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House Committee on Health Care
AGENDA
Room 45
February 18, 2020 - February 21, 2020
Last Updated 4/20/2020 2:37 PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
10:00 AM House Floor
- Caucuses and Lunch
1:00 PM Vermont Medical Society Advocacy Day
Testimony on workforce solutions
Michael Rousse, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
Nate White, MD, Pediatric Resident, Vermont Medical Society
Nick Bonenfont, MD, Pediatric Resident, Vermont Medical Society
Cole Nygard, MD, Pediatric Resident, Vermont Medical Society
Patrick Duff, MD, Pediatric Resident, Vermont Medical Society
Whitney Sevey, MD, Pediatric Resident, Vermont Medical Society
Hillary Anderson, MD, Pediatric Resident, Vermont Medical Society
- Break
2:20 PM H. 723 - An act relating to health insurance coverage for store-and-forward telemedicine
Final mark-up and possible vote
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare
Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Nissa James, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
James Feehan, Lobbyist, Vermont State Dental Society
Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, Delta Dental Plan of Vermont, Inc.
Helen Labun, Director, Vermont Public Policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association
4:30 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
9:00 AM H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont
Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce
Marilyn Cargill, Vice President, Financial Aid Services, Marketing and Research, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Mary Val Palumbo, Professor and Director of Interprofessional Education, College of Nursing and Health Services, University of Vermont, AHEC Nurse Workforce Initiatives
Deb Snell, RN, President, Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (VFNHP), President, AFT Vermont
Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Office of the Secretary of State
Meredith Roberts, RN, PhD, Executive Director, American Nurses Association Vermont
11:25 AM Break
11:40 AM Health Care Affordability
12:08 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
2:35 PM H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont
Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce
Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
Patricia Moulton, President, Vermont Technical College
Sarah Billings-Berg, DC, DNP, RN, CNE, Associate Dean of Nursing, Vermont Technical College
Karen Scolforo, President, Castleton University
- Committee Discussion
4:10 PM Adjourn
Thursday, February 20, 2020
9:00 AM H. 742 - An act relating to grants for emergency medical personnel training
Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.; Chair, Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee
9:45 AM H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont
Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce
Elizabeth Cote, Director, Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program, University of Vermont
10:30 AM Election of Trustees to the Vermont State Colleges
Joint Assembly
- after the Joint Assembly H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont
Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce
Margaret Robinson, Chief, Public Health Nursing, Department of Health - Phone
Kelly Dougherty, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health - Phone
- Committee Discussion
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
Friday, February 21, 2020
8:30 AM H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont
Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce
Marilyn Cargill, Vice President, Financial Aid Services, Marketing and Research, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation - Phone
Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Rural Health Services Task Force
- Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget
Committee discussion
9:30 AM House Floor
- after the floor Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget
Committee discussion
11:30 AM H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont
Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce
Ena Backus, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services - Phone
- Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget
Committee discussion
12:00 PM Lunch
1:20 PM Committee Discussion
1:30 PM H. 742 - An act relating to grants for emergency medical personnel training
Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health - Phone
Dan Batsie, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Chief, Vermont Department of Health - Phone
James Feehan, Lobbyist, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
- Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget
Committee discussion
- Adjourn
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring five 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
Demis Martin at 828-2264 or demis@leg.state.vt.us