S.139 (Act 54)
An act relating to health care
Sponsors:
Last Recorded Action: 5/16/2015 - Signed by Governor on June 5, 2015
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2015 - 2016 Legislative Session
Committee of Conference
- Ena Backus, Deputy Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Cory Gustafson, Director, Government and Public Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Lawrence Miller, Chief of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Mary Kate Mohlman PhD, Health Systems Researcher, Vermont Blueprint for Health
House Committee on Appropriations
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. William J. Lippert, Chair, House Committee on Health Care
- Lawrence Miller, Senior Advisor, Chief of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Rep. Christopher Pearson, Burlington
- Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. George W. Till, Jericho
House Committee on Health Care
- Rep. Janet Ancel, Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Ena Backus, Deputy Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- David Balto, Public interest antitrust attorney
- Rep. Cynthia Browning
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. Dennis J. Devereux
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue
- Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
- Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Cory Gustafson, Director, Government and Public Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists Association
- Nancy Hogue, Director of Pharmacy Services, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Rep. Ronald E. Hubert
- Rep. Mitzi Johnson, Chair, House Committee on Appropriations
- Keith Jones, Lobbyist, CVS/Caremark
- Theo Kennedy, Lobbyist, Vermont Pharmacists Association
- Trinka Kerr, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. William J. Lippert, Chair, House Committee on Health Care
- Lawrence Miller, Chief of Health Care Reform, Office of the Governor
- Brian Murphy, Director of Pharmacy Benefits, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Jill Olson, Vice President of Policy & Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Rep. Corey Parent
- Rep. Paul N. Poirier
- Rep. David Sharpe
- Julia Shaw, Policy Analyst, Office of the Health Care Advocate
- Maribeth Spellman, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
- Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Express Scripts, Inc.
- Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. Teo Zagar
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Catherine Davis, Vice President for Strategy and Public Affairs, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Brent Farrell, Vitality Vending
- Devon Green, Special Counsel, Department of Taxes
- Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Dale Hackett, Consumer Advocate
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Rep. Ronald E. Hubert
- Rep. Willem Jewett
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Candy Distributors
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. William J. Lippert, Chair, House Committee on Health Care
- Lawrence Miller, Chief of Health Care Reform, Office of the Governor
- Rep. Paul N. Poirier
- Heather Shouldice, Lobbyist, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- David Balto, Public interest antitrust attorney
- Cara Bondi, Head Consumer Science Scientist, Seventh Generation
- Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Joe Choquette, Lobbyist, IBM
- Ron Cioffi, CEO, VNA and Hospice of the Southwest Region
- Peter Cobb, Director, VNAs of Vermont
- Hal Cohen, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- Allison Crowley Demag, Lobbyist, American Chemistry Council
- William Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
- David Englander, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Department of Health
- Al Gobeille, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
- Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
- Andy Hackman, Senior Director, State Government Affairs, Toy Industry Association
- Rich Harvie, Owner, Montpelier Pharmacy
- Kathleen Hentcy, Mental Health and Health Care Integration Director, Department of Mental Health
- Lauren Hierl, Environmental Health Advocate, Vermont Conservation Voters
- Lauren Hierl, Political Director, Vermont Conservation Voters
- Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists Association
- Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office
- Nancy Hogue, Director of Pharmacy Services, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- James Hopsicker, Vice President of Pharmacy, MVP Healthcare
- Keith Jones, Lobbyist, CVS/Caremark
- Keith Jones, Lobbyist, Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL)
- Theo Kennedy, Lobbyist, Vermont Pharmacists Association
- Ruma Kohli, Product Stewardship Program Manager, International Business Machines
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Monica Light, Director of Health Care Operations, Compliance, & Improvement, Agency of Human Services
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Georgia Maheras, Project Director, Vermont Health Care Innovation Project
- David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, COVE
- Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
- Wendy Morgan, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Brian Murphy, Director of Pharmacy Benefits, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Tom Myers, Associate General Counsel, Personal Care Products Council
- Diane Nealy, Administrative Services Director, Agency of Human Services
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Jill Olson, Vice President of Policy & Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law, Senior Counsel Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
- Rep. Christopher Pearson
- Allan Ramsay, M.D., Green Mountain Care Board
- Nicholas Sherman, Lobbyist, Toy Industry Association
- Shawn Skaflestad, Quality Improvement Manager, Agency of Human Services
- Maribeth Spellman, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
- Andrew Stein, State Auditor's Office
- Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Express Scripts, Inc.
- Kara Suter, Director of Payment Reform, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)