H.630 (Act 79)

House Committee on Appropriations

• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
• Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Chair, House Committee on Institutions and Corrections
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Michael Obuchowski, Commissioner, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair, House Committee On Human Services

House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

• Peter Albert, Director of Government Affairs, Brattleboro Retreat
• Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
• Jay Batra, MD, VSH Medical Director
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
• Kasey Bryan, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Delores Burroughs-Biron MD, Health Services Director, Department of Corrections
• Conor Casey, Legislative Liaison, Vermont State Employees Association
• Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Court System
• Bill Duchac, Manager of Insurance, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Susan Gretkowski, Berlin Board of Selectpersons
• Judith Hayward, CEO, Health Care & Rehabilitation Services
• Rep. Martha Heath, Chair, Westford
• Tom Huebner, President, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Michael Kuhn, Project Manager, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
• Rebecca Moore, Staff
• Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
• Nick Nichols, Policy Director, Department of Mental Health
• Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Michael Obuchowski, Commissioner, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Ed Paquin, Director, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Mark Potanna, Superintendent Security, Springfield Correctional Center
• Rep. Ann Pugh, House Committee On Human Services
• A.J. Ruben, Supervising Attorney, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Rep. Brian K. Savage, Swanton
• Robert Simpson, Professor, Brattleboro Retreat
• Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
• Rep. Don Turner

House Committee on Human Services

• Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Peter Albert, Director of Government Affairs, Brattleboro Retreat
• Mark Ames, Network Coordinator, Vermont Recovery Network
• Rep. Margaret Andrews
• Laurie Aunchman, Staff Nurse FAHC, Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
• Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
• Stephanie Barrett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
• Jay Batra, MD, VSH Medical Director
• Wendy Beinner, Director, NAMI VERMONT
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
• Normin Bernard, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
• Morgan Brown, Peer Support Services, Montpelier
• Kasey Bryan, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Delores Burroughs-Biron MD, Health Services Director, Department of Corrections
• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Rick Carroll, Bennington
• Conor Casey, Legislative Liaison, Vermont State Employees Association
• Todd Centybear, Director, HowardCenter
• Kristin Chandler, Department of Mental Health
• Nancy Colby, Charlotte, VT
• Ann Marie Considine, VSH
• Linda Corey, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors
• Mari Coris, Educator, Staff Nurse, FAHC, Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
• Rep. Gale Courcelle
• Norma D'anca, VSH Staff
• Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Court System
• Joy Demers, Consumer
• Isabelle Desjardins, MD, Psychiatry, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Priscilla Digumbia, VSH
• Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Co-Chair, Mental Health Oversight Committee
• Rachel Emerson, Clara Martin Center
• Rep. Alice Emmons, Chair, House Committee on Institutions and Corrections
• Dan Fisher, MD, Executive Director, National Empowerment Center
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Alexandra Forbes, Vermont Psychological Association
• Sen. Sally Fox, Co-Chair, Mental Health Oversight Committee
• Dr. W. Gordon Frankle, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Jeffrey Geller, MD, MPH, UMASS Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
• Howard Goodman, MD, Maryland
• Keith Goslant, VSH Admissions Office
• Ruth Grant, Family member, S. Burlington
• Stuart Graves, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Allison Hall, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• David Hartford, Administrator of Adult Mental Health for State Operated Services, Minnesota
• Judith Hayward, CEO, Health Care & Rehabilitation Services
• John Hazon, Natural Resources Board
• Rebecca Heintz, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Rep. Mary S. Hooper
• Tom Huebner, President, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Evan Ihler, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Melanie Jannery, Burlington
• Rep. Mitzi Johnson
• Craig Jones, Director, Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
• Stephen Kimbell, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
• Anne Klein, VSH
• Michael Kuhn, Project Manager, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access
• Meredith Larson, Chief of Mental Health, Department of Corrections
• Sarah Launderville, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Independent Living
• Fran Levine, VSH
• Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
• Jim MacDonald, Executive Director, Second Spring
• Joanie Maclay, Department of Labor
• Tom Malloy, MD, Vermont State Hospital
• Lorraine Marcous-Norton, Essex
• Jean McCarthy, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Pat McCuen, VSH
• Jack McCullough, Director of Mental Health Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
• Jeffrey McKee, Psy.D, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Jeffrey McKee, Psy.D, Director of Psychiatric Services, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Kristy McLaughlin, VSH
• Kristy McLaughlin, MSW, Psychiatric Social Worker, VSH
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Michael McNeil, VSH Admissions Office
• Hilary Melton, Director, Pathways to Housing
• Rebecca Moore, Staff, VSH
• Rebecca Moore, VSH Staff
• Steven Morgan, Director, Another Way
• Mary Moulton, Emergency Services, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Rep. Linda K. Myers
• Rep. Linda K. Myers, House Committee on Institutions and Corrections
• Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
• Nick Nichols, Policy Director, Department of Mental Health
• Megan O'Donnell, Assistant General Counsel, Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Dave Ogden, FSA, Consulting Actuary, Milliman
• Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
• Ed Paquin, Director, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Corrine Pelletier, Burlington
• Robert Pierattini, M.D., Fletcher Allen Health Care (by phone)
• Amy Powers, Another Way
• Ralph Provenza, United Counseling Service (by phone)
• Terry Rabinowicz, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Frank Reed, Mental Health Services Director, Department of Mental Health
• Jeff Rothenberg, Director of Mental Health Services, Clara Martin Center
• Michael Sabourin
• Mark Sailor, VSH Patient
• Rep. Brian K. Savage, Swanton
• Joshua Sawyer, Another Way
• Christina Sclafani, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Jennifer Sherke, Department of Mental Health
• Marla Simpson, Randolph
• Robert Simpson, President and CEO, Brattleboro Retreat
• Erica Smith, East Montpelier
• Jeremy Smith, VSH
• Roxy Smith, Another Way
• Sarah Smith, Burlington
• Sandy Snyder, Westfield
• Rep. Kristy Spengler
• Connie Stabler, Family member of a consumer
• Sandra Steingard, Medical Director, Howard Center
• Beth Tanzman, Assistant Director, Vermont Blueprint for Health, DVHA
• Joellen Taralu-Falk, Brattleboro
• James Tautfest, RN, MSN, CS, Nurse Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, Central Vermont Medical Center
• Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
• Peter Thomashow, MD, Medical Director, Central Vermont Medical Center
• Dr. Larry Thomson, (former Director of Psychology at VSH)
• Rep. George W. Till
• Karen Topper, Green Mountain Self Advocates
• Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Executive Director, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• David Turner, Burlington
• Rep. Don Turner
• Gloria van den Berg, Executive Director, Alyssum Home
• Jonathan Weker, Psychiatrist, Vermont Psychiatric Association

House Committee on Judiciary

• Rebecca Hines, Deputy Commissioner and Interim Exec. Dir. VSH
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

House Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

• Rep. Brian K. Savage
• Rep. Don Turner

Senate Committee on Appropriations

• Sen. Claire Ayer, Chair, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
• Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Sen. Robert M. Hartwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Institutions
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Senate Committee on Government Operations

• Jenny 0000, VSH Eimployee
• Peter Albert, Director of Government Affairs, Brattleboro Retreat
• Sen. Tim Ashe, Chittenden County
• Georgianna Burroughs, State employee
• Conor Casey, Legislative Liaison, Vermont State Employees Association
• Goerge Clain
• Steven Collier, General Counsel, Department of Human Resources
• Priscilla Degumba
• Kate Duffy, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Sen. Vincent Illuzzi, Senate Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs Committee
• Fran Levine, VSH
• Sen. Mark A. MacDonald, Orange County
• Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Legislative Council
• John O'Brien
• Mike O'Brien, State employee
• Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
• Anne Paro, VSH Eimployee
• Erica Smith, East Montpelier
• Jeremy Smith, VSH
• Abigail Winters, Legal Counsel, Vermont State Employees Association

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

• Peter Albert, Director of Government Affairs, Brattleboro Retreat
• Robert Althoff, MD, University Pediatrics at Fletcher Allen
• Robert Appel, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission
• Sen. Tim Ashe, Chittenden County
• Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
• Sen. Philip Baruth, Chittenden County
• Jay Batra, MD, VSH Medical Director
• Wendy Beinner, Director, NAMI VERMONT
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
• Sen. Joe Benning
• Bob Bick, Director, Howard Center for Human Services
• Conor Casey, Legislative Liaison, Vermont State Employees Association
• Todd Centybear, Director, HowardCenter
• Angus Chaney, Director of Housing, Agency of Human Services
• Linda Corey, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors
• Rep. Anne B. Donahue, House Human Services Committee
• Kate Duffy, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
• Paul Dupre, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Rep. Alice Emmons, Chair, House Committee on Institutions and Corrections
• Dan Fisher, MD, Executive Director, National Empowerment Center
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Dr. W. Gordon Frankle, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Jeff Geller, MD, MPH, UMASS Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
• Howard Goldman, MD, PHD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland
• Keith Goslant, VSH Admissions Office
• Stuart Graves, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Dave Hartford, Administrator of Adult Mental Health for State Operated Services, Minnesota
• Sen. Robert M. Hartwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Institutions
• Judith Hayward, CEO, Health Care & Rehabilitation Services
• Rebecca Heintz, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Rebecca Heinz, Counsel, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Cornelius Hogan, Former Secretary, Agency of Human Services
• Tom Huebner, President, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Zachary Hughes, Facilitator of Peer Services, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Sen. Vincent Illuzzi
• Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman
• Nels Kloster, Medical Director Cooccurring Unit, Brattleboro Retreat
• Jim MacDonald, Executive Director, Second Spring
• Tom Malloy, MD, Vermont State Hospital
• Jack McCullough, Director of Mental Health Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
• Kristy McLaughlin, Social Worker, Vermont State Hospital
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Michael McNeil, VSH Admissions Office
• Hilary Melton, Pathways to Housing
• Rebecca Moore, VSH Staff
• David Morgan, Vermont Vet-to-Vet
• Steve Morgan, Another Way
• Steven Morgan, Director, Another Way
• Mary Moulton, Emergency Services, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health
• Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
• Nick Nichols, Policy Director, Department of Mental Health
• Megan O'Donnell, Assistant General Counsel, Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Dave Ogden, FSA, Milliman
• Michael Ohler, Burlington Housing Authority
• Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
• Ed Paquin, Director, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Ed Paquin, Executive Director, Disability Rights Vermont
• Robert Pierattini, M.D., Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Robert Pierattini, MD, Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Laurie Pontbriand, Peer Support Services, Washington County Mental Health
• Dan Quinn, Executive Director, Rutland Community Mental Health
• Doug Racine, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
• Frank Reed, Mental Health Services Director, Department of Mental Health
• Marty Robinson, Consumer
• Jeff Rothenberg, Director of Mental Health Services, Clara Martin Center
• A.J. Ruben, Supervising Attorney, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Suzanne Santarcangelo, Agency of Human Services
• Robert Simpson, Brattleboro Retreat
• Robert Simpson, President and CEO, Brattleboro Retreat
• Jeb Spaulding, Secretary, Secretary of the Administration
• Sandra Steingard, Medical Director, Howard Center
• Judy Tarr, CEO, Central Vermont Medical Center
• James Tautfest, RN, Central Vermont Medical Center
• Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
• Peter Thomashow, MD, Central Vermont Medical Center
• Chris Tiefke, Director of Operations, Vermont State Employees' Association
• Karen Topper, Green Mountain Self Advocates
• Sen. Richard Westman, Lamoille County
• Sen. Jeanette K. White, University of Vermont Board of Trustees
• Laura Ziegler, Concerned Citizen

Senate Committee on Institutions

• Peter Albert, Director of Government Affairs, Brattleboro Retreat
• Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
• Wendy Beinner, Director, NAMI VERMONT
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer
• Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
• Tim Brunette, FEMA
• Kasey Bryan, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Conor Casey, Legislative Liaison, Vermont State Employees Association
• Isabelle Desjardins, MD, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Bill Duchac, Manager of Insurance, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Paul Dupre, Washington County Mental Health Services
• Fritz Engstrom, Medical Director, Brattleboro Retreat
• Patrick Flood, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Jim Giffin, Chief Fiscal Officer, Agency of Human Services
• Tom Huebner, President, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Michael Kuhn, Project Manager, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
• Megan O'Donnell, Assistant General Counsel, Fletcher Allen Health Care
• Michael Obuchowski, Commissioner, Department of Buildings & General Services
• Ed Paquin, Director, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
• Martha Reid, State Librarian
• Robert Simpson, CEO, Brattleboro Retreat
• Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
• Peter Thomashow, MD, Central Vermont Medical Center
• Jonathan Weker, Psychiatrist, Vermont Psychiatric Association
• Laura Ziegler, Concerned Citizen, Another Way