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The Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee met on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 9:54 a.m. in Committee Room 2027, chaired by Wanika Fisher. Four members were present (Fisher, Burroughs, Hunter, Oriadha), with Vice Chair Blegay absent. The committee considered a single piece of legislation: CR-085-2026, a resolution concerning autism equity in Prince George's County. The meeting was adjourned at 10:14 a.m.
Good morning, Prince Georges County. This is the Public Safety Health and Human Services Committee meeting. Um, I am Chair Wanika Fisher. It is Tuesday, October 6th. This meeting is being held in committee room 2027 and it is available for public viewing at PGC Council.us slash live. Madam Clerk, may you call the roll? Chair Fisher. President. Councilmember Barrows. Councilmember Hunter. Here. Council Chair Oriatha. Here. Four members present at roll call. Great. There's a quorum at present. Today committee we have one great piece of legislation to consider. And that is CR 85 2026. It's a resolution concerning autism equity in Prince George's County. Anya, would you present the staff summary, Madam Director? Yes, good morning, Madam Fisher and everybody who is present here today. CR 85 2026 was proposed by Council Chair Miss Crystal Oriada and co-sponsored by Council Members Adams Burrows, Hunter, and Olson. It encourages a comprehensive initiative to advance autism equity in Prince George's County through inclusive public infrastructure and transparent data reporting, including a library sensory friendly pilot, an autumn service dashboard at the health department, and a nine-member autism equity advisory war group. Six agencies submitted written input as the draft was developed, and most of that feedback is incorporated in the proposed draft two that is in front of you today. I'll now turn it over to David Notto, our budget and policy analyst for a brief policy analysis and fiscal impact statement. David Thank you. Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. My name is David Noto, and the following is a report on CR 85 2026. Sorry, excuse me, CR 85 directs the health department to develop and publish an autism services dashboard on the county's website and establishes an autism equity work group that comprised of nine members, including an adult county resident with autism, a parent of a child with autism, and subject matter experts. Adoption of CR 85 is anticipated to cost about 286,000 initially, with costs projected to rise by roughly 2.75% in subsequent years. This is based on estimates from the health department on the anticipated costs of the autism services dashboard and from the library system on the cost of the development of a sensory-friendly pilot zone in a county library. OMB's fiscal impact statement originally anticipated a cost of $911,250. This included an estimate from parks and planning for installation of a new sensory friendly playground and excludes the health department's dashboard cost estimate. However, Parks and Planning originally already incorporates sensory elements into playgrounds countywide and has shared a representative sample of those uh playgrounds that already have those elements. You'll find a list of playgrounds with sensory play elements on page 30 of your virtual binder. Thank you. This concludes my report. Thank you so much, David. I would like to turn it to our attorney. Would you like uh to go over the amendments that are reflected in the proposed draft too? Is that okay, Mr. Madam Chair? Do you want to do that? Or you would like to present your bill before she does the amendments. Okay.