H.789 (Act 156)
An act making appropriations for the support of government
Sponsors:
Last Recorded Action: 6/9/2010 - Signed by Governor on 6/3/2010
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2009 - 2010 Legislative Session
House Committee on Appropriations
- Alex Aldrich, Executive Director, Vermont Arts Council
- Elise Annes, Vice President of Community Relations, Vermont Land Trust
- Robert Appel, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission
- Eric Avildsen, Executive Director, Vermont Legal Aid
- James Baker, Colonel, Vermont State Police, Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council
- Denis Barton, Director of Public Policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association
- Sandra Barton, Business Manager, BISHCA
- Maria Belliveau, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
- Emily Bergquist, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Michael Bertrand, Deputy Commissioner, Insurance Division, BISHCA
- Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
- John Booth, Director of Treasury Operations, Treasurer's Office
- Lou Borie, Acting Executive Director, Natural Resources Board
- Rep. Patrick Brennan, Chair, House Committee on Transportation
- Francis Brooks, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont State House
- Tayt Brooks, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Economic, Housing & Community Affairs
- Victoria Brooks, ACORN; Aids Service Organizations
- David Brotzman, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Geographic Information
- Matthew Bryant, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
- Janet Bullard, Business Manager, Vermont Commission on Women
- Tom Candon, Deputy Commissioner, Banking and Securities Division, BISHCA
- Chip Castle, Barre Housing Authority
- Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Programs
- Roger Clapp, State Director, March of Dimes
- Sarah Clark, Business Manager, Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation
- Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health
- Hal Cohen, Executive Director, CVCAC, Southeastern Vermont Community Action Council
- Joanna Coles, Board Member, National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Candace Collins, Practice Manager, Cold Hollow Family Medicine, Enosburg Falls
- Connie Colman, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
- Barb Consentino, Vermont Adoption Consortium
- Elizabeth Cote, Director, Vermont AHEC Network, UVM (Office of Primary Care)
- Katina Cummings, Executive Director, National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Christopher Curtis, Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
- Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
- Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
- Howard Deal, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Motor Vehicles
- David Dill, Secretary, Vermont Agency of Transportation
- Timothy Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State College
- John A. Dooley, Associate Justice, Vermont Supreme Court
- Kevin Dorn, Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Major Gen Michael D Dubie, Vermont Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard
- Caroline Earle, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
- Nancy Eldridge, Executive Director, Cathedral Square Corporation
- Tom Evslin, Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Governor
- Willa Farrell, Court Diversion Director, Vermont Court Diversion
- Dolly Fleming, Executive Director, COVE
- Dan Fogel, President, University of Vermont
- Ken Gagne, Self Advocate
- David Gallagher, Board Member, Disability Rights Vermont
- Jason Gibbs, Commissioner, Department of Forests Parks and Recreation
- David Gibson, Secretary of the Senate, Vermont Senate
- Peter Gilbert, Executive Director, Vermont Humanities Council
- Duncan Goss, Director of Information Technology, Office of Legislative Council
- Robert Greemore, Court Administrator, Court Administrator's Office
- Dale Hackette, Consumer Advocate, Barre
- Martha Hanson, Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Governor's Office
- Michael Hartman, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
- Timothy Hayward, Chief of Staff, Governor's Office
- Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
- Robert Hofmann, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- Michael Hogan, Commissioner, Department of Liquor Control
- Mark Hudson, Director, Vermont Historical Society
- Bruce Hyde, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing
- Robert Ide, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles
- Cecile Johnson, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
- Justin Johnson, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
- Alan Jordan, Executive Director, Vermont Symphony Orchestra
- Margaret Joyal, Chair, Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Joseph Juhasz, Executive Assistant, Vermont State Auditor's Office
- Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- Mark Kaufman, Advocacy Manager, Vermont Center for Independent Living
- Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
- John King, President/CEO, Vermont Public Television
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Wayne LaRoche, Commissioner, Department of Fish & Wildlife
- Nathan Lavery, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Committee
- Nicole LeBlanc, Green Mountain Self-Advocates
- Ken Libertoff, Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health
- Tara Lidstone, Executive Director, Vermont Interactive Television
- Deborah Lisi-Baker, President, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
- Wendy Love, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
- Neale Lunderville, Secretary, Agency of Administration
- Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
- Carol Maloney, Lamoille County Court Diversion Program
- Deborah Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State
- Lisa Maynes, Developmental Disability Council
- Marcia Merrill, Chair, Vermont Commission on Women
- David Metraux, Information Technology Manager, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Bud Meyer, Jeffords Center, University of Vermont
- Donald Milne, Clerk of the House, Vermont House of Representatives
- Jim Mongeon, Executive Director, Sheriffs and State's Attorneys
- Pat Moulton Powden, Commissioner, Department of Labor
- Thomas Murray, Executive Director, Vermont Telecommunications Authority
- Gerry Myers, Commissioner, Department of Buildings & General Services
- Harold Nadeau, Home and Community Access Manager, Vermont Center for Independent Living
- Timothy Noonan, Executive Director, State Labor Relations Board
- David O'Brien, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
- Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
- Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Anthony Otis, Vermont Pharmacists Association
- Sarah Page, Business Manager, Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services
- Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
- Ed Paquin, Disability Rights Vermont
- Beth Pearce, Deputy Treasurer, Vermont Treasurer's Office
- Andrew Perchlik, Director, Clean Energy Development Fund-Dept. Public Service
- Ken Perine, Chair of Finance Committee, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Mark Perrault, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- David Provost, Deputy Commissioner, Captive Insurance Division, BISHCA
- Dr. Mildred Reardon, Vermont Program for Quality Health Care (VPQHC)
- James Reardon, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
- Sheila Reed, Legislative Coordinator, Voices for Vermont's Children
- Honorable Paul Reiber, Chief Justice, Vermont Supreme Court
- Martha Reid, State Librarian, Department of Libraries
- Judith Rex, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services
- Helen Riehle, Executive Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
- Paul Rousseau, Fiscal Analyst
- Colleen Rundell, Administrator, Vermont Veteran's Home
- Linda Ryan, Samaritan House, St. Albans
- Rebecca Ryan, Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont
- Thomas Salmon, State Auditor, Vermont State Auditor's Office
- Kenn Sassorossi, Vice President, Housing Vermont
- Karen Schwartz, Vermont Development Disability Council
- Tim Searles, Community and Public Relations, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
- Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Joan Senecal, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
- John Sheets, Director of Technical Operations, Vermont Interactive Television
- John Shullenberger, Area Agency on Aging for Northeastern Vermont
- Charlie Smith, Interim Director, Vermont Enhanced 9-1-1 Board
- William Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General
- Jeb Spaulding, Treasurer, State of Vermont
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- William Talbott, Department of Education
- Charles Teske, Business Manager, Department of Labor
- Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA)
- Otto Trautz, Director, Department of Finance & Management
- Thomas Tremblay, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- David Tucker, Commissioner, Department of Information & Innovation
- Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Office of the Defender General
- Jo Ellen Valley, Waterbury
- Kay Van Woert, Vermont Family Network
- Donald Vickers, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
- Jim Volz, Chair, Public Service Board
- Richard Westman, Commissioner, Department of Taxes
- Dr. Tony Williams, Central Vermont Hospital
- Jonathan Wood, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
- Alan Yandow, Executive Director, Vermont Lottery Commission
- Peter Young, Chair, Natural Resources Board
- Paul Zabriskie, Weatherization Program Director, Central Vermont Community Action Council
- Gail Zatz, Vermont Association for Adult Day Services
House Committee on Health Care
- Denis Barton, Director of Public Policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association
- Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
- Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
- Nancy Buttreman, Director of the CFC Program, Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice
- Leo Clark, CFO, Vermont Department of Health
- Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health
- Lori Collins, Deputy Director, Office of Vermont Health Access
- Elizabeth Cote, Director, Vermont AHEC Network, UVM (Office of Primary Care)
- Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
- Michael Del Trecco, Vice President of Finance, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Lisa Dulsky Watkins, Public Health Physician and Assistant Dir. of VT Blueprint, Vermont Blueprint for Health
- Rich Harvie, Owner, Montpelier Pharmacy
- Carrie Hathaway, Financial Staff, Office of Vermont Health Access
- Al Johnson, Budget Analyst, Department of Health
- Craig Jones, Director, Blueprint for Health
- Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Nicole Lukas, State Advocacy Director, American Heart Association
- Charles MacLean MD, Associate Dean, UVM College of Medicine
- Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
- George "Spin" Richardson DDS
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- Kelly Stoddard, Vice President, Health & Advocacy Initiatives, American Cancer Society
- Peter Taylor, Executive Director, Vermont Dental Society
- Nancy Warner, Executive Director, Orleans Essex VNA & Hospice
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
- Lori Collins, Deputy Director, Office of Vermont Health Access
- Frank Fornari, Chief Executive Officer, Dominion Diagnostics
- Robert Hofmann, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
- Mark Perrault, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Capt. Michael E. Schirling, Burlington Police Department