House Committee on Health Care

 

AGENDA

 

Ethan Allen Room and Via Zoom

December 9, 2021

This meeting will be livestreamed here

Last Updated 12/20/2021 8:49 AM

 

 

 

 

Thursday, December 9, 2021

10:00 AM                   Welcome and Introduction to the Day's Focus

Patient Wait Times - Symptoms of the Pressure in Vermont Mental Health Services: Looking for Solutions

Rep. William J. Lippert Jr., Chair, House Committee on Health Care

 

10:10 AM                   Patient Wait Times - Symptoms of the Pressure Within Vermont Mental Health Services: Looking for Solutions

Review Data for Hospital Emergency Department Wait Times

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

 

10:30 AM                   Addressing Wait Times for Mental Health Services in Hospital Emergency Departments and in Designated Agencies

Wait Times in Hospital Emergency Departments - Status and Proposed Solutions

Christian Pulcini, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine, UVMMC

Ramsey Herrington, M.D., Emergency Department Medical Director, UVMMC

Dr. Ryan Sexton, M.D., Emergency Department Medical Director, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital

Allison Davis, M.D, FACEP, Section Chief of Emergency Medicine, Rutland Regional Medical Center

Matt Dove, FNP, Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Medicine, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

 

-                                   Patient Wait Times - Symptoms of the Pressure Within Vermont Mental Health Services: Looking for Solutions

Designated Agency Waiting Lists - Data

Mary Moulton, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

 

11:30 AM                   Patient Wait Times - Symptoms of the Pressure Within Vermont Mental Health Services: Looking for Solutions

Department of Mental Health Update and Overview

Emily Hawes, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Alison Krompf, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

 

12:15 PM                   Lunch Break

 

1:00 PM                   Pressures in Vermont Mental Health Services

What is Happening in our Communities?

Mary Moulton, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

Gloria van den Berg, Executive Director, Alyssum, Inc

Mark Redmond, Executive Director, Spectrum Youth and Family Services

Kristin Breault-Bolio, Supervisor of Counseling Program, Spectrum Youth and Family Services

Robyn Freedner-Maguire, Burlington Parent, Vermont Family Network

Rachel Lawler, Team Lead - Community Outreach Program, Howard Center

Chief Ron Hoague, Essex Police Department

 

2:35 PM                   Pressures in Vermont Mental Health Services

Department of Mental Health Response to Testimony

Emily Hawes, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Alison Krompf, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

 

-                                   Pressures in Vermont Mental Health Services

Committee Questions and Discussion

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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 Phil Petty at ppetty@leg.state.vt.us