Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

Room 17 and Zoom

April 15, 2025 - April 18, 2025

Last Updated 4/15/2025 1:16 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government

Review

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Nicole DiStasio, Director of Policy, Department of Mental Health

 

11:00 AM                   H. 218 - An act relating to fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund

Introduction and walk-through

Rep. Theresa Wood, Sponsor

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, City of Burlington

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 218 - An act relating to fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund

Vote

 

9:05 AM                   Kooth Digital Health

Introduction to Soluna: Mental Health Care App

Dr. Laura Tully, Vice President of Partnerships, Kooth

 

9:20 AM                   H. 401 - An act relating to exemptions for food manufacturing establishments

Julie Arel, Interim Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health - Zoom

Elisabeth Wirsing, Senior Environmental Health Program Manager, Vermont Department of Health - Zoom

Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:45 AM                   An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government

Review

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:30 AM                   H. 91 - An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program

Libby Bennett, Executive Director, Groundworks Collaborative - Zoom

Jonathan Farrell, Executive Director, Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)

Frank Knaack, Executive Director, Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont

Sarah Russell, Special Assistant to End Homelessness, City of Burlington

Kim Anetsberger, Executive Director, Lamoille Community House

Josh Davis, Executive Director, Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA)

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 482 - An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority to adjust a hospital’s reimbursement rates and to appoint a hospital observer

Owen Foster, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Stephen Leffler, M.D., President and Chief Operating Officer, University of Vermont Medical Center

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:00 AM                   H. 91 - An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program

Lily Sojourner, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families

Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Chris Winters, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Alex Farrell, Commissioner, Department of Housing and Community Development - Invited

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:30 AM                   H. 266 - An act relating to the 340B prescription drug pricing program

Committee discussion, mark-up, and possible vote

Dawn Cogger, 340B Coordinator, Gifford Health Care

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, April 18, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 238 - An act relating to the phaseout of consumer products containing added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Mark-up

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   H. 91 - An act relating to the Vermont Homeless Emergency Assistance and Responsive Transition to Housing Program

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:25 AM                   Adjourn

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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