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