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  • Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair
  • Rep. Sandy Haas, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Francis McFaun, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Marianna Gamache
  • Rep. Brian Keefe
  • Rep. Michael Mrowicki
  • Rep. Daniel Noyes
  • Rep. Kelly Pajala
  • Rep. Carl Rosenquist
  • Rep. Joseph "Chip" Troiano
  • Rep. Theresa Wood, Clerk

House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46

January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018

Last Updated 1/19/2018 10:27 AM

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

10:00 AM          FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor          H. 608 - An act relating to creating an Older Vermonters Act working group

Monica Hutt, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Angela Smith-Dieng, Director of State Unit of Aging, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont

Virginia Renfrew, Lobbyist, Adult Days

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association

Janet Hunt, Executive Director, Vermont Association of the Area Agencies on Aging

 

12:00 PM          Lunch & Caucuses

 

2:30 PM          Opioid Coordination Council

Overview of Report

Jolinda LaClair, Director, Drug Prevention Policy, Agency of Administration

Thomas D. Anderson, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

 

4:30 PM          Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

9:00 AM          Department for Children and Families

Child Development Division Updates

Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families

Christel Michaud, Director of Childcare Licensing, Department for Children and Families

 

11:30 AM          Child Development

Head Start

Paul Behrman, Director, Champlain Valley Head Start & Chair, Vermont Head Start Association

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor          H. 608 - An act relating to creating an Older Vermonters Act working group

Mark Up

Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Monica Hutt, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Angela Smith-Dieng, Director of State Unit of Aging, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

 

-          H. 199 - An act relating to reinstating legislative members to the Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

Mark Up & Vote

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Martha Richardson, Executive Director, Alzheimer's Association, Vermont Chapter - Phone

 

4:30 PM          Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

9:00 AM          H. 589 - An act relating to the reasonable and prudent parent standard

Walk-through & testimony

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Karen Shea, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Karen Vastine, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Amanda Churchhill, MSW, LICSW, Policy & Practice Specialist, Juvenile Justice/Adolescent Services, Department for Children and Families

Nate Farnham, Youth Development Program Leadership Group

Anne Ward, Foster Parent

James Waterman, Youth Development Program Leadership Group

 

10:30 AM          Break

 

10:45 AM          H. 589 - An act relating to the reasonable and prudent parent standard

continued-Vote

Adam Necrason, Lobbyist, Vermont Association for Justice

Abigail Lowell, Youth Development Program Leadership Group

Valerie Clark, Former Foster Parent

Worth Allen, Intern, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor          Government Accountability Committee Report

& Other Committee Reports

 

4:30 PM          Adjourn

 

Friday, January 19, 2018

9:30 AM          FLOOR

 

15 minutes after Floor          Child Development

How Are Vermont's Young Children and Families? 2017 Report

Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:15 PM          H. 608 - An act relating to creating an Older Vermonters Act working group

Mark-Up and Possible Vote

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM          Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Julie Tucker 828-2265 or jtucker@leg.state.vt.us