to people and that he got a little over a thousand dollars he found ten people just better it's family that was really in need and sent them with a hundred dollar gift certificate to go to a grocery store give what did they want to sell me just stuff like that he needs more money but he's doing a lot of what he has. You could. Are there any questions by the committee of representatives Springer. Good morning thank you madam chair is related to clip. Calling that quite often. No although a collie neck what if you don't mind. With any other questions. Okay is there anyone in the audience to speak for this bill or against this bill. Okay. are you closed for your bill I am closed okay and you are not a member of this committee so is there what's the which this committee representative Springer. Do pass is there a second. I don't need a second good reminder. All those in favor of this bill say aye. Anyone opposed. Congratulations you have passed your resolution thank you very much okay and we're gonna move on to the next one and that's actually a bill but I have so I'm asking representative fight to come up and share that meeting. Go to. Representative Mayberry you're recognized to present your bill thank you representative fight I apologize the person who was supposed to be with me today to help present this bill David cook is with the Arkansas Alzheimer's association and the weather has kept him home but in the sake of just moving things along hopefully I can answer all the questions I do also want to say that we have in the audience Jeff Williams from DHS if there are questions about cost or anything that gets into the weeds that he's willing to come up an answer this is a bill that I shared with them and the health department and I have had no objections to it so let me tell you what it does we we all know that Alzheimer's and disease and dementia is a growing concern in our state and we have had a committee that has been looking at this thanks to a bill that representative Charlene Fite passed last session and we have been meeting up and chair of the Alzheimer's disease and dementia Advisory Council FOR the past probably year and a half we've been meeting sometimes monthly to discuss some things that we can do to improve L. comes and help families who are affected by Alzheimer's disease and dementia and this is one of the ideas that has come up and it's to ensure that some of the training that we have specifically is for Alzheimer's disease and dementia for in home care givers the training that they've already been doing this type of training this is not new training but we wanted to outline exactly what should be included in that training there are required to do forty hours were just saying that four of those forty hours that they already have to do we want to make sure that these things are covered. I'd be happy to take any questions. Are there any questions by members of the committee. Is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak for the bill. Anyone the audience to speak against the bill we have no one signed up. Senate maybe eight did you have a question. The motion at the proper time okay representative may very are you closed for you then I am close for my bill okay representative Springer will take that motion I'm seeing a motion do pass all in favor say aye. Opposed say no and the bill has passed thank you. Thank you members. Next up on our agenda is representative Crawford with H. R. ten ten. You're recognized to present your bill. Thank you madam chair Cindy Crawford District fifty one. I come to you today members And I want to talk to you about a resolution for pregnancy help organizations in Arkansas. As I'm sure you are aware Arkansas has been named for the third year in a row has the most pro life state in the nation. That didn't just come from our great legislation it started long before the first pro life bill was ever introduced it started in the hearts of the citizens of Arkansas. Arkansas has an extensive network of over sixty pregnancy help organizations that are dedicated to saving women serving women and saving unborn children they help expectant mothers to choose life. These nonprofit organizations which include pregnancy resource centers maternity homes adoption agencies and nonprofit life affirming social service agencies provide a range of services for women and families facing on planned pregnancies. Pregnancy resource centers are typically face a faith based and nonprofit in an entity's offering pregnancy counseling community referrals ultrasound STI testing pregnancy test tangible things like diapers wipes formula bottles nursing supplies baby clothes maternity clothes cribs and car seats. They also have classes to help the mothers. As of twenty nineteen across the United States pregnancy centers provided numerous services to over one million eight hundred and forty eight thousand clients totaling an estimated two hundred and sixty six million dollars at no cost the services included but not limited to work consulting new clients pregnancy tests ultrasounds as TI's and four million baby items I would hope that I could get a do pass on this but I will take any questions if there are any. Are there any questions a representative painter. Make a motion to property okay representative fight. Thank you madam chair I noticed that you have asked the staff to send this to approximately seventy people. If there's someone who will be helping our staff there really over burdened right now during the session ends it's unusual to ask resolution to be sent out to so many organizations and so many additional people some just wondering will you be offering them some kind of help I don't know what you're talking about there's some cute confusion there I haven't asked the staff to send anything into the resolution it states send this to all pregnancy help centers and the governor and the vice president the president the secretaries of the. A state I think in this debout seventy people by Canada. Okay this was taken from a twenty fifteen resolution. that Mary Bentley did. There will not be anything sent out so if there is I'll take care of that myself we actually are inviting the pregnancy centers to come to the capitol February fifteenth the majority of those that come we can hand out items to them if this were to be done since it's already in there and I will take care of that myself thank you. Are there any other questions by any members. Any anyone here for to speak for or against this bill. No one was signed up so what is the will of this committee. Would you like to close for your bill yes I'm close thank you okay now what is the will of this committee. representative pater already said do pass on on this bill all those for. Say aye. All those against. Thank you very much. Representive Crawford you're past your resolution thank you thank you madam chair thank you Committee okay and I am told that we are going to hold on S. C. R. three for the time being as well so seen nothing else on our agenda we are done unless there's any discussion by