Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

AGENDA

June 9, 2020 - June 12, 2020

Last Updated 6/11/2020 10:39 AM

Committee meetings livestreamed here.

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

11:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Coronavirus Relief Fund

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

9:30 AM                   COVID-19 Response

Childcare Legislative Solutions Policy Discussion

Aly Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Let's Grow Kids

Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids

Morgan Crossman, Ph.D., Executive  Director, Building Bright Futures

Steven Berbeco, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Human Services Child Development Division

Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Child Development Division Policy Director, Agency of Human Services

10:30 AM                   Committee Discussion

Coronavirus Relief Fund

11:00 AM                   H. 424 - An act relating to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Patricia Casanova, LICSW, VT Deputy Compact Administrator ICPC/ICJ, Human Trafficking Consultant, Department for Children and Families

11:30 AM                   H. 795 - An act relating to increasing hospital price transparency

Committee Discussion

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

Thursday, June 11, 2020

10:00 AM                   COVID-19 Response

Coronavirus Relief Fund Health Care Sector Considerations

Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Linda Wichlac, President, Vermont Association for Adult Days

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

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

11:15 AM                   Committee Discussion

Coronavirus Relief Funding for the Brattleboro Retreat

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services

Friday, June 12, 2020

9:30 AM                   H. 960 - An act relating to miscellaneous health care provisions

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:30 AM                   COVID-19 Response

Food Security Issues Committee Discussion

Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network

John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank

Nicole Whalen, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Vermont Foodbank

Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT

Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT

Sean Brown, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

Please email Nellie Marvel - nmarvel@leg.state.vt.us - with any questions.