Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

September 15, 2020 - September 18, 2020

Last Updated 9/17/2020 3:34 PM

 

Committee meetings live streamed here, unless otherwise specified.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

After the Floor                     Committee Discussion

 

10:30 AM                   Review of Health and Welfare Policies in the Budget

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

9:00 AM                   Review of Health and Welfare Policies in the Budget

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel

Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

Thursday, September 17, 2020

9:00 AM                   COVID-19 Response

Joint Meeting with the House Committee on Health Care

Coronavirus Relief Fund Allocations and Expenditures

Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services

Ena Backus, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services

Cory Gustafson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

Sara Chesbrough, Equity Technical Coordinator, Health Operations Center, Department of Health

 

10:00 AM                   Child Care Financial Assistance for Providers Overview

Review of Budget Language

Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Sarah Truckle, Financial Director IV, Department for Children and Families

 

10:45 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   H. 795 - An act relating to increasing hospital price transparency

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:15 AM                   Break

 

11:30 AM                   H. 969 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Proposed amendment discussion

Sen. Becca Balint, Windham County

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Karen Barber, General Counsel, Department of Mental Health

 

Friday, September 18, 2020

-                                   No Committee Meeting Scheduled

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant 24 hours before your scheduled meeting date. 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.

 

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