House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46 and Zoom

January 21, 2025 - January 24, 2025

Last Updated 1/21/2025 1:51 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-human-services.

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Caucuses & Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Oversight and Accountability

Adoption - post permanency services

Susan Reed, Senior Director of Operations, Easterseals Vermont - Invited

Paul Gibeault, Clinical Director, Easterseals Vermont

Melissa Appleton, Coordinator of Post Permanency Services, Lund Center

 

1:30 PM                   Oversight and Accountability

Youth homeless shelter

Mark Redmond, Executive Director, Spectrum Youth and Family Services

Will Towne, Chief Operating Officer, Spectrum Youth and Family Services

 

1:45 PM                   Public Records Overview

Tucker Anderson, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:15 PM                   Budget Adjustment Act

Committee work time, will not be livestreamed

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

9:00 AM                   Prior Legislation & Reports Due to Committee

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Budget Adjustment Act

Committee work time, will not be livestreamed

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Budget Adjustment Act

Committee discussion

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:45 PM                   Legislative Briefing

 

Thursday, January 23, 2025

9:00 AM                   Medicaid 101

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Ashley Berliner, Director of Medicaid Policy, Agency of Human Services

 

10:00 AM                   Budget Adjustment Act

Committee discussion and work time

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Security Briefing

The briefing will not be livestreamed.

Agatha Kessler, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont State House

John Poleway, Chief, Capitol Police Department

Joe Tremblay, Officer, Capitol Police Department

 

2:00 PM                   Designated and Specialized Services Agencies

Overview

Amy Johnson, Government Affairs & Communications Director, Vermont Care Partners

Delaina Norton, Executive Director, Champlain Community Services

Gloria Quinn, Executive Director, Upper Valley Services

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Ethics, Rules, and Decorum Training

For all House members

 

Friday, January 24, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Discrimination Prevention Training

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Vermont Community Action Partnership

Advocacy Day

Jenna O'Farrell, Executive Director, Northeast Kingdom Community Action

Casey Winterson, Director of Economic and Community Based Services, Northeast Kingdom Community Action

Liz Scharf, Director of Community Economic Development and Food Security, Capstone Community Action

 

2:00 PM                   Parent Child Center Network

Ellen Amstutz, Director, PCCN

Carol Lang-Godin, Chair, PCCN

Lindsey Trombley, Vice-Chair, PCCN

 

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.

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Lori Morse at lmorse@leg.state.vt.us