House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/26/2018 11:46 AM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

10:00 AM          FLOOR

 

immediately following adjournment          Caucuses

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly-House Chamber

 

30 Minutes Following Gov's Budget Address          H. 686 - An act relating to establishing the Child Fatality Review Team

Walk Through of Bill

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

Sally Kerschner, Maternal and Child Health Injury Prevention, Department of Health

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

 

4:30 PM          Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9:00 AM          H. 673 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the Reach Up program

Walk Through of Bill

Reach-Up Report Review

Rep. Brian Keefe, Sponsor

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sean Brown, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Erin Oalican , Reach-Up/TANF Program Director, Department for Children and Families

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor          H. 690 - An act relating to explanation of advance directives and treating clinicians who may sign a DNR/COLST

Walk Through of Bill

 

Rep. Sandy Haas, Sponsor

Cindy Bruzzese, Director, Vermont Ethics Network

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society

Sean Londergan, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid

 

4:30 PM          Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:30 AM          Child Development: Early Learning Challenge Grant

Evaluation and Next Steps

Joint Hearing with House Education Committee

Room 11

Julie Cadwallader Staub, Director, Vermont's Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Development Div., Dept. for Families and Children

Breena Holmes MD, Director of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Health

Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Pre-K-Grade 8, Agency of Education

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

Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

 

11:00 AM          Break

 

11:15 AM          Community Action Day

Individual Development Accounts and Financial Coaching

Liz Scharf, Savings and Credit Program Coordinator, Capstone Community Action

Leroy Nedd, Individual Development Account Program and Micro-Business Development Participant, South Burlington

 

11:45 AM          Security Briefing

Matthew Romei, Chief of Capitol Police, Office of Legislative Council

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont Legislature

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor          H. 271 - An act relating to administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Mark Up & Possible Vote

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sean Brown, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Faye Conte, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

 

4:30 PM          Adjourn

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

9:30 AM          FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor          Vermont Prescription Monitoring System (VPMS)

Overview

David Englander, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health

Hogan Smith, Pharmacy Student

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

 

-          H. 647 - An act relating to access to Vermont Prescription Monitoring System data by academic researchers

Walk Through of Bill

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jason Williams, Director of Government and Community Relations, University of Vermont Medical Center

David Englander, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

 

12:00 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