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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