S.195
An act relating to the certification of mental health peer support specialists
Sponsors:
Sen. Cheryl Hooker, Sen. Virginia Lyons
,
Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sen. Anthony Pollina, Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale
Last Recorded Action: 5/4/2022 - Recommitted to Committee on Health and Welfare on motion of Senator Lyons
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2021-2022
House Committee on Health Care
- Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Vermont
- Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Alison Krompf, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Patricia Singer MD, Adult Mental Health Operations Director, Department of Mental Health
- Wilda White, Founder, Mad Freedom
- Sandi Yandow, Executive Director, Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Sen. Cheryl Hooker
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Finance
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Sera Davidow, Executive Director, Wildflower Alliance (Mass.)
- Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Vermont
- Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Programs, Department of Public Safety
- Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Emily Hawes, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
- Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Sen. Cheryl Hooker, Sponsor
- Alison Krompf, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Linda Limoges, Guest, Alyssum Peer Respite
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Hilary Melton, Executive Director, Pathways Vermont
- Kenneth Russell, Executive Director, Another Way Inc.
- Gloria van den Berg, Executive Director, Alyssum, Inc
- Wilda White, Founder, MadFreedom
- Stephanie Winters, Deputy Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Sandi Yandow, Executive Director, Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health