Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

AGENDA

Room 17 and Zoom

March 18, 2025 - March 21, 2025

Last Updated 3/21/2025 9:46 AM

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-health-and-welfare.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

10:45 AM                   Appointments

Committee discussion

10:55 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

9:00 AM                   AI in Healthcare

Joint hearing with House Committee on Health Care hosted in Room 42. Senate Health and Welfare will remain in Room 17 and join via Zoom. The meeting will be livestreamed to the House Health Care Committee Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHtilisCXIU4ZgxQ8fRgsdw/featured.

Tania Malik, J.D., Co-founder, The Office of CEO - Zoom

Michelle Hager, Managing Partner, Blue Cirrus Consulting - Zoom

10:25 AM                   Adjourn

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

Thursday, March 20, 2025

9:00 AM                   FY26 Budget

Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Stephanie Barrett, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

DaShawn Groves, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

9:50 AM                   Adjourn

10:00 AM                   Senate Floor

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

Friday, March 21, 2025

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Appointment of Peter Ireland to the Board of Medical Practice

9:10 AM                   Committee Discussion

House bills in committee

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

9:45 AM                   Adjourn

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

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.

Should you require accessibility services, please click here and note that requests should be made 48 hours in advance of testimony.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Kiki Carasi-Schwartz at kcarasi-schwartz@leg.state.vt.us