Hospital Services and Emergency Care: an Emerging Crisis

AGENDA

Assembly Committee on Health

Informational Hearing

Hospital Services and Emergency Care: An Emerging Crisis

Friday, May 18, 2007

10:00 a.m.

Inglewood City Hall

1 W. Manchester Blvd., Community Room

Inglewood, California

I.  Welcome and Opening Remarks

·  Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn, City of Inglewood

·  Curren Price, Assemblymember, District 51

·  Edward Vincent, Senator, District 25

·  Mervyn M. Dymally, Chairman, Assembly Committee on Health

II.  Hospitals Perspective

·  C. Duane Dauner, President,

California Hospital Association

·  Lee Weiss M.D., Director of Emergency Services,

Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Centinela Campus

III.  Los Angeles County Health System

·  Robert G. Splawn, M.D., Senior Medical Director,

Los Angeles Department of Health Services

IV.  University Perspective

·  Susan Kelly, Ph.D., FAPS, President and CEO,

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

V.  Advocate Perspective

·  Lark Galloway-Gilliam, MPA, Executive Director,

Community Health Councils, Inc.

·  Barbara Siegel, Managing Attorney of the Health Consumer Center,

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

VI.  Emergency Medical Services Perspective

·  Franklin D. Pratt, M.D., FACEP, Emergency Room Physician,

Torrance Memorial Medical Center,

Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Service Commission

VII.  Labor Perspective

·  Kathy Ledesma Ochoa, Director, Strategic Initiatives, SEIU Local 721

·  Mila Flores, RN, California Nurses Association

·  Barbara Lewis, Administrative Vice President and Director, Hospital Division,

SEIU United Healthcare Workers West

VIII. Public Comment

·  Limited – based on time