H.559 (Act 171)
An act relating to health care reform implementation
Sponsors:
Rep. Michael Fisher
,
Rep. Ann Pugh
Last Recorded Action: 5/5/2012 - Signed by Governor on 5/16/2012
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
Committee of Conference
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Michael Fisher, Chair, House Committee on Health Care
House Committee on Health Care
- Christine Alibrandi, Health Care Reform Project Coordinator, Delta Dental
- Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Michael Bayer, Chief Financial Officer, Vermont Legal Aid
- Roland Bellavance, Vermont Truck and Bus Association
- Russ Bennett, Owner, NorthLand Design and Construction
- Betsy Bishop, Executive Director, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Rep. Cynthia Browning, Arlington
- Sara Byers, Vice President, Leonardo's Pizza
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Timothy Cope, Broker, Fleischer Jacobs Group
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue
- John Dubie, Owner, Pearl Street Beverage
- Rep. Peter J. Fagan
- Rep. Michael Fisher
- Rep. Michael Fisher, House Committee on Health Care
- Alexandra Forbes, Vermont Psychological Association
- Timothy Ford, Attorney, Hackett, Valine, McDonald
- Peg Franzen, Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign, Vermont Workers' Center
- Craig Fuller, Owner, Fuller and Keller, Inc.
- Marybeth Gilliam, Owner, Jumpstart
- Kevin Goddard, Vice President of External Affairs, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, American Council of Life Insurers
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
- Rep. Sandy Haas, Progressive Leader, House Committee On Human Services
- Mark Hage, Member Benefits Director, Vermont-NEA
- Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Grocers' Association
- Carrie Hathaway, Financial Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Rep. Michael Hebert, Vernon
- Judy Henkin, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- Rep. Mark Higley
- Theo Kennedy, Lobbyist, Delta Dental
- Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman
- Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- Bram Kleppner, Chief Financial Officer, Danforth Pewter and Shirley Pewter
- Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Koch, Barre Town
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
- William Lambrukos, Senior Vice President, Northeast Delta Dental/Delta Dental Plan of Vermont
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access
- Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- William Little, Vice President, MVP Healthcare
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Georgia Maheras, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- George Malek, President, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Legislative Council
- Tom McKeown, Executive Director, Business Resource Services
- Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Nigel Mucklow, Co-owner, New England Flooring
- Rep. Oliver K. Olsen, Representative
- Rep. Oliver K. Olsen, Representative, Jamaica
- Doug Page, Citizen
- Rep. Christopher Pearson
- Clifford Peterson, General Counsel, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- David Reynolds, Deputy Commissioner, Division Health Care, BISHCA
- George Richardson, Pediatric Dentist, Timberlane Dental Group
- Michael Roche, President, Stowe Tree Experts
- Tom Rugg, Account Executive - Principal, Hickock and Boardman Group Benefits
- William Sayer, President and CEO, New England Federal Credit Union
- Rep. Dave Sharpe
- Rep. Dave Sharpe, Sponsor, Town of Bristol
- William Shepeluk, President, Waterbury Village Trustees
- Bruce Shields, President, Ethan Allen Institute
- David Sichel, Deputy Director of Group Services, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Michael Sirotkin, Lobbyist, Coalition of Vermont Elders (COVE)
- Laura Soares, President-elect, Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- Kelly Stoddard, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
- Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Express Scripts, Inc.
- Win Thomas, President, Thomas Insurance and Benefits
- Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Anya Rader Wallack, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
- Tasha Wallis, Executive Director, Vermont Retailers Association
- Jessica Waltman, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, National Association of Health Underwriters
- April Williams, Citizen, Winooski
- Jason Williams, Government Relations, Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Wendy Wilton, Treasurer, City of Rutland
- Joseph Zimmerman, Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust
House Committee on Human Services
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health and Hospice Agencies
- Janet Dermody, Deputy Director, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
- Nancy Eldridge, Executive Director, Catheral Square, Inc. and LeadingAge Vermont
- Sen. Sally Fox, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Bard Hill, Dual Eligibles Project
- Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman
- Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Joyce Lemire, Senior Solutions, Area Agencies on Aging
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Jackie Majoros, Long Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Gini Milkey, Director, Coalition of Vermont Elders (COVE)
- Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
- Ed Paquin, Director, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
- Dawn Philbert, Director of Public Health Policy, Department of Health
- Karen Schwartz, Executive Director, Developmental Disability Council
- Michael Sirotkin, Lobbyist, Coalition of Vermont Elders (COVE)
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Heidi Tringe, Maclean, Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Marlys Waller, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Julie Wasserman, Dual Eligibles Project
House Committee on Judiciary
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Chris Maley, Attorney, Vermont Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers)
- Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
Senate Committee on Finance
- Scott Baldwin, President, Vermont Brokerage Services
- Michael Bayer, Chief Financial Officer, Vermont Legal Aid
- Russ Bennett, Owner, NorthLand Design and Construction
- Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. Michael Fisher, House Committee on Health Care
- Mitchell Fleischer, President, Fleischer Jacobs Group
- Craig Fuller, Owner, Fuller and Keller, Inc.
- Cassandra Gekas, Health Care Advocate, VPIRG
- Kevin Goddard, Vice President of External Affairs, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Grocers' Association
- Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman
- Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- William Little, Vice President, MVP Healthcare
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Georgia Maheras, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- George Malek, President, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Tom McKeown, Executive Director, Business Resource Services
- Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Clifford Peterson, General Counsel, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- Clifford Peterson, General Counsel, Department of Financial Regulation
- Rep. Paul N. Poirier, Barre
- Michael Quinn, Independent Broker
- Tom Rugg, Account Executive - Principal, Hickock and Boardman Group Benefits
- Bill Sayre, Economist, Bristol
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Express Scripts, Inc.
- Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Anya Rader Wallack, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
- Tasha Wallis, Executive Director, Vermont Retail Association, Inc
- Wendy Wilton, Treasurer, City of Rutland
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Harry Chen, Commissioner, Department of Health
- Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health and Hospice Agencies
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue
- Michael Donofrio, General Counsel, Green Mountain Care Board
- Rep. Michael Fisher, House Committee on Health Care
- Rep. Michael Fisher, Chair, House Committee on Health Care
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
- Alexandra Forbes, Vermont Psychological Association
- Sen. Sally Fox, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Lucie Garand, Lobbyist
- David Gilman, Rutland Optical
- Kevin Goddard, Vice President of External Affairs, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
- Dale Hackett, Consumer, Barre
- Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Sen. Vincent Illuzzi
- Dr. Craig Jones, Director, Blueprint for Health, Department of Health Access
- Jeanne Kennedy, Cigna Health Care
- Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman
- Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Robert Luce, Director, Downs Rachlin Martin
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Georgia Maheras, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- Jackie Majoros, Long Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
- Jack McCullough, Director of Mental Health Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- David Mickenberg, Attorney, Working Vermont
- Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Wendy Morgan, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Nick Nichols, Policy Director, Department of Mental Health
- Megan O'Donnell, Assistant General Counsel, Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Clifford Peterson, General Counsel, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
- John Pierce, volunteer, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Chris Rice, MVP Healthcare
- A.J. Ruben, Supervising Attorney, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Sen. Dick Sears, Bennington County
- Michael Sirotkin
- Michael Sirotkin, COVE
- Richard Slusky, Director of Payment Reform, Green Mountain Care Board
- Trevor Squirrell, Executive Director, Brain Injury Association of Vermont
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- Kelly Stoddard, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
- Charles Storrow, Express Scripts, Inc.
- Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Express Scripts, Inc.
- Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Rep. George W. Till, Co-Chair, Health Access Oversight Committee
- Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Heidi Tringe, MacLean, Meehan and Rice
- Anya Rader Wallack, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Chris Maley, Attorney, Vermont Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers)
- Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems