Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

Room 17

March 31, 2020 - April 3, 2020

Last Updated 4/3/2020 8:38 AM

 

 

 

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

9:30 AM                   Zoom Training

This will not be live streamed

 

10:00 AM                   COVID-19 Response Updates

Hospitals and FQHCs

Steve Leffler, M.D., President, University of Vermont Medical Center

Georgia Maheras, Esq., Vice President of Policy and Programs, Bi-State Primary Care Association

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

2:00 PM                   Special Education K-12 COVID-19 Updates

Joint Committee with Senate Committee on Education

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Erin Maguire, Special Education Administrator/Westford-Essex School District, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Kirsten Murphy, Executive Director, Vermont Development Disabilities Council

Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Special Education Advisory Council

Jacqueline Kelleher, State Director of Special Education, Agency of Education

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

10:00 AM                   Temporary Closing of Woodside

Joint Meeting with Senate Committee on Judiciary

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Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

 

10:50 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   Covid-19 Impact on Residential Care and Foster Care

Joint Hearing with Senate Committee on Judiciary

continued

Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Monica Caserta Hutt, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 2, 2020

9:30 AM                   COVID-19 Response Updates

Joint Hearing with Senate Committee on Education

Jessica Robinson , Medicaid Programs Administrator, Agency of Education

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

Laurel Olmland, MS, NCC, Director,Child,Adolescent, and Family Unit, Vermont Department of Mental Health

 

11:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 3, 2020

9:30 AM                   COVID-19 Response Updates

Nursing Homes and Residential Care Homes

Megan Tierney-Ward, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association

 

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Home Health and Hospice Services

Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont

 

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Domestic and Sexual Violence Services

Jessica Barquist, Director of Policy and Organizing, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

 

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Pathways Support Line

Patrick Gallagher, Development Director, Pathways Vermont

 

11:00 AM                   COVID-19 Response Updates

Support Services

 

Mary Moulton, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

Julie Tessler, Executive Director, Vermont Care Partners

Linda Johnson, Executive Director, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont

JoEllen Tarallo Ed.D., MCHES, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Health and Learning, Director, VT Suicide Prevention Center

 

12:30 PM                   Adjourn