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  • Rep. Sandy Haas, Vice Chair
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  • Rep. Kelly Pajala
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House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46

March 13, 2018 - March 16, 2018

Last Updated 5/4/2018 5:44 PM

 

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch & Caucuses

 

2:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

9:15 AM                   H. 921 - An act relating to nursing home oversight

Donahue Amendment

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, House Committee on Health Care

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   S. 257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Joint Hearing with H. Committee on Education - Room 11

Prekindergarten Education

 

Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

Carolyn Wesley, Deputy Director, Building Bright Futures

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

FYI-Annual Early Childhood Day at the Legislature Lunch, Capitol Plaza Hotel

 

 

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

Thursday, March 15, 2018

9:00 AM                   S. 280 - An act relating to the Advisory Council for Strengthening Families

Poverty Council Report 2017 & Testimony

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Rep. Diane Lanpher, Chair, Poverty Council

Sarah Phillips, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families

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

Karen Lafayette, Lobbyist, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

Sandy Paritz, Project Director, Vermont Poverty Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid - Invited

 

10:30 AM                   Judicial Retention

Joint Assembly

 

11:00 AM                   S. 280 - An act relating to the Advisory Council for Strengthening Families

Walk Through

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Doug Racine, Former Secretary, Agency of Human Services

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

Friday, March 16, 2018

9:00 AM                   H. 736 - An act relating to lead poisoning prevention

Donahue Amendment

Rep. Anne B. Donahue

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

 

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 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 web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Julie Tucker 828-2265 or jtucker@leg.state.vt.us