Senate Committee on Health and Welfare

 

AGENDA

 

Room 17 and Zoom

January 21, 2025 - January 24, 2025

Last Updated 1/24/2025 11:19 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

Followed by Discrimination Prevention Training

 

11:00 AM                   Health Insurance 101

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

 

11:45 AM                   VNAs of Vermont

Introduction

Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont

 

-                                   Vermont Health Care Association

Introduction

Helen Labun, Executive Director, Vermont Health Care Association

 

-                                   Easterseals

Paul Gibeault, Clinical Director, Easterseals Vermont

Melissa Appleton, Coordinator of Post Permanency Services, Lund Center

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

9:00 AM                   Green Mountain Care Board

Introduction and overview

Owen Foster, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Jessica Holmes, Ph.D., Board Member, Green Mountain Care Board

 

10:45 AM                   EMS

Introduction and update

Drew Hazelton, Chair, Vermont EMS Advisory Committee

 

11:15 AM                   Blueprint for Health

Introduction

John Saroyan, M.D., Executive Director, Blueprint for Health, Department of Vermont Health Access

Addie Armstrong, Ph.D., Health Services Researcher, Blueprint for Health, Agency of Human Services

 

11:45 AM                   HealthFirst

Introduction

Susan Ridzon, Executive Director, Healthfirst, Inc.

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

3:45 PM                   Legislative Briefing

House Chamber

 

Thursday, January 23, 2025

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Electronic medical records

William Dempsey, Director of Data Analytics, Agency of Human Services

Beth Anderson, President and CEO, Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL)

Steven Andrews, Director of Health Systems Data and Analytics, Green Mountain Care Board

 

10:30 AM                   Department for Children and Families

Introduction and overview

Chris Winters, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

 

11:00 AM                   Department of Mental Health

Introduction and overview

Samantha Sweet, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

Laurel Olmland, Director,Child,Adolescent, and Family Unit, Department of Mental Health

 

11:40 AM                   Department of Vermont Health Access

Introduction and overview

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

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

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, January 24, 2025

9:25 AM                   BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont

Introduction

Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Introductions

Daniel Barlow, DPT, OCS, Executive Director, People's Health & Wellness Clinic

Olivia Sharrow, Executive Director, Vermont's Free and Referral Clinics (VFRC)

 

11:00 AM                   Vermont State Colleges System

Health care workforce programs update

Elizabeth Mauch, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges System

Caitlin Stover, Dean of Nursing, Vermont State Colleges System

Sharron Scott, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Vermont State Colleges System

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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