2025-2026 Session
Change SessionH.585
An act relating to health insurance reforms
- Sponsor(s)
- Location
- House Committee on Health Care
- Last Recorded Action
- House 1/7/2026 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care
Bill/Resolution Text
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An act relating to health insurance reforms
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2025-2026
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Roll Call History
Regular Session 2025-2026
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An act relating to health insurance reforms
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2025-2026
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Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2025-2026
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 9:00 AM
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Walk-through
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- 9:30 AM
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Testimony - Plan Options for Vermonters
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
Mary Block, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Financial Regulation
- 10:45 AM
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H.585 - An act relating to health insurance reforms
Testimony - Plan Options for Vermonters, Cntd.
Chelsea Bardot Lewis, Executive Director, Vermont Business for Social Responsibility (VBSR)
Emma Paradis, Common Good Vermont Co-Director, United Way of Northwest Vermont
Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
Mary Block, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Financial Regulation
Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
- 1:00 PM
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Testimony - Efficient Service Delivery
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Sharon Gutwin, Owner, RehabGYM and Kismet Place
Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
Mary Block, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Financial Regulation
Joe Valenti, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation
Adaline Strumolo, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
Devon Green, Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Thursday, January 29, 2026
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 11:00 AM
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H.585 - An act relating to health insurance reforms
Testimony
Owen Foster, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
Emily Brown, Exective Director, Green Mountain Care Board
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Health Care
- 11:30 AM
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H.585 - An act relating to health insurance reforms
Section 11
Wyll Everett, Family Physician, Vice President, Vermont Academy of Family Physicians
- 1:00 PM
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H.585 - An act relating to health insurance reforms
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
Hillary Borcherding, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Regulation
- 1:50 PM
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H.585 - An act relating to health insurance reforms
Courtney Harrness, Director of Legislative and Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
- 2:45 PM
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H.585 - An act relating to health insurance reforms
Susan Ridzon, Executive Director, Healthfirst, Inc.
Michelle Wade, President, Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association
Committee Documents
An act relating to health insurance reforms
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Health Care
- Chelsea Bardot Lewis, Executive Director, Vermont Business for Social Responsibility (VBSR)
- Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Mary Block, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Financial Regulation
- Hillary Borcherding, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Regulation
- Emily Brown, Exective Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Wyll Everett, Family Physician, Vice President, Vermont Academy of Family Physicians
- Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
- Owen Foster, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
- Devon Green, Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Sharon Gutwin, Owner, RehabGYM and Kismet Place
- Courtney Harrness, Director of Legislative and Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
- Emma Paradis, Common Good Vermont Co-Director, United Way of Northwest Vermont
- Susan Ridzon, Executive Director, Healthfirst, Inc.
- Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
- Adaline Strumolo, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Joe Valenti, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation
- Michelle Wade, President, Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association
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An act relating to health insurance reforms
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