Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

Room 17

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/25/2018 11:17 AM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

9:30 AM          Senate Floor

 

10:45 AM          Budget Adjustment

Sen. Jane Kitchel, Senate Committee on Appropriations

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Melissa Bailey, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

 

11:45 AM          RiseVT

Marissa Parisi, Executive Director, RiseVT

Jill Berry Bowen, Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Medical Center

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

5:30 PM          Public Hearing on Access to Health Care

House Chamber.

Fifty-one witnesses testified; others submitted written testimony.

Heather Pembrook, Huntington

Jill Charbonneau, President, Vermont AFL-CIO

Lorraine Hallock, Middlebury

Ethan Parke, Montpelier

Lois Whitmore, Essex Junction

Sandra Pond, Barre

Patricia Reid, Addison

Barbara Wilson, Shoreham

Millard Cox, Addison County Workers' Center

Kaiya Andrews, Waterbury

Amanda Sheppard, Middlebury

Ellen Schwartz, Brattleboro

Manny Mansbach, Athens

Will Bennington, Barre

Susan Leigh Deppe, Chair, Health Care Reform, Vermont Psychiatric Association

Bobby Rood, Warren

Tev Kelman, Washington

Abbey Lamay-West, Lincoln

Mari Cordes, President, Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals

Kyle Clauss, South Royalton

Allan Ramsay, Medical Director, People's Health & Wellness Clinic

Barbara Saunders, Brattleboro

Mary Chapman, Middlebury

Dorothy Mammen, Middlebury

Lesley Jacobson, Bennington

Mary Gerisch, Bennington

Charlie Murphy, Peer Advocate Counselor, Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL)

Jessica Morrison, Burlington

Tom Joslin, Jericho

Ellen Oxfeld, Vermont Health Care for All

Walter Carpenter, Montpelier

Tenzin Chophel, Burlington

Traven Leyshon, Middlesex

Greg Sands, Addison County

Marjorie Power, Montpelier

Michele Robbins, Essex Junction

Kelley Scholfield, Barre

Susan Aranoff, Member, Vermont Development Disabilities Council

Keith Brunner, Burlington

Xenia Williams, Barre Town

Michel Kabay, Plainfield

Kristine Smith, Barre

Priscilla Relyea, Barre

Jamie McCallum, Weybridge

Ivy Geilker, Middlebury

Mary Alice Bisbee, Montpelier

Griffin Shumway, Wilder

Jason Kaye, Middlebury

Ann Vanneman, Shrewsbury

Leslie Ward, Grand Isle

Barbara Hoffman, Shrewsbury

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

8:30 AM          Reports Submitted to the General Assembly

 

8:40 AM          Budget Adjustment Discussion

Committee Discussion

 

8:45 AM          S. 103 - An act relating to the regulation of toxic substances and hazardous materials

Karyn Schmidt, Senior Director, Regulatory and Technical Affairs, American Chemistry Council

 

9:00 AM          Mental Health Reports

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

 

9:30 AM          S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

Chuck Myers, Northeastern Family Institute, Northeastern Family Institute

Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

Paul Dragon, Director of Policy & Program Integration, Agency of Human Services

Tracy Dolan, Deputy Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health

 

11:00 AM          Act 82 Sec 9 The Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder and Developmental Disabilities Workforce Report

Paul Dragon, Director of Policy & Program Integration, Agency of Human Services - Invited

 

1:00 AM          Senate Floor

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:00 AM          S. 164 - An act relating to establishing the Unused Prescription Drug Repository Program

Jon-Michael Rosmann, CEO, SafeNetRx - Phone

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

Nancy Hogue, Director of Pharmacy Services, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Nursing Homes

Mark DiParlo, Director of Outpatient Pharmacies, RPh, University of Vermont Medical Center

Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists

Gabe Gilman, General Counsel, Secretary of State's Office

Carrie Phillips, Executive Officer, Vermont Board of Pharmacy

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems - Writing

 

10:15 AM          Reports Submitted to the General Assembly

 

11:00 AM          AHS Facilities Report

Melissa Bailey, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Lisa Menard, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

1:00 AM          Senate Floor

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

9:00 AM          S. 103 - An act relating to the regulation of toxic substances and hazardous materials

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

 

9:15 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

Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Georgia Maheras, Director, Vermont Public Policy, Esq., Bi-State Primary Care Association

Nate Awrich, Manager of Pharmacy Operations, University of Vermont Health Network

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

Rebecca Heintz, General Counsel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont

Mark Hage, Member Benefits Director, Vermont-NEA

Mary Kate Mohlman, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services

Theo Kennedy, Lobbyist, Vermont Retail Druggists

Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists - Phone

 

11:00 AM          S. 223 - An act relating to the administration of intravenous prescription drugs to cancer patients through local physician practices

Leslie Lockridge, M.D.

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

 

11:30 AM          Senate Floor

 

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If you have any questions and comments, please contact

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