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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