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House Committee on Human Services
AGENDA
Room 46
February 12, 2019 - February 15, 2019
Last Updated 3/13/2019 3:20 PM
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
10:00 AM House Floor
- Caucuses
Immediately following adjournment of the Floor
11:30 AM Our Voices Exposed (VOX)
Burlington High School Above the Influence (ATI) members
Tatiana Byam, Student, Burlington School District
Qamar Ibrahim, Student, Burlington School District
Safiya Ibrahim, Student, Burlington School District
Ayan Mohamed, Student, Burlington School District
Jennifer Costa, Government Relations Director, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Tina Zuk, Government Relations Director, American Heart Association
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM H. 27 - An act relating to increasing the smoking age from 18 to 21 years of age
Introduction of 4 bills
Rep. George W. Till, Sponsor
- H. 28 - An act relating to pharmacists providing information on the proper disposal of unused regulated drugs
- H. 130 - An act relating to authorizing towns to increase the smoking age to 21
- H. 131 - An act relating to banning baby bumper pads
- H. 161 - An act relating to training and notice requirements regarding human trafficking
Introduction
Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan, Sponsor
1:30 PM Residential Care Receivership
Monica Hutt, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Jim Condos, Family Member, Pillsbury Resident
Pam Cota, Long Term Care Licensing Chief, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Clayton Clark, Director, Division for Licensing and Protection, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
4:15 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
9:00 AM Family First Prevention Services Act
Overview
Nina William-Mbengue, Program Director, Children and Families Program, National Conference of State Legislatures - Skype
Karen Shea, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families - Phone
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
15 mins after Floor H. 218 - An act relating to lead poisoning prevention
Vote
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
2:30 PM H. 215 - An act relating to the Office of the Child Advocate
Introduction
Rep. Daniel Noyes, Sponsor
4:30 PM Adjourn
Thursday, February 14, 2019
7:30 AM Vermont Medical Society
The committee is invited to the Vermont Medical Society's Advocacy Day 2019 breakfast panel focused on "The Future of Health Care in Vermont." Room 10
9:15 AM 19-1256 - An act relating to Vermont’s child care system
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Child Development Division Policy Director, Department for Children and Families, Agency of Human Resources
Janet McLaughlin, Interim CEO, Let's Grow Kids
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
15 mins after Floor H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont
Rebecca Bell, MD, FAAP, Pediatric Intensivist, University of Vermont Medical Center, On behalf of Vermont Medical Society
Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
Nick Sherman, Lobbyist, Vapor Technology Association
4:30 PM Adjourn
Friday, February 15, 2019
9:30 AM House Floor
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Governor's Proposed FY2020 Budget
Individual work on assigned sections of AHS budget
3:00 PM Adjourn
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 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
Julie Tucker 828-2265 or jtucker@leg.state.vt.us