SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Transportation & Homeland Security
TIME & DATE:
8:00 AM, Monday, October 27, 2008
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Carona
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will hold a
public hearing on Monday, October 27, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. in the Capitol
Extension, Room E1.016.  The Committee will hear public and invited
testimony regarding the following interim charge:
 
Examine the roles and best practices among individuals, state and local
governments, hospitals and other health care providers, and the insurance
industry for disaster planning and first response efforts.  Explore what
changes are needed to better prepare for natural disasters to mitigate
claims and losses.  Include an assessment of the state's implementation of
recent recommendations for evacuations, including movement of medically
fragile populations.  Study the level of preparedness among critical
infrastructure entities in both the public and private sector, the
effectiveness of state disaster relief policies relating to this
infrastructure and the sufficiency of personnel needed to restore this
infrastructure.  Assess the state's preparedness to handle a public health
emergency.  Examine the challenges of interoperability of communications
technologies to improve coordination of different plans across
jurisdiction.
 
The Committee may also hear testimony on other issues under its purview.