House Committee on Health Care

 

AGENDA

 

Room 45

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 2/20/2019 2:59 PM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Health Care 101

Introduction to health care

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM                   Break

 

3:30 PM                   Committee Discussion

Continue committee orientation

What would be helpful for new members and returning members?

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

9:00 AM                   History of Health Care Reform in Vermont

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Robin Lunge, Berlin, Vermont

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

 

10:30 AM                   Green Mountain Care Board

Overview of the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB)

Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Susan Barrett, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, MMR Legal Services

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

Jessie Hammond, Public Health Statistics Chief, Department of Health

Sean Sheehan, Healthcare Deputy Director of Operations, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

7:30 AM                   University of Vermont Health Network Breakfast

Community Leader Breakfast:  Continuing the Conversation about our Mental Health System, 7:30-9:00 AM at the Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center Ballroom, 100 State Street, Montpelier

 

10:00 AM                   Health Care Economics

Jessica Holmes, Ph.D., Economics Professor, Middlebury College

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Decorum Training

Immediately following adjournment of House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Agency of Human Services

Overview of the Agency of Human Services (AHS)

Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services

Candace Morgan, Principal Assistant to the Secretary, Agency of Human Services

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

9:00 AM                   Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Agency of Human Services

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:15 AM                   Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Agency of Human Services

Continued as needed

 

11:00 AM                   Adjourn Morning Meeting

 

11:30 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Health Care Testimony of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Meeting of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force - Topics include insurance, health care, medical IT, and mental health.  Meeting will be held at the National Life building - Montpelier Conference Room.

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 15 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

 Demis Martin at 828-2264 or demis@leg.state.vt.us