Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

Room 17

January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018

Last Updated 3/23/2018 10:59 AM

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

After the Floor                   S. 53 - An act relating to a universal, publicly financed primary care system

Allan Ramsay, M.D., Green Mountain Care Board - Invited

 

11:00 AM                   Confirmations

Faisal Gill - Board of Medical Practice

Margaret Bolton - State Board of Health

Don Meals - State Board of Health

Patricia Hunter - Board of Medical Practice

Alexandra Potter - Vermont Tobacco and Evaluation Review Board

Robert Simpson, State Board of Health

Ryan Sexton, Vermont Board of Medical Practice

 

 

11:30 AM                   Reports Submitted to the General Assembly

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

8:30 AM                   S. 103 - An act relating to the regulation of toxic substances and hazardous materials

Lauren Hierl, Executive Director, Vermont Conservation Voters

Matt Holland, Seabird Strategies

Bill Driscoll, Associated Industries of Vermont

Deborah Hirtz, Pediatric Neurologist, University of Vermont Medical Center

Matt Lenz, Director of State Government Affairs, Toy Association

Martin Wolf, Director, Product Sustainability & Authenticity, Seventh Generation

 

9:30 AM                   S. 103 - An act relating to the regulation of toxic substances and hazardous materials

Testimony Continued

Andrew Hackman, Serlin Haley LLP, Juvenile Product Manufacturers - Phone

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Allison Crowley Demag, Lobbyist, American Chemistry Council

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

Ruma Kohli, Product Stewardship Program Manager, Global Foundries

 

10:30 AM                   S. 209 - An act relating to the admissibility of a child’s hearsay statements in a proceeding before the Human Services Board

                  S. 158 - An act relating to the Child Protection Registry

                  S. 217 - An act relating to the role of independent, State-licensed adoption agencies in CHINS proceedings

Sen. Dick Sears, Sponsor

Sen. Peg Flory, Sponsor

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families

Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

Hon Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Court Administrator's Office

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

9:00 AM                   S. 175 - An act relating to the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Vermont, bulk purchasing, and the impact of prescription drug costs on health insurance premiums

Senator Sen. Tim Ashe, Sponsor

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Kathryn Becker Van Haste, Director of Health Policy Health, Veterans & Business Outreach, Senator Bernie Sanders - Invited

Peter Welch, U.S. Congressman, Vermont - Phone

John Tracy, Field Representative, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy

Trish Riley, Executive Director, National Academy of State Health Policy - Phone

 

10:30 AM                   S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Martha Allen, President, Vermont National Education Association

Dillon Burns, Director of Mental Health Services, Vermont Care Partners

Scott Strenio, Medical Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Ashley Berliner, Director of Health Care Policy and Planning, Agency of Human Services

Tracy Watterson, Multi-tiered System of Supports Program Manager, Agency of Education

Ann Dillenbeck, CIS Coordinator, Children's Integrated Services

 

11:45 AM                   Vermont Climate and Health Alliance

Ruth Blauwiekel, , University Veterinarian, University of Vermont

Don McIntyre, M.D., Founding member and first President, Vermont Dermatological Society

Ian Stokes, M.D., Research Professor Emeritus, Spinal Biomechanics, University of Vermont

Dr. Burton Wilcke, Ph.D., Retired Chair, Dept. of Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UVM

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, January 19, 2018

8:30 AM                   Review of Act 82 Reports & Mental Health Data Points

Melissa Bailey, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Mary Moulton, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

Julie Tessler, Executive  Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services

Dillon Burns, Director of Mental Health Services, Vermont Care Partners

Wilda White, Executive  Director, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors - Invited

 

10:50 AM                   S. 103 - An act relating to the regulation of toxic substances and hazardous materials

Committee Discussion

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 12 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 webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Faith Brown at 802-828-2279 or fbrown@leg.state.vt.us