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  • Sen. Joe Benning, Chair
  • Sen. Dick McCormack, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Dick Mazza
  • Sen. Corey Parent
  • Sen. Russ Ingalls, Clerk

Senate Committee on Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021

Last Updated 1/22/2021 2:00 PM

 

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:15 AM                   Implicit Bias Prevention Training

Joint Session

 

1:30 PM                   Department of Mental Health

Introductions

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   No Committee  Meeting Scheduled

In honor of President-elect Biden's Inauguration

 

Thursday, January 21, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Introductions and possible discussion of current fund balances of authorized projects with unexpended funds

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

 

Friday, January 22, 2021

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Department of Corrections

Downs, Rachlin and Martin Report

Michael K. Smith, Secretary, Agency of Human Services

James Baker, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Jennifer McDonald, Director, Downs Rachlin Martin

Tim Doherty, Down Rachlin Martin, LLC

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Denise Diehl at ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us