House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

March 9, 2021 - March 12, 2021

Last Updated 3/12/2021 1:45 PM

 

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

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

Mark-up and vote

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Afterschool and Parent Child Centers

Sarah Truckle, Financial Director, Department for Children and Families

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

 

AfterJoint Assembly                   H. 171 - An act relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system

Mark-up and vote

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Sarah Truckle, Financial Director, Department for Children and Families

Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Afterschool and Parent Child Centers

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

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

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

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 153 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home- and community-based service providers

Review of bill

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Heidi Hall, CFO, Washington County Mental Health Services

Mary Moulton, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

Nissa James, Ph.D., Health Care Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Angela Smith Dieng, Director, Adult Services, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association

Rachel Parker, Owner and Manager, Sterling House, Richmond

Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont

Sue Chase, Executive Director, CarePartners

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   H. 153 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home- and community-based service providers

Witnesses continued

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

15 mins after Floor                   H. 153 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home- and community-based service providers

Committee discussion and mark-up

Susan Aranoff, J.D., Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council

Terry Holden, Member, Jeffersonville, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, March 11, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 265 - An act relating to the Office of the Child Advocate

Walk-through

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Nik Houghton, VLS Student Clinician, Legislative Counsel

Emily Lawrence, Associate Director and Counsel, NH Office of the Child Advocate

Dr. James Metz, UVM Child Protection Specialist, Co-Chair, Vermont Citizens Advisory Board

Floyd Nease, Executive Director, Lamoille Family Center

Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   H. 265 - An act relating to the Office of the Child Advocate

Witnesses continued

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

15 mins after Floor                   H. 153 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home- and community-based service providers

Mark-up

Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services (3:00 PM)

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, March 12, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 mins after the Floor                   H. 153 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home- and community-based service providers

Mark-up and vote

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Nissa James, Ph.D., Health Care Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:15 PM                   H. 153 - An act relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for home- and community-based service providers

David Frye, Member, Starksboro, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

-                                   H. 265 - An act relating to the Office of the Child Advocate

Committee discussion

 

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