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House Committee on Health Care
AGENDA
Room 45
January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018
Last Updated 1/26/2018 11:30 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
2:30 PM Green Mountain Care Board
Following Governor's Budget Address.
Annual Report, GMCB work update, bill-back report; implementation of the All-payer Model
Susan Barrett, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
Ena Backus, Chief of Health Regulatory Policy, Green Mountain Care Board
Pat Jones, Health Policy Project Director, Green Mountain Care Board - Phone
5:30 PM Public Hearing on Access to Health Care
House Chamber.
Fifty-one witnesses testified; others submitted written testimony. Witness list and all testimony documents will be posted by 1/26/18.
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, M.D., 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, M.D., 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
9:00 AM Health Insurance Market
Broad discussion of current issues: individual mandate, executive orders regarding health insurance. 9:00 AM-Noon. Witnesses TBA
Robin Lunge, Board Member, Green Mountain Care Board
Emily Brown, Insurance Rates & Forms Assistant Director, Department of Financial Regulation - Invited
Agatha Kessler, Health Policy Director, Green Mountain Care Board
Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Michael Fisher, Chief Advocate, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid
11:00 AM S. 19 - An act relating to allowing silver-level nonqualified health benefit plans to be offered outside the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange
Bill from Senate. Cost-sharing Reduction Proposal
Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Robin Lunge, Board Member, Green Mountain Care Board - Invited
Michael Fisher, Chief Advocate, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid
Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM FLOOR
2:00 PM Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey
Discussion, updates
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Sarah Lindberg, Health Services Researcher, Green Mountain Care Board
Jessie Hammond, Vermont Department of Health - Phone
3:00 PM TBA
Thursday, January 25, 2018
9:00 AM Accountable Care Organizations
9:00 AM--Noon
Victoria Loner, Chief Operating Officer, OneCare Vermont (9:00 AM)
Michael Costa, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) (10:00 AM)
Alicia Cooper, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) (10:00 AM)
Ena Backus, Chief of Health Regulatory Policy, Green Mountain Care Board
Pat Jones, Health Policy Project Director, Green Mountain Care Board - Phone
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM FLOOR
2:00 PM S. 19 - An act relating to allowing silver-level nonqualified health benefit plans to be offered outside the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange
Cost-Sharing Reduction proposal. Committee discussion and possible vote.
Other witnesses TBA
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Adaline Strumolo, Health Care Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
Agatha Kessler, Health Policy Director, Green Mountain Care Board
2:30 PM Reports Repeal Bill
Rep. Benjamin Jickling
Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:00 PM Climate Change and Health Care
Vt. Dept. of Health Report: "Climate Change and Health in Vermont"--presentation and Committee discussion
Jared Ulmer, Climate & Health Program Coordinator, Vermont Department of Health
4:00 PM Medicaid Acupuncture Pilot Project
Report
Robert Davis, Acupuncture Vermont
Friday, January 26, 2018
9:30 AM FLOOR
10:30 AM Health Care Affordability
Discussion with Office of Health Care Advocate
Michael Fisher, Chief Advocate, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid
Eric Schultheis, Health Law and Policy Analyst, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid
Julia Shaw, Policy Analyst, Office of the Health Care Advocate
12:00 PM Lunch
12:15 PM Tax Policy Workshop (optional)
12:15 - 1:15 PM, Room 10. This week: Education Finance
1:30 PM H. 29 - An act relating to permitting Medicare supplemental plans to offer expense discounts
Committee discussion; Green Mountain Care Board report on pay parity
Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jessica Holmes, Member, Green Mountain Care Board
If you have any questions and comments, please contact
Loring Starr at 802-828-2264 or lstarr@leg.state.vt.us
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring THREE 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.