NYAPRS Note: Next Tuesday, the Senate Committee that oversees healthcare related issues will be considering 5 nominees for federal agency posts, most notably Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz who is the Trump Administration’s pick to be the nation’s first Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, a new position created by Congress earlier this year.
See more about Dr. McCance-Katz at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/health/mental-health-czar-elinore-mccance-katz.html and http://www.peteearley.com/2017/05/12/dr-mccance-katz-profile-of-white-house-nominee-for-mental-health-czar-widely-distributed/.
You can view the hearing be going to the link to the HELP Committee website about 15mins prior to the nomination hearing at
https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-hearing5
