How do we ensure that our workforce training and development efforts in this emerging sector are inclusive, and intentionally target populations that most need and most stand to gain from access to these new good-paying jobs?
Kennedy emphasizes the need for inclusive workforce training in offshore wind development.
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So one of the things that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Treatment Act, along with subsequent parity laws, did was to ensure that plans provide information on how they are making mental and behavioral health parity decisions.
It is not going to be a surprise to anybody in this committee--offshore wind development. This has been a priority of mine since I first arrived in Congress.
I believe that because of the wide number of plans and the fact that these plans have not yet come close to earning our trust or their patients' trust, we not only need to have random, robust, and immediate audits, but also public…
mistrust amongst people of color isn't surprising considering the long history of structural racism and unethical medical experimentation on this population.
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