House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46

April 10, 2018 - April 13, 2018

Last Updated 4/13/2018 12:56 PM

 

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

9:45 AM Vermont Network Advocacy Day

Kris Lukens, Executive Director, Voices Against Violence

Justina Kenyon, Advocate, Safeline

 

10:00 AM FLOOR

 

1:00 PM Caucuses & Lunch

 

following Lunch & Caucuses S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families

Beth Tanzman, Executive Director, Blueprint for Health, Department of Vermont Health Access

Matt Levin, Executive Director, Childhood Advocacy Alliance

Amy Brady, Development Director, Voices for Vermont's Children

Michelle Faye, Associate Director, Voices for Vermont's Children

Kathy Hentcy, Mental Health & Health Care Integration Director, Department of Mental Health

 

4:25 PM S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Bard Hill, Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Julie Tessler, Executive  Director, VT Council of Developmental & Mental Health Services

 

5:00 PM Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

9:00 AM S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Committee Discussion & Mark-Up

Tricia Long, Director, Resilience Beyond Incarceration, LCMHC, Lamoille Restorative Center

Kristin Salvi, Government Relations Manager for the Northeast, Nurse-Family Partnership

Christy Gallese, Director of Expanded Learning Opportunities, Burlington School District

James Brown, STEM Education Coalition

Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Washington County Mental Health Services

 

10:45 AM Break

 

11:00 AM S. 225 - An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment

Pam Farnham, Manager, RN, Community Health Team, University of Vermont Medical Center

Beth Tanzman, Executive Director, Blueprint for Health, Department of Vermont Health Access

Michael Costa, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

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

 

12:00 PM Lunch

 

1:00 PM FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor S. 166 - An act relating to the provision of medication-assisted treatment for inmates

Reviewing section of bill (draft 7.1) as requested by House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Chair, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

3:30 PM S. 70 - An act relating to the nutritional requirements for children’s meals

Barbara Frankowski, M.D., MPH, Prof. of Gen. Pediatrics & Adolescent Med., Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Vermont

Hillary Caron, Senior Nutrition Policy Associate, Center for Science in the Public Interest - Phone

Tina Zuk, Government Relations Director, American Heart Association

Karen Lafayette, Lobbyist, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

4:30 PM Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 12, 2018

9:00 AM S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Committee Discussion & Mark-Up

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:45 AM Break

 

11:00 AM S. 225 - An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment

Mark-Up & Vote

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

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

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

Jason Williams, Director of Government and Community Relations, University of Vermont Medical Center

 

12:00 PM Lunch

 

1:00 PM FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Mark Up

 

4:30 PM Adjourn

 

Friday, April 13, 2018

9:30 AM FLOOR

 

15 mins after Floor S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Mark-Up

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 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