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House Committee on Health Care
AGENDA
via Zoom
January 11, 2022 - January 14, 2022
Last Updated 1/14/2022 2:25 PM
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-health-care.
Please note that closed captions/transcripts may not be completely error-free.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
10:00 AM House Floor
After Floor Caucuses
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Governor's Proposed FY2022 Budget Adjustment
Finalize committee recommendations
Jennifer Carbee, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:20 PM 15 Minute Break
2:35 PM Governor's Proposed FY2022 Budget Adjustment
Finalize committee recommendations, continued.
Jennifer Carbee, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
4:45 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
9:00 AM H. 489 - An act relating to miscellaneous provisions affecting health insurance regulation
Walk-through and testimony from the Department of Financial Regulation
Sebastian Arduengo , Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Regulation
Emily Brown, Director of Insurance Regulation, Department of Financial Regulation
11:00 AM Lunch
12:00 PM Green Mountain Care Board Meeting
Committee will remotely attend the board meeting of the Green Mountain Care Board.
Members of the public can join the meeting via phone or through Microsoft Teams.
*Call-in number: (802) 828-7667 Conference ID number: 550 986 972#.
Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTNlOWY1YjctMjgzZS00ZWViLWFkNWItNmJjNzFkYTQ5Mjg1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2220b4933b-baad-433c-9c02-70edcc7559c6%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2263d3547f-e4c1-4857-ba9b-7340463e85f4%22%7d
3:00 PM House Floor
Thursday, January 13, 2022
9:00 AM Act 6
Joint meeting with the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
Discussion of extension of provisions of Act 6. Meeting will be livestreamed here https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-health-and-welfare
David Herlihy, Executive Director, Vermont Board of Medical Practice
Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
- Act 21 and Telehealth
Joint Meeting with Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, continued. Meeting will be livestreamed here https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-health-and-welfare
David Herlihy, Executive Director, Vermont Board of Medical Practice
Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
Rebecca Copans, Government and Media Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Act 6 and Act 21
Committee discussion
3:00 PM House Floor
3:25 PM 22-0556 - An act relating to extending COVID-19 health care regulatory flexibility
Committee vote
3:35 PM 22-0557 - An act relating to establishing a telehealth licensure and registration system
Committee vote
3:40 PM Adjourn
Friday, January 14, 2022
9:30 AM House Floor
Floor will be followed by training for all House members
2:30 PM H. 654 - An act relating to extending COVID-19 health care regulatory flexibility
Testimony and committee discussion
Kevin Mullin, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
Dan Bennett, President and CEO, Gifford Medical Center (3:00 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
Clare Neal at cneal@leg.state.vt.us