Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee

 

AGENDA

 

Room 10 or Zoom

October 16, 2024

Last Updated 10/16/2024 2:27 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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10:00 AM                   Act 159: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws

Section 3, Earned time expansion review

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Anna Nasset, Resident, Waitsfield

Mary Jane Ainsworth, Director, Parole Board

Kelsey Rice, Survivor, Saxtons River - ZOOM

Christopher Lukasik, Victim Advocate, Windham County State's Attorneys

JD Jennifer Poehlmann, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

Joshua Rutherford, Operations Director, Department of Corrections

Jordan Pasha, Classification Director, Department of Corrections

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

 

12:15 PM                   H. 645 - An act relating to the expansion of approaches to restorative justice

Changes to CJC funding for FY26

Dale Crook, Director of Innovation, Department of Corrections

Derek Miodownik, Restorative and Community Justice Executive, Department of Corrections

 

12:30 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Medicaid Waiver Update

Ashley Berliner, Director of Medicaid Policy, Department of Vermont Health Access

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

 

1:45 PM                   Act 159: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws

Sections 1 and 2

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

 

2:25 PM                   Committee Discussion

DOC Facility Staffing

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Sirena Zahn, Correctional Officer II, Northern State Correctional Facility - Invited

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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