House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 33

April 24, 2018 - April 27, 2018

Last Updated 4/27/2018 12:42 PM

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Break

Legislative Picture session

 

12:15 PM                   Lunch

 

1:45 PM                   Vermont State Employees Association

Discussion regarding Mental Health facilities, staffing, and concerns with the new proposal

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

 

2:20 PM                   Department of Finance & Management

Discussion regarding unspent VTA funds

Brad Ferland, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

9:00 AM                   Correctional Facilities

Historical perspective about correctional facilities and ideas on how to move forward with a central or regional model

John Gorczyk, Former Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

10:00 AM                   Committee  Discussion

 

11:10 AM                   Correctional Facilities

Future concept and going forward with Correctional Facilities

Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:55 PM                   School Radon Mitigation

Discussion with House Education members regarding funding for Radon Testing and mitigation for school buildings

Rep. Kathryn Webb, House Committee on Education

 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

9:10 AM                   Correctional Facilities

Follow up discussion regarding current and future correctional facilities plans

John Campbell, Executive  Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs

 

10:05 AM                   H. 806 - An act relating to the Southeast State Correctional Facility

Discussion with BGS in regards to the Senate amendment to H.806

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services

 

10:35 AM                   Phosphorus Initiative

Follow up discussion with ANR/DEC and Agency of Agriculture regarding phosphorus extraction funding

Rebecca Ellis, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets

Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Pleasant Valley Farm

Marcey Hodgdon, Finance Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Invited

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

12:30 PM                   H. 874 - An act relating to inmate access to prescription drugs

Committee discussion regarding Draft 2.2 of H.874

Emily Miller, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, April 27, 2018

8:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

Review of Inmate Files and discussion regarding policy and procedure with Legislative Council, DOC & the Defender General

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

Sarah Truckle, Policy and Implementation Analyst, Department of Corrections

Seth Lipschutz, Defender General, Prisoners' Rights Office

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:00 AM                   Committee  Discussion

Review of Inmate Files with Legislative Council, DOC, and the Defender General

Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel and Records Officer, Office of Legislative Council

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

Sarah Truckle, Policy and Implementation Analyst, Department of Corrections

Seth Lipschutz, Defender General, Prisoners' Rights Office

 

11:50 AM                   H. 923 - An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment

Review of Senate updates to the Capital Bill

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

1:00 PM                   Lunch

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 5 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