H.145 (Act 45)

An act relating to establishing the Mental Health Crisis Response Commission

Sponsors: Rep. Anne Donahue , Rep. Johannah Donovan, Rep. William Lippert

Last Recorded Action: 6/21/2017 - House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2017

Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified

2017-2018 Legislative Session

House Committee on Government Operations

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council
Rep. Michael Hebert

House Committee on Health Care

Robert Appel
Richard Bernstein, Grenon Group
Kristin Chandler, Training Coordinator, Team Two
Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor
T.J. Donovan, Vermont Attorney General
Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, NAMI VT
Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier Police Department
Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Services, Department of Mental Health
Rep. Michael Hebert
Heather Holter, Member, Vermont Domestic Violence Council
Maurice Lamothe, Station Commander, St. Albans, Department of Public Safety
Jim Leddy, Former Senator, Grenon Group
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Ed Paquin, Director, Disability Rights Vermont
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
Cindy Taylor-Patch, Vermont Police Academy
Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Care Partners
Wilda White, Executive Director, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors
Jannine Wright, Deputy Chief of Administration, Burlington Police Department

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

Kristin Chandler, Training Coordinator, Team Two
Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, NAMI VT
Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Michael Kupersmith, Vermont State Workforce Development Board, Liaison, Grenon Group
Jim Leddy, Former Senator, Grenon Group
Jack McCullough, Director of Mental Health Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office
Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Care Partners