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House of Representatives
  • Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Chair
  • Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Terence Macaig, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Lynn Batchelor
  • Rep. Paul Belaski
  • Rep. Daniel Connor
  • Rep. Marcia Martel
  • Rep. Mary A. Morrissey
  • Rep. Robin Scheu, Clerk
  • Rep. Curt Taylor
  • Rep. Donald Turner

House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 33

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/26/2018 8:11 AM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

10:00 AM          House Floor

 

immediately following adjournment          Caucuses

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly- House Chamber

 

 

2:30 PM          Capital Bill FY 18 and 19

Discussion and review of the Capital Budget Adjustment with the Agency of Administration & Buildings and General Services

Brad Ferland, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

8:30 AM          H.559 Sec. 8 Forgiveness of Repayment of Planning Advances

Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) review of requirements & program implementation as outlined in H. 559 Sec. 8

Neil Kamman, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Environmental Conservation

Eric Blatt, Director Facilities Engineering Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:00 AM          ACT 78 S.61 An act relating to offenders with mental illness, inmate records, and inmate services

Discussion regarding the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Corrections and the Department of Mental Health

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Karen Barber, Chief Legal Counsel, Department of Mental Health

Lisa Menard, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Annie Ramniceanu, Mental Health Systems Director, Department of Corrections

 

11:00 AM          Department of Corrections

Discussion regarding DOC Campus Style Facilities, future style facilities, and current programs within corrections

Lisa Menard, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

2:00 PM          RBA Presentation

Discussion and follow-up in regards to HC&I RBA outcomes and indicators

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Susan Zeller, Chief Performance Officer, Agency of Administration - Invited

 

3:00 PM          Capital Debt Accountability

Discussion regarding CDAC, lease purchasing of buildings and public-private partnerships

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

8:30 AM          Legislative Council Information Technology

Training and review of iPad applications for Committee Members

Brandon Dyer, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM          Department of Labor

Discussion regarding VDOL and DOC Workforce Development. This program is designed to help individuals transition out of the system and back into the workforce

Sarah Buxton, WIOA Policy and Implementation Analyst, Vermont Department of Labor

David Lahr, Workforce Development Director, Vermont Department of Labor

 

11:00 AM          Building and General Services

Section 2 of the Capital Bill Adjustment for Major Maintenance, infrastructure improvement, Northern State Correctional Facility, Design & Construction, State House Switchgear

Joseph Aja, Interim Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings & General Services

Tabrena Karish, Building Engineer, Department of Buildings & General Services

Lauren Washburn, Building Engineer, Buildings and General Services

Tricia Harper, Building Engineer, Department of Buildings & General Services

Teigh Southworth, Buildings Engineer, Department of Buildings & General Services

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

2:00 PM          Vermont Veterans Home

Discussion and information session regarding the construction and kitchen renovation at the Vermont Veterans Home

Melissa Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Veterans' Home

 

3:00 PM          Capital Budget Adjustment

Vermont Judiciary planning and implementation of the Capital Budget Adjustment in regards to the Franklin County Court House and the Judiciary Case Management IT program.

Patricia Gabel, State Court Administrator, Court Administrator's Office

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

8:30 AM          Medicaid Overview

Discussion regarding the Woodside Facility, CMS, Medicaid Funding within the mental health population

Kenneth Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Melissa Bailey, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Selina Hickman, Director of Policy, Department of Health

 

9:30 AM          House Floor

 

10:00 AM          Department of Mental Health

Discussion regarding the differences between levels of care from acute, level I, level II, and secure residential

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Karen Barber, Chief Legal Counsel, Department of Mental Health

 

           Department of Corrections

Explanation of Forensic terminology as it relates to DOC facilities, beds, and jurisdictions

Lisa Menard, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

12:15 PM          Tax Policy Workshop (optional)

 

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

 Danielle Bean at 802-828-2259 or dbean@leg.state.vt.us