S.18 (Act 19)
An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers
Sponsors:
Sen. Martine Gulick
,
Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Wendy Harrison, Sen. Robert Plunkett, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. David Weeks, Sen. Rebecca White, Sen. Terry Williams
Last Recorded Action: 5/14/2025 - Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 13, 2025
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Appropriations
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Leslie Goldman, Bill Reporter, House Committee on Health Care
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
House Committee on Health Care
- Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Carolyn Barnwell, Chief Operating Officer, Etalia
- Laura Beliveau, Staff Attorney, Green Mountain Care Board
- Katherine Bramhall, Owner, Gentle Landing Birth Center
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jen Colin, General Counsel, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Pam Cota, Long Term Care Licensing Chief, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living
- Timothy Fisher, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass-Chan Medical School/ Baystate Medical Center
- Laurie Foster, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-midwives
- Rebecca Gray, Certified Full-Spectrum Doula, Vermont Doula Company
- Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Lindsay Lachant, Nurse-Midwife
- Lauren Layman, General Counsel, Department of Health
- Shayla Livingston, Member, Vermont Birth Center Coalition
- Rinn Mandeville, Nurse-Midwife, Copley Hospital
- Alex McCracken, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Laurie Foster, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-midwives
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Lauren Layman, General Counsel, Department of Health
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Senate Committee on Finance
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Shayla Livingston, Member, Vermont Birth Center Coalition
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Jill Alliman, Project Director, American Association of Birth Centers
- Carolyn Barnwell, Chief Operating Officer, Etalia
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Timothy Fisher, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass-Chan Medical School/ Baystate Medical Center
- Laurie Foster, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-midwives
- Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Sponsor
- Lindsay Lachant, Nurse-Midwife
- Lauren Layman, General Counsel, Department of Health
- Shayla Livingston, Member, Vermont Birth Center Coalition
- Lauren MacAfee, Board Member, Vermont Medical Society
- Rinn Mandeville, Nurse-Midwife, Copley Hospital
- Alex McCracken, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Peter Stuart, Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident, North Country Hospital
- Gail Zatz, Member, Vermont Birth Center Coalition