House Committee on Health Care

 

AGENDA

 

via Zoom

May 11, 2021 - May 14, 2021

Last Updated 5/14/2021 12:38 PM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

Please note that closed captions/transcripts are not completely accurate.

 

 

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

after Floor                         Caucuses

 

15 min after Caucuses                   Children and Mental Health

Committee discussion on the crisis of children and youth waiting in emergency departments for psychiatric beds

 

-                                   Budget Review

Committee discussion budget Secs. E.311.1-311.3 on primary care scholarship language

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

9:00 AM                   ARPA Premium Tax Credit Change and Implications for Marketplace Organization

Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Michael Barber, General Counsel, Green Mountain Care Board

Adaline Strumolo, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access

Sean Sheehan, Senior Policy and Implementation Analyst, Department of Vermont Health Access

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Budget Review

Committee discussion budget Secs. E.311.1-311.3 on primary care scholarship language

Elizabeth Cote, Director, Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program, University of Vermont

Charles MacLean, M.D., Associate Dean of Primary Care, University of Vermont

 

11:45 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, May 13, 2021

9:00 AM                   Children and Mental Health

The crisis of children waiting in emergency departments for psychiatric beds

Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Laurel Omland, MS,NCC, Director, Child, Adolescent, and Family Unit, Vermont Department of Mental Health

David Rettew, M.D., Medical Director, Children and Family Division, Department of Mental Health

Heather Bouchey, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

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

Emma Harrigan, Director of Policy Analysis and Development, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

 

11:15 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, May 14, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

1:15 PM                   Committee Updates

 

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