House Committee on Health Care

 

AGENDA

 

Room 45

February 25, 2020 - February 28, 2020

Last Updated 7/16/2020 2:46 PM

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                  Caucuses and Lunch

 

2:00 PM                   H. 960 - An act relating to miscellaneous health care provisions

Previously identified on agenda as Miscellaneous Health Care Committee Bill

Committee discussion

 

-                                   Break

 

3:30 PM                   H. 742 - An act relating to grants for emergency medical personnel training

Committee discussion

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Rep. James Harrison, Sponsor

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

10:00 AM                   H. 795 - An act relating to increasing hospital price transparency

Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Provider Price Transparency

Draft and possible vote

Rep. Lucy Rogers, Member, House Committee on Health Care

Christina McLaughlin, Health Policy Analyst, Green Mountain Care Board

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

-                                   Break

 

11:10 AM                   H. 438 - An act relating to the Board of Medical Practice and the licensure of physicians and podiatrists

Draft, testimony, and possible vote

David Herlihy, Executive Director, Vermont Board of Medical Practice

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society

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

 

-                                   Committee Discussion

 

11:50 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 27, 2020

9:00 AM                   H. 960 - An act relating to miscellaneous health care provisions

Previously identified on agenda as Prescription Drugs Committee Bill

Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Nissa James, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

 

9:37 AM                   Break

 

11:20 AM                   H. 723 - An act relating to health insurance coverage for store-and-forward telemedicine

Final draft and vote

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

-                                   H. 438 - An act relating to the Board of Medical Practice and the licensure of physicians and podiatrists

Vote

 

-                                   H. 643 - An act relating to banking and insurance

Vote

Jill Rickard, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation

 

-                                   H. 728 - An act relating to the miscellaneous changes affecting the duties of the Department of Vermont Health Access

Vote

Nissa James, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Rebecca Heintz, General Counsel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, February 28, 2020

9:00 AM                   H. 742 - An act relating to grants for emergency medical personnel training

Rep. Mari Cordes, Member, House Committee on Health Care

Rep. David Durfee, Member, House Committee on Health Care

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont

Previously identified on agenda as Health Care Workforce

Matthew Choate, RN, BSN, MBA, CEN, CPEN, Chief Nursing Officer, Central Vermont Medical Center - Phone

Ellen Watson, APRN, Chair, Board of Nursing

 

1:45 PM                   H. 742 - An act relating to grants for emergency medical personnel training

Update, draft, and possible vote

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

Rep. Mari Cordes, Member, House Committee on Health Care

Rep. David Durfee, Member, House Committee on Health Care

 

-                                   H. 607 - An act relating to increasing the supply of primary care providers in Vermont

Update from workgroup

Rep. Peter Reed, Member, House Committee on Health Care

Rep. Annmarie Christensen, Member, House Committee on Health Care

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:00 PM                   Break

 

2:15 PM                   H. 742 - An act relating to grants for emergency medical personnel training

Draft and possible vote

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

-                                   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