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  • Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Chair
  • Sen. Richard Westman, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Ann Cummings
  • Sen. Dick McCormack
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Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

Room 17

January 14, 2020 - January 17, 2020

Last Updated 1/17/2020 12:36 PM

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

After the Floor                     Committee Review of Reports and Reports Repealed 2020

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

9:00 AM                   Budget Adjustment

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   Vermont All Payer Program

Ena Backus, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services

Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

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

 

10:45 AM                   Primary Care Workforce Shortage Solutions

Primary doctor testimony

Susan Barrett, J.D., Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board

Fay Homan, M.D., GMCB Primary Care Advisory Group Member

Grace Solomon, Third Year Medical Student

Allan Ramsay, M.D., GMCB Primary Care Advisory Group Member

Valerie Rooney, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, GMCB Primary Care Advisory Group Member

 

11:30 AM                   Homelessness Awareness Day

Joint Meeting with Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs in House Chambers

Renee Weeks, Director of Shelter and Clinical Services, Upper Valley Haven, Co-Chair of the VT Coalition to End Homelessness

Rhianna Kendrick, Director of Operations, GroundWorks Collaborative, Brattleboro

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 16, 2020

9:00 AM                   OneCare Vermont

Room 11 Joint meeting with House Committee on Health Care

 

Victoria Loner, RN.C, MHCDS, Chief Executive Officer, OneCare Vermont

Tom Borys, Senior Director of Finance and Payment Reform, OneCare Vermont

 

11:00 AM                   Rural Health Services Task Force

Room 17

Agatha Kessler, Health Policy Director, Green Mountain Care Board

Laura Pelosi, Member, Rural Health Services Task Force

Robin Lunge, Chair, Rural Health Services Task Force

Jill Olson, Member, Rural Health Services Task Force

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 17, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 181 - An act relating to access to employee restrooms for individuals living with an inflammatory bowel disease

 

 

 

 

Sen. Dick Sears, Sponsor

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

-                                   S. 243 - An act relating to establishing the Emergency Service Provider Wellness Commission

Sen. Dick Sears Jr., Sponsor

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.

 

9:20 AM                   S. 263 - An act relating to the Parent Child Center Network

 

Walk-through

 

 

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM                   H. 83 - An act relating to female genital cutting

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:40 AM                   S. 288 - An act relating to banning flavored tobacco products and e-liquids

Walk-through

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

-                                   S. 252 - An act relating to stem cell therapies not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Walk-through

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:00 AM Or After House Floor                   OneCare Vermont

Room 11 Joint meeting with House Committee on Health Care

 

Sara Barry, Chief Operating Officer, OneCare Vermont

Marissa Parisi, Executive Director, RiseVT

Victoria Loner, RN.C, MHCDS, Chief Executive Officer, OneCare Vermont

 

11:15 AM                   Adjourn

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 1 hard copy as this committee is paperless. 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 or comments, please contact

 Doris Oatley at 802-828-2279 or doatley@leg.state.vt.us