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House Committee on Human Services
AGENDA
Room 46 and Zoom
February 1, 2022 - February 4, 2022
Last Updated 2/4/2022 2:45 PM
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
10:00 AM House Floor
- Caucuses and Lunch
1:15 PM Developmental Disabilities Services System
Review of the Developmental Disabilities Act
Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM Covid -19 Updates
Children and families
Rebecca Bell, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, University of Vermont Children’s Hospital
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM Developmental Disabilities Services System
Parents testimony
David LaCroix, Parent, Barre
Nancy LaCroix, Parent, Barre
Barbara Lee, Parent, Dummerston
4:15 PM Wrap-up and Review Next Day's Agenda
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
9:15 AM Governor's FY2023 Proposed Budget
Department for Children and Families
Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Katarina Lisaius, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Megan Smeaton, Director of Financial Analytics, Department for Children and Families
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget
Department for Children and Families continued
Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Katarina Lisaius, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Megan Smeaton, Director of Financial Analytics, Department for Children and Families
11:45 AM Lunch
1:15 PM H. 628 - An act relating to amending a birth certificate to reflect gender identity
Introduction and Walk-through
Rep. Taylor Small, Sponsor
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget
Individual work on assigned areas of budget
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM House Floor
Thursday, February 3, 2022
9:15 AM Developmental Disabilities Services System
Introduction and roles of the Designated Agencies/SSA system and current pressures
Dawn Danner, Director of Developmental Services, United Counseling Services, Bennington
Beth Sightler, Executive Director, Champlain Community Services
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget
Department of Health
Mark Levine, MD, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
Anna Swenson, Financial Manager, Vermont Department of Health
Kelly Dougherty, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
11:45 AM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
After the Floor Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget
Individual work on assigned areas of budget
Friday, February 4, 2022
9:30 AM House Floor
11:45 AM Lunch
1:15 PM H. 628 - An act relating to amending a birth certificate to reflect gender identity
Testimony
Brenda Churchill, State House Liaison, LGBTQIA Alliance of Vermont
David Englander, Senior Policy & Legal Advisor, Department of Health
Emily Russo, Transgender Program Coordinator, Pride Center of Vermont
Dana Kaplan, Executive Director, Outright Vermont
Charlie McCaffrey, Youth Organizer, Outright Vermont
Sawyer Totten, Burlington High School GSA Organizer, Outright Vermont
Catherine Thomas, Outright Vermont Youth Organizer, Twin Valley Middle High School
2:45 PM Wrap-up and Review of Next Week's Agenda
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