Government

Bryan Files Temporary Restraining Order to Block Law Changing Composition of Hospital Boards

Governor Albert Bryan has filed a temporary restraining order that seeks to block the implementation of a law changing the composition of the V.I. Government Hospital and Health Facilities Corporation, to include the corporation's governing hospital boards for the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John Districts. The law in question came through Bill No. 33-0343, which subsequently became Act No. 8438 after 33rd Legislature senators overrode the governor's veto of the measure.  The bill, sponsored by Senators Kurt Vialet and Stedmann Hodge, Jr., and co-sponsored by Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory, is an Act amending V.I. Code to establish "minimum criteria for members of the Virgin Islands Government and Health Facilities Corporation Board, decreasing the number of its members, and increasing the stipend of its board members." In essence, the law requires that individuals with subject matter expertise be placed on the boards, not just random individuals who may not be able to contrib...