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Health and Human Services

Tuesday, January 20, 2026·34m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Health and Human Services Committee held an introductory organizational meeting with two new officials from the Spanberger administration — Secretary of Health and Human Resources Marvin Figueroa and Commissioner of Health Dr. Cameron Webb — with no bills heard and no votes taken.

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·Introductory/Organizational Meeting – New Administration OfficialsNo Vote

Notable Quotes

“Good policy only matters if it's implemented well, and systems only matter if they deliver for the people who depend on them in a sustainable way, both programmatically and fiscally.”

Marvin Figueroa, Secretary of Health and Human Resources — Figueroa was outlining his core governing philosophy to the committee during his introductory presentation.

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Good morning. Good morning. Delegate Rodney Willett, your chairman. It's great to have everyone with us. We're going to call the roll and then we'll get into the agenda for the day. Thank. You. Excellent. Well, I didn't put it up on the board. I think we do have a record, so we're good. No. Again, welcome everyone. It's great to have you with us this morning. We are actually not hearing bills today. There's a little confusion on the posting that will be There'll be bills heard after this meeting at the Health subcommittee meeting. But we are fortunate today to have two presentations from some of the new members of the Spamberger administration. So really excited about that. I did want to call everyone's attention to those subcommittees, which will kick into gear shortly. And just to note our stellar group of chairs who we have starting, we'll have delegate Patrick Hope kicking things off with Health today. And it's great to have Patrick back there. Sia Price again with Health Professions, Kathy Tran, who will be here shortly, our vice chair for Social Services. And then taking my place on Behavioral health, delegate Deborah Gardner. Really excited…
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