House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 33

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 1/25/2019 11:52 AM

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

10:00 AM                   House  Floor

 

After the Floor                    Caucuses

 

11:30 AM                   Lunch

 

12:30 PM                   Security Briefing

Discussion with Capital Police, Sergeant-At-Arms, and Information Technology in regards to State House security updates.

Matthew Romei, Chief of Capitol Police, Vermont Legislature

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont Legislature

Kevin Moore, Deputy Director for Information Technology, Legislative Council

 

2:00 PM                   Department of Corrections

Discussion with DOC in regards Corrections 101, Earned Good Time, inmate classification system and security level, and DOC facilities.

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

Dale Crook, Correctional Field Services Specialist, Department of Corrections

Al Cormier, Corrections Facilities Executive, Department of Corrections

 

3:45 PM                   Committee Discussion

FY 2019 General Fund Budget Adjustment recommendations to House Appropriations in reference to line items B500, B704, B709, B810.

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

9:00 AM                   Medication Assisted Treatment

Walk through of Medication Assisted Treatment legislation.

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:00 AM                   Integrated Eligibility Project

Information technology infrastructure as it relates to the FY19 Budget Adjustment.

Dan Smith, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office

 

11:30 PM                   Committee Discussion

Discussion and recommendations to House Appropriations regarding School Safety Grants per Act 84 of 2018.

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House  Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Budget Adjustment Discussion

Review of FY 2021 recommendations for CDAAC and State Bonding.

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Scott Baker, Director Financial Reporting, Office of the State Treasurer

Ashlynn Doyon, Executive Assistant and Policy Analyst, Office of the State Treasurer

William Criewald, Office of the State Treasurer

 

3:25 PM                   Green Mountain Club

Discussion regarding the Green Mountain Club's Long Trail Protection Program within the regions of Johnson and Waterville.

Michael DeBonis, Executive Director, The Green Mountain Club

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Thursday, January 24, 2019

9:00 AM                   Building and General Services

Discussion regarding report update on the Agricultural & Agency of Natural Resources laboratory

Michael Kuhn, Design & Construction Program Chief, Department of Buildings & General Services

 

10:00 AM                   Department of Corrections

Discussion regarding the Earned Good Time Program within DOC and Earned Good Time Report.

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

 

11:00 AM                   Building and General Services

Discussion about the State House utilities, ventilation system, and mold remediation project.

Teigh Southworth, Buildings Engineer, Department of Buildings & General Services

Steve Hubbs, Environmental Health and Safety Program Manager, Buildings & General Services

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House  Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's 2020 Budget Address

Joint Assembly in the House Chamber regarding the Governor's 2020 Budget Address.

 

3:15 PM                   Capital Budget FY2020 and FY 2021

Brad Ferland, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration - Invited

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services

Eric Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Buildings and General Services

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Friday, January 25, 2019

9:30 AM                   House  Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Vermont Legal Aid

Discussion in regards to Vermont Legal Aid, Health Care Advocacy and Hepatitis C health issues within the Department of Corrections.

Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Julia Shaw, Health Care Policy Analyst, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Michael Touchette, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

11:15 PM                   State House Technology

Discussion with Sergeant-At-Arms and Information Technology in regards to the State House sound system.

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont Legislature

Kevin Moore, Deputy Director for Information Technology, Legislative Council

 

12:30 PM                   Lunch

 

4:30 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 5 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 and comments, please contact

 Danielle Bean at 802-828-2259 or dbean@leg.state.vt.us