House Committee on Health Care

 

AGENDA

 

Room 45

April 24, 2018 - April 27, 2018

Last Updated 4/27/2018 12:30 PM

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

--After the Floor                   Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 175 - An act relating to the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Vermont, bulk purchasing, and the impact of prescription drug costs on health insurance premiums

Committee discussion: Amendment from House Ways and Means

Rep. Mary S. Hooper, Sponsor of amendment

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

9:00 AM                   S. 203 - An act relating to systemic improvements of the mental health system

Committee review of possible amendments

Rep. Mary S. Hooper, Sponsor of amendment

Julie Tessler, Executive  Director, Vermont Care Partners

Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

 

9:45 AM                   H. 696 - An act relating to establishing a State individual mandate

Review Senate amendments

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   H. 914 - An act relating to reporting requirements for the second year of the Vermont Medicaid Next Generation ACO Pilot Project

Brief review of Senate amendment

Rep. Annmarie Christensen

 

10:50 AM                   S. 53 - An act relating to recommendations for achieving universal coverage for primary care in Vermont

Committee discussion and possible vote

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

3:00 PM                   No Committee Meeting Scheduled

H. 404 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement for long-acting reversible contraceptives

Postponed to Thursday AM 9:00.

 

 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

9:00 AM                   H. 404 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement for long-acting reversible contraceptives

Update on Senate actions

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:40 AM                   S. 92 - An act relating to interchangeable biological products

Update, Senate actions

Rep. Lori Houghton

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:50 AM                   H. 639 - An act relating to banning cost-sharing for all breast imaging services

Update on Senate actions

Rep. Lori Houghton

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

Phil Keller, Director of Insurance Regulation, Department of Financial Regulation

 

10:00 AM                   S. 224 - An act relating to co-payment limits for visits to chiropractors

Phil Keller, Director of Insurance Regulation, Department of Financial Regulation

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

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

 

11:20 AM                   S. 262 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the Medicaid program and the Department of Vermont Health Access

Discussion  of open enrollment issues

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

2:30 PM                   No Committee Meeting Scheduled

 

Friday, April 27, 2018

8:30 AM                   Pain Management

Committee discussion, innovative pain management and insurance reimbursement, with House Human Services Committee.

Room 10.

Bruce Vrooman, Pain Management Center, M.D., Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

 

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

11:05 AM                   S. 224 - An act relating to co-payment limits for visits to chiropractors

Or after the Floor

Results of discussion group

Rep. Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

Phil Keller, Director of Insurance Regulation, Department of Financial Regulation

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                   S. 262 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the Medicaid program and the Department of Vermont Health Access

Discussion of open enrollment

Adaline Strumolo, Health Care Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Sean Sheehan, Deputy Director, Health Access Eligibility & Enrollment Unit, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

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

 Loring Starr at 802-828-2264 or lstarr@leg.state.vt.us