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House of Representatives
  • Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair
  • Rep. Theresa Wood, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Francis McFaun, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Jessica Brumsted
  • Rep. Rey Garofano
  • Rep. James Gregoire
  • Rep. Daniel Noyes, Clerk
  • Rep. Kelly Pajala
  • Rep. Carl Rosenquist
  • Rep. Taylor Small
  • Rep. Dane Whitman

House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

February 9, 2021 - February 12, 2021

Last Updated 2/11/2021 2:50 PM

 

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

 

1:15 PM                   H. 171 - An act relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system

Walk-through

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:00 PM                   Break

 

2:15 PM                   Committee Discussion

Priorities

 

3:00 PM                   COVID-19  Response

Advance directive remote signature extension

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Cindy Bruzzese, MPA, MSB, Executive Director & Clinical Ethicist, Vermont Ethics Network

Olivia Graffeo-Cohen, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 171 - An act relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system

 

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

Sarah Kenney, Chief Policy Officer, Let's Grow Kids

Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

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

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

Beth Truzansky, Deputy Director, Building Bright Futures

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   H. 171 - An act relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system

Continued testimony

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

15 mins after Floor                   Individual member work on budget assignments

 

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 11, 2021

9:00 AM                   Governor’s Proposed FY2022 Budget

Updates on budget work by committee members

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   H. 116 - An act relating to prohibiting the involuntary sterilization of individuals with an intellectual disability

Walk-through

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   Governor’s Proposed FY2022 Budget

Updates on budget work by committee members

Continued

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

15 mins after Floor                   H. 225 - An act relating to possession of a therapeutic dosage of buprenorphine

Walk-through

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 12, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 mins after the Floor Individual committee member work on budget assignments

 

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:15 PM                   Residential Treatment for Justice Involved Youth

Current plan

Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Jenn Herbert, Clinical Director, Department for Children and Families

Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Jennifer Myka, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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

 Julie Tucker at jtucker@leg.state.vt.us