House Committee on Health Care

AGENDA

via Zoom

January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021

Last Updated 1/22/2021 2:46 PM

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

- Immediately following the Floor                   Implicit Bias Prevention Training

1:00 PM                   Caucuses

2:00 PM                   Health Care 101

Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

3:00 PM                   Structural Overview of Vermont Health Care Services

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

9:00 AM                   COVID-19 Response

Overview of New Federal Funding and Guidelines

Joint Meeting with Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and House Committee on Human Services

Stephen Klein, Chief Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services

10:45 AM                   Committee Forum

Committee Discussion and General Questions

11:00 AM                   Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM                   House Floor

Thursday, January 21, 2021

9:00 AM                   Health Care Advocate

Introduction to the Office of the Health Care Advocate and Consumer Perspectives on Health Care

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

Marjorie Stinchcombe, Staff Attorney, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

9:45 AM                   COVID-19 Emergency Legislation Updates

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM                   House Floor

Friday, January 22, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

1:15 PM                   Committee Introductions

1:30 PM                   FY 2021 Budget Adjustment

Cory Gustafson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) (1:30 PM)

Lisa Schilling, Financial Director, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) (1:30 PM)

Sandi Hoffman, Director of Clinical Integrity and Quality Improvement, Department of Vermont Health Access (1:30 PM)

Addie Strumolo, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) (1:30 PM)

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health (2:30 PM)

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health (2:30 PM)

Shannon Thompson, Financial Director, Department of Mental Health (2:30 PM)

3:30 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