Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

AGENDA

Via Zoom

February 23, 2021 - February 26, 2021

Last Updated 2/26/2021 11:41 AM

 

Meeting livestreamed here, unless otherwise specified.

 

 

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:10 AM                   S. 22 - An act relating to health care practitioners administering stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Committee discussion

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:50 AM                   S. 48 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact

Testimony, mark-up, committee discussion

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office

Rebecca Fotsch, Director of State Advocacy and Legislative Affairs, National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Amerin Aborjaily, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 24 - An act relating to banning flavored tobacco products and e-liquids

Testimony

Mark Levine, M.D., Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health

Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association

Richard Marianos, Assistant Director - Retired, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Shayne Lynn, Executive Director, Champlain Valley Dispensary, Inc.

Maria Davies, Parent, Stowe

Zoey Pickel, Youth Advocate, Washington County Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Moses Delane, Youth representative, Vermont Department of Health Substance Misuse and Prevention Advisory and Oversight Council

 

11:00 AM                   21-0729 - An act relating to extending health care regulatory flexibility during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Testimony

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans

Dr. Kate McIntosh, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Quality, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont

Teresa Fama, M.D., Rheumatologist, Central Vermont Medical Center

Fay Holman, M.D., Family Physician, Vermont Medical Society, Vermont Academy of Family Physicians

Joe Lasek, M.D., Associate Medical Director, Counseling Services of Addison County

Lynn Stanley, Executive Director, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Vermont Chapter

 

Thursday, February 25, 2021

9:00 AM                   21-0729 - An act relating to extending health care regulatory flexibility during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Testimony, mark-up, committee discussion

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare

Catherine Fulton, Executive Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc. (VPQHC)

Hillary Wolfley, Associate Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc. (VPQHC)

Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont

Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

 

Friday, February 26, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 48 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact

Committee discussion

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Amerin Aborjaily, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:30 AM                   S. 22 - An act relating to health care practitioners administering stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Committee discussion, vote

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:00 AM                   21-0729 - An act relating to extending health care regulatory flexibility during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Testimony

Sebastian Arduengo , Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Regulation

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:15 AM                   S. 48 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact

Committee discussion, vote

Amerin Aborjaily, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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

 Nellie Marvel at nmarvel@leg.state.vt.us