Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 4

February 25, 2020 - February 28, 2020

Last Updated 2/28/2020 8:17 AM

 

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 PM                   S. 233 - An act relating to uniform licensing standards

Committee discussion; mark up; possible vote

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Office of the Secretary of State

David Herlihy, Director of Hospital Licensing, Department of Health, Executive Director, Vermont Board of Medical Practice - Invited

 

2:15 PM                   20-0865 - An act relating to OPR bill provisions

Committee discussion

Steven Gordon, CEO / President, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital - Phone

Ellen Watson, Chair Vermont Board of Nursing

David Herlihy, Director of Hospital Licensing, Department of Health, Executive Director, Vermont Board of Medical Practice

Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society

Wendy Davis, M.D., Pediatrician at UVM Medical Center, Vermont Medical Society - Phone

Dean Barcelow, O.D., Doctor, Vermont Optometric Association

Paulette Thabault, Professor and Director, Norwich University School of Nursing

Judy Rosenstreich, Public Member, Vermont Board of Medical Practice

 

3:15 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:30 PM                   S. 270 - An act relating to the professional regulation of massage therapy

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Office of the Secretary of State

Diane Rodgers, Certified Advanced Rolfer

Heather Chadwick, Massage Therapist

Bobby Ibarra, Structural Integration Practitioner

Kelly McDermott-Burns, Reiki Practioner

Mischul Brownstone, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Teacher

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   S. 307 - An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary and the Vermont State Colleges

Heather Riemer, Director, American Federation of Teachers VT - Invited

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sophie Zdatny, General Counsel, Vermont State College System

Jes Kraus, Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Vermont

 

2:45 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:00 PM                   S. 297 - An act relating to the Agency of Health Care Administration

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sen. Jane Kitchel, Sponsor

 

Thursday, February 27, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   S. 127 - An act relating to the definition and rights of temporary State employees

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

John Berard, Director, Labor Relations, Department of Human Resources

 

2:15 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

2:30 PM                   EMS

Referencing S.243, Draft 2.2

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

James Finger, CEO, Vermont Ambulance Association

James Feehan, Lobbyist, American Property Casualty Insurance Association

Kevin Gaffney, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation, Insurance Division

Will Moran, Paramedic, Vermont Ambulance Association

Patrick Malone, Director of the Initiative for Rural Emergency Medical Services, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, UVM

Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen

Bradley R. Reed, President, Professional Firefighters of Vermont

 

Friday, February 28, 2020

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   S. 287 - An act relating to the contractual rights of members of the Vermont State Employees’ Retirement System

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

 

2:00 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

2:15 PM                   Committee  Discussion

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 6 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

 Gail Carrigan at 828-2272 or gcarrigan@leg.state.vt.us