House Committee on Health Care

 

AGENDA

 

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March 9, 2021 - March 12, 2021

Last Updated 3/12/2021 3:11 PM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

after Floor                         Caucuses

 

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

 

1:45 PM                   Secure Recovery Residence Proposal

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Alisson Richards, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital

Janice Label, M.D., Department of Mental Health

Kevin Huckshorn, Ph.D, Behavorial Health Consulting

Kathleen Lamphere, LICSW - Director of Adult Services, Health Care and Rehabilitation Services

Ward Nial, Resident, South Burlington, Vermont

Malaika Puffer, Resident, Brattleboro, Vermont

Karim Chapman, Executive Director, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

8:30 AM                   H. 210 - An act relating to addressing disparities and promoting equity in the health care system

Judy Dow, Executive  Director, Gedakina

Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation

Beverly Little Thunder, Member, Earth Walk Board and Standing Rock Lakota Tribe

Andrea Brett, Chair, Racial Equity Advisory Panel

 

10:20 AM                   Break until 11:00am

 

11:00 AM                   H. 210 - An act relating to addressing disparities and promoting equity in the health care system

Wilda White, Founder, MadFreedom

 

11:45 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:15 AM                   House Floor

 

5 min after Floor                   Secure Recovery Residence Proposal

Shea Witzberger, Resident, Dummerston, Vermont

Calvin Moen, Resident, Brattleboro, Vermont

Emily Megas-Russell, Resident, Brattleboro, Vermont

Eva Westheimer, Programs and Volunteer Coordinator, Out in the Open

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

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Thursday, March 11, 2021

9:00 AM                   Dr. Dynasaur Expansion for Noncitizen Children and Pregnant Women

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

Adaline Strumolo, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

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

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:50 AM                   H. 104 - An act relating to allowing certain licensed out-of-state mental health professionals to treat Vermont patients using telemedicine

Review Strike-all Draft and Possible Vote

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:45 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   H. 210 - An act relating to addressing disparities and promoting equity in the health care system

Committee Discussion

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Friday, March 12, 2021

8:00 AM                   21-0936 - An act relating to expanding eligibility for Dr. Dynasaur to include noncitizen children and pregnant women

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

after Floor                         H. 210 - An act relating to addressing disparities and promoting equity in the health care system

Committee Discussion

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity and Chair of the Governor's Task Force on Racial Equality, Agency of Administration

 

1:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

2:30 PM                   H. 210 - An act relating to addressing disparities and promoting equity in the health care system

Final Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

 

3:05 PM                   Break

 

3:25 PM                   H. 210 - An act relating to addressing disparities and promoting equity in the health care system

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

 

5:00 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

 Colleen McGovern at cmcgovern@leg.state.vt.us