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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