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Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
AGENDA
Room 17
March 19, 2019 - March 22, 2019
Last Updated 3/25/2019 8:19 AM
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
9:30 AM Senate Floor
11:15 AM Introductions and Updates
Auburn Watersong, Director of Trauma Prevention and Resilience Development, VT Agency of Humans Services
11:30 AM School Nutrition Day
Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
Kathy Alexander, Food Service Director, Mount Abraham Unified School District and Addison Northwest School District
11:40 AM S. 7 - An act relating to the evaluation of social service integration with accountable care organizations
Discussion of Amendment
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Conor Kennedy, Agency of Human Services
12:00 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
9:00 AM S. 7 - An act relating to the evaluation of social service integration with accountable care organizations
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Ena Backus, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services
Susan Barrett, J.D., Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
Kirsten Murphy, Executive Director, Vermont Development Disabilities Council
9:30 AM Prop 5 - Declaration of rights; right to personal reproductive liberty
Committee Discussion
10:15 AM Afterschool Programs
Humberto Soriano, President, Chilean Society of Pediatrics
Michael Mann, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Boise State University
Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
10:45 AM S. 73 - An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Surgery Center
11:00 AM Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Mental Health Workforce
Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
Dr. Patricia Prelock , Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont
Dr. Nolan Atkins, Provost, Northern Vermont University
12:00 PM Adjourn
Thursday, March 21, 2019
9:00 AM FY2020 Budget
Cory Gustafson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
Michael Costa, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM S. 128 - An act relating to physician assistant licensure
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
David Herlihy, Executive Director, Vermont Board of Medical Practice
Christine O'Neill, MMSc, PA-C, President, Physician Assistants Academy of Vermont
Sarah Bushweller, P.A.
11:15 AM Health Care Workforce
Deborah Wachtel, DNP, MPH, APRN, Assistant Professor, UVM College of Nursing, Vermont Nurse Practitioners' Association
11:25 AM S. 31 - An act relating to informed health care financial decision making
Possible amendment
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sen. Joe Benning, Sponsor of Amendment
- S. 53 - An act relating to increasing the proportion of health care spending allocated to primary care
Possible amendment
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Sponsor of Amendment
- S. 73 - An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers
Possible amendment
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sen. Randy Brock, Sponsor of Amendment
11:50 AM Prop 5 - Declaration of rights; right to personal reproductive liberty
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
12:00 PM Adjourn
Friday, March 22, 2019
9:00 AM H. 218 - An act relating to lead poisoning prevention
Rep. Carl Rosenquist, Sponsor
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
9:30 AM S. 117 - An act relating to the therapeutic use of cannabis
Walk-through
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
10:00 AM S. 53 - An act relating to increasing the proportion of health care spending allocated to primary care
Possible amendment
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Sponsor of Amendment
Susan Barrett, J.D., Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- S. 73 - An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers
Possible amendment
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
11:00 AM Prop 5 - Declaration of rights; right to personal reproductive liberty
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
11:30 AM Senate Floor
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