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Senate Committee on Finance
AGENDA
Room 6
February 18, 2020 - February 21, 2020
Last Updated 2/20/2020 4:37 PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
9:30 AM Senate Floor
1:30 PM S. 309 - An act relating to limitations on health care contract provisions and surprise medical bills
Testimony and Committee Discussion
Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Dr. Carl "Trey" Dobson, Chief Medical Officer, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
Sebastian Arduengo, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Regulation
2:30 PM S. 277 - An act relating to heating fuel and the Department of Public Service
Testimony and Committee Discussion
Matt Cota, Executive Director, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association
Riley Allen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Service
James Sullivan, Director, Bennington County Regional Commission - Phone
2:55 PM S. 279 - An act relating to the sales tax and vehicle charging stations
Testimony and Committee Discussion
Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes
Michele Boomhower, Director, Policy, Planning & Intermodal Dev. Div., Agency of Transportation
Robert Dostis, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations, Green Mountain Power
3:40 PM S. 267 - An act relating to the Renewable Energy Standard
Committee Discussion
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Olivia Campbell Andersen, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Vermont
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
1:00 PM Senate Floor
15 mins after the floor S. 310 - An act relating to use value appraisals
` S. 200 - An act relating to the definition of housesite for use value appraisals
Testimony, Committee Discussion and Mark-up
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes
Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
2:05 PM S. 337 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal energy and transportation sectors
Testimony
Rebecca Foster, Director, Efficiency Vermont
Darren Springer, General Manager, Burlington Electric Department
Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA
Andrea Cohen, Manager, Government Affairs and Member Relations, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Robert Dostis, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations, Green Mountain Power
TJ Poor, Director of Efficiency and Energy Resources, Department of Public Service
3:30 PM Peer 2 Peer Car-Sharing
Testimony and Committee Discussion
Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes
4:00 PM S. 283 - An act relating to the Town of Hartford’s tax increment financing district
Testimony, Committee Discussion and Possible Vote
Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council
Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, February 20, 2020
1:30 PM S. 318 - An act relating to financing options for public, educational, and government access television
Mark-up
Sen. Becca Balint, Sponsor
Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
1:45 PM S. 267 - An act relating to the Renewable Energy Standard
Committee Discussion and Possible Mark-up
Josh Castonguay, Vice President of Chief Innovation Executive & Power Supply, Green Mountain Power
Doug Smith, Chief Public Supply Executive, Green Mountain Power
Kerrick Johnson, Vice President - Strategic Innovation, VELCO
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
2:50 PM S. 301 - An act relating to repealing the sunset on 30 V.S.A. § 248a
Testimony, Committee Discussion and Possible Vote
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission
Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, A T & T
Owen Smith, Regional Vice President, External Affairs, AT&T
Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission
Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment - Phone
Stephen Whitaker, Telecom/IT Planning and Accountability Advocate, Montpelier
3:45 PM S. 193 - An act relating to penalties for violations of E-911 outage reporting rules
Testimony and Committee Discussion
Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Barb Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board
Jeff Austin, Director of Government Relations, Consolidated Communications
Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, AT&T
4:15 PM S. 318 - An act relating to financing options for public, educational, and government access television
Vote
Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
4:20 PM S. 309 - An act relating to limitations on health care contract provisions and surprise medical bills
Response to Health Care Advocate's Proposal
Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Friday, February 21, 2020
11:30 AM Senate Floor
1:30 PM S. 296 - An act relating to limiting out-of-pocket expenses for prescription insulin drugs
Committee Discussion, Mark-up and Possible Vote
2:00 PM S. 191 - An act relating to tax increment financing districts
Committee Discussion and Mark-up
3:00 PM S. 267 - An act relating to the Renewable Energy Standard
Committee Discussion and Mark-up
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 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 or comments, please contact
Faith Brown at 802-828-2253 or fbrown@leg.state.vt.us