2023-2024 Session
Change SessionS.189 (Act 115)
An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- House 5/10/2024 - Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 23, 2024
Bill/Resolution Text
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An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2023-2024
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An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2023-2024
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An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2023-2024
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An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2023-2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Walk-Through
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 9:30 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Overview
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health
Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Programs, Department of Public Safety
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 11:00 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Kristin Chandler, Coordinator, Team Two
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 9:45 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Programs, Department of Public Safety
Jeremy Therrien, Crisis Program Director, Department of Mental Health
Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 10:00 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee discussion
Heather Simons, Executive Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council
Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 10:45 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee discussion and possible vote
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, February 23, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 11:00 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee discussion
Lynn Currier Stanley, Executive Director, Vermont and New Hampshire Chapters, National Association of Social Workers
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 11:00 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee discussion and mark-up
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 11:50 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Vote
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Liz Mills, Representative, Vermont Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 11:45 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Possible amendment
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 15 Minutes After Floor
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Introduction, walk-through, testimony
Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Reporter, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Samantha Sweet, Mental Health Director, Department of Mental Health
Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health
Christopher Brickell, Deputy Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 15 Minutes After Floor
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Testimony
Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
April Plante, Clinical Director, Adult Home Health Services, UVM Health Network Home Health and Hospice
Kathy Demar, Executive Director, Lamoille Home Health & Hospice
Sara King, President and CEO, VNA and Hospice of the Southwest Region
Kaili Kuiper, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Programs, Department of Public Safety
Lynn Currier Stanley, Executive Director, Vermont and New Hampshire Chapters, National Association of Social Workers
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 3:00 PM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Lindsey Owen, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights Vermont
Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 15 Minutes after Floor
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee discussion
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kaili Kuiper, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 15 Minutes after Floor
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee discussion and possible vote
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- 10:50 AM
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S.189 - An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Walk-through of House amendment
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Committee Documents
An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2023-2024
House Committee on Health Care
- Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Christopher Brickell, Deputy Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council
- Kathy Demar, Executive Director, Lamoille Home Health & Hospice
- Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health
- Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
- Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Programs, Department of Public Safety
- Sara King, President and CEO, VNA and Hospice of the Southwest Region
- Kaili Kuiper, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
- Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Reporter, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
- Lindsey Owen, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights Vermont
- April Plante, Clinical Director, Adult Home Health Services, UVM Health Network Home Health and Hospice
- Lynn Currier Stanley, Executive Director, Vermont and New Hampshire Chapters, National Association of Social Workers
- Samantha Sweet, Mental Health Director, Department of Mental Health
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Kristin Chandler, Coordinator, Team Two
- Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health
- Mourning Fox, Director of Mental Health Programs, Department of Public Safety
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Liz Mills, Representative, Vermont Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers
- Heather Simons, Executive Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council
- Lynn Currier Stanley, Executive Director, Vermont and New Hampshire Chapters, National Association of Social Workers
- Jeremy Therrien, Crisis Program Director, Department of Mental Health
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An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2023-2024
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An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2023-2024
No committee of conference meeting history found for S.189 in the Regular Session 2023-2024.
No committee of conference report found for S.189 in the Regular Session 2023-2024.
Act
- Signed into law 5/23/2024
- As Enacted (ACT 115)
- Act Summary
An act relating to mental health response service guidelines and the safety of social service and home health providers
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2023-2024
| Statute |
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| 18 V.S.A. § 7260. Mental health response service guidelines |
| 33 V.S.A. § 6309. Staff safety; discharge from service |
