House Committee on Health Care

AGENDA

Room 42 and Zoom

March 25, 2025 - March 28, 2025

Last Updated 3/28/2025 3:42 PM

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-health-care.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

12:45 PM                   Lunch & Caucuses

2:20 PM                   Private Equity

Nancy Kane, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Emerita, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Zoom

Michael Fenne, J.D., Senior Research and Campaign Coordinator, Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) - Zoom

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

3:35 PM                   Break

3:40 PM                   Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Day

Beth Sightler, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

Levin Paul, Director of Community Developmental Services, Washington County Mental Health Services

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

9:00 AM                   Private Equity

Continued from Previous Day

Maureen Hensley-Quinn, Senior Director, National Association of State Health Policy (NASHP) - Zoom

Sam Peisch, Health Policy Analyst, Vermont Legal Aid

9:45 AM                   Break

10:00 AM                   Private Equity

Continued

Sam Peisch, Health Policy Analyst, Vermont Legal Aid

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

10:30 AM                   S. 28 - An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services

Walk-through

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:05 AM                   S. 28 - An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society

Jessica Barquist, Vice President of Public Affairs, VT, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

11:45 AM                   H. 237 - An act relating to prescribing by doctoral-level psychologists

Walk-through of Proposed Amendment

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:50 AM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   House Floor

Thursday, March 27, 2025

9:00 AM                   S. 28 - An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Sharon Toborg, Policy Analyst, Vermont Right to Life

Alison Despathy, Parent, Danville

Linda Prine, Co Founder, M + A Hotline, Founder Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine - Zoom

Dr. Renee Johannensen, MD, West Windsor - Zoom

10:10 AM                   Break

10:30 AM                   S. 18 - An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers

Walk-through

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:00 AM                   S. 18 - An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers

Shayla Livingston, MPH, Member, Vermont Birth Center Coalition

Lindsay Lachant, CNM, Nurse-Midwife

Dr. Timothy Fisher, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass-Chan Medical School/ Baystate Medical Center - Zoom

Carolyn Barnwell, Chief Operating Officer, Etalia - Zoom

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   House Floor

Friday, March 28, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   S. 18 - An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers

Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

Rinn Mandeville, CNM, Nurse-Midwife, Copley Hospital - Zoom

Lauren Layman, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health

Alex McCracken, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Rebecca Gray, Certified Full-Spectrum Doula, Vermont Doula Company

Laurie Foster, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-midwives

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