House Committee on Human Services Agenda

House Committee on Human Services

AGENDA

Room 46

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 2/14/2019 11:49 AM

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

10:00 AM House Floor

- Caucuses and Lunch

Immediately following adjournment of the Floor

1:00 PM H. 57 - An act relating to preserving the right to abortion

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Dr. Lauren MacAfee, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, University of Vermont Medical Center, Vermont Medical Society

Meagan Gallagher, Executive Director and CEO, Planned Parenthood Northern New England

Guy Page, Berlin

Melinda Moulton, Chair, Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund & Board Member, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Main Street Landing, Burlington

3:00 PM Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Memo

Jared Adler, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Rep. Matthew Trieber, House Committee on Appropriations

4:15 PM Adjourn

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

9:00 AM Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

RE: Child Development Division; Department for Children and Families

Rep. Matthew Trieber, House Committee on Appropriations

9:15 AM Department for Children and Families

Reach-Up Program

Sean Brown, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Erin Oalican , Reach-Up/TANF Program Director, Department for Children and Families

Karen Vastine, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Karolyn Long, Economic Services Division Planning, Policy and Regulation, Department for Children and Families

Rose Stackhouse, Reach-Up Case Manager, Burlington Office, Division of Economic Services, Department for Children and Families

Emily Hazard, Reach-Up Supervisor, St. Johnsbury Office, Division of Economic Services, Department for Children and Families

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM House Floor

15 mins after Floor H. 57 - An act relating to preserving the right to abortion

Donna Bailey, Director, Addison County Parent Child Center

Eileen Haupt, Jericho

Ken Hoeppener, Jeffersonville

Dr. Donna Burkett, Medical Director, Planned Parenthood Northern New England

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

4:30 PM Adjourn

Thursday, January 24, 2019

9:15 AM H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

What does the science tell us and e-cigarettes 101

Mark Levine, Commissioner, M.D., Vermont Department of Health

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

- H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

Overview of current Vermont smoking laws

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

- H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

Introduction

Rep. George W. Till, Sponsor

10:50 AM Break

- H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

Walk-through

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

- H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

Rebecca Ryan, Division Director, Health Promotion, American Lung Association of the Northeast

11:30 AM H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM House Floor

2:00 PM Governor's FY2020 Budget Address

Joint Assembly

Friday, January 25, 2019

9:30 AM House Floor

15 mins after Floor H. 85 - An act relating to increasing the personal needs allowance for certain nursing home residents

Robin Chapman, Staff Attorney, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

Alice Harter, Ombudsman/Volunteer Coordinator, Vermont Legal Aid Long Term Care Ombudsman Project

Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Karolyn Long, Economic Services Division Planning, Policy and Regulation, Department for Children and Families

12:00 PM Lunch

1:15 PM H. 37 - An act relating to eliminating the Secretary of Human Services’ authority to reverse or modify a decision or order of the Human Services Board

Introduction

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor

Barbara Prine, Attorney, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid

- H. 60 - An act relating to making the Agency of Human Services’ Department for Children and Families responsible for the oversight and regulation of child care and prekindergarten education for children 0 years of age through the age when they are enrolled in kindergarten

Introduction

Rep. Carl Rosenquist, Sponsor

- H. 70 - An act relating to compliance with child care providers’ educational and experiential requirements

Introduction

Rep. Carl Rosenquist, Sponsor

3:00 PM Adjourn

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