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Senate Committee on Finance
AGENDA
Room 6
February 25, 2020 - February 28, 2020
Last Updated 2/27/2020 3:39 PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
9:30 AM Senate Floor
11:30 AM Implicit Bias Training
Legislative Lounge
Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission
1:45 AM S. 191 - An act relating to tax increment financing districts
Committee Discussion, Mark-up and Possible Vote
Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:40 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, Committee Discussion and Mark-up
Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission
Daniel Dutcher, Senior Environmental Policy Manager, Agency of Transportation
John DuBrul, Vice President and General Manager, The Automaster
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
4:00 PM S. 267 - An act relating to the Renewable Energy Standard
Committee Discussion and Mark-up
Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
Andrea Cohen, Manager, Government Affairs and Member Relations, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission
4:45 PM S. 296 - An act relating to limiting out-of-pocket expenses for prescription insulin drugs
Testimony, Review Draft and Vote
Elia Spates Marquis, Newport - Phone
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
1:00 PM Senate Floor
1:30 PM S. 309 - An act relating to limitations on health care contract provisions and surprise medical bills
Committee Discussion, Mark-up and Possible Vote
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Rebecca Heintz, General Counsel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Emily Brown, Director of Rates and Forms, Department of Financial Regulation
2:00 PM S. 190 - An act relating to the Standard Offer Program
Testimony, Committee Discussion, Mark-up and Possible Vote
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Sam Lincoln, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
Jamey Fidel, General Counsel, VNRC
Dylan Zwicky, Lobbyist, Ryegate
2:50 PM S. 191 - An act relating to tax increment financing districts
Review Amendments and Possible Vote
Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council
Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:35 PM Break
4:10 PM S. 267 - An act relating to the Renewable Energy Standard
Review Amendments and Possible Vote
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
Andrea Cohen, Manager, Government Affairs and Member Relations, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission
Warren Coleman, Lobbyist, Vermont Trails Alliance
4:45 PM S. 337 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal energy and transportation sectors
Review Amendment and Possible Vote
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, February 27, 2020
1:00 PM Senate Floor
15 mins after the floor S. 245 - An act relating to eliminating cost-sharing requirements for primary care
Study: Defining Primary Care and Its Proportion of Health Care Spending
Michele Degree, Health Policy Advisor, Green Mountain Care Board
Nissa James, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
2:30 PM S. 216 - An act relating to allowing large municipal employers to provide Exchange and reflective health benefit plans to their employees
Testimony
Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Kelley Avery, CPIA, Senior VERB Programs Administrator, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Cameron Niedermayer, Assistant City Manager, Montpelier
Addie Strumolo, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
Rebecca Heintz, General Counsel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Susan Barrett, J.D., Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
Amerin Aborjaily, Associate General Counsel, Green Mountain Care Board
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:15 PM S. 339 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles
Walk-through of Finance Issues
Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, February 28, 2020
11:30 AM Senate Floor
` The Committee Will Not Be Meeting
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 10 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