2015-2016 Session
Change SessionSenate Committee on Health and Welfare (Room 17)
The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare has jurisdiction over matters relating to the preservation of health, old age assistance, and social and economic security.
- Meeting Schedule
-
- No meeting is currently scheduled
- Previous Meetings
Documents & Handouts
Browse documents below or use document search.
Materials posted on this page are for informational purposes only and may not include all material received by the Committee. The Committee is not responsible for the accuracy of posted material, and posting does not represent approval or endorsement by the Committee or the Vermont General Assembly.
- H.11 - An act relating to the membership of the Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
- H.20 - An act relating to licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselors as participating providers in Medicaid
- H.25 - An act relating to natural burial grounds
- H.74 - An act relating to safety policies for employees delivering direct social or mental health services
- H.98 - An act relating to reportable disease registries and data
- H.112 - An act relating to access to financial information in adult protective services investigations.
- H.141 - An act relating to the Organ and Tissue Donation Working Group
- H.171 - An act relating to restrictions on the use of electronic cigarettes
- H.241 - An act relating to rulemaking on emergency involuntary procedures
- H.399 - An act relating to the Department for Children and Families’ Registry Review Unit
- H.481 - An act relating to supporting health care initiatives and establishing payroll and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes
- H.487 - An act relating to direct enrollment in Exchange plans and to presuit mediation in medical malpractice claims
- H.490 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government
- H.559 - An act relating to an exemption from licensure for visiting team physicians
- H.573 - An act relating to insurance coverage for medically necessary services delivered by acupuncturists
- H.575 - An act relating to eliminating the role of town service officers in administering General Assistance benefits
- H.620 - An act relating to health insurance and Medicaid coverage for contraceptives
- H.622 - An act relating to obligations for reporting child abuse and neglect and cooperating in investigations of child abuse and neglect
- H.690 - An act relating to the practice of acupuncture by health care professionals acting within their scope of practice.
- H.761 - An act relating to cataloguing and aligning health care performance measures
- H.812 - An act relating to implementing an all-payer model and oversight of accountable care organizations
- H.875 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government
- S.5 - An act relating to notification of individuals placed in hospital observation status
- S.8 - An act relating to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
- S.9 - An act relating to improving Vermont’s system for protecting children from abuse and neglect
- S.20 - An act relating to establishing and regulating dental therapists
- S.27 - An act relating to equal reimbursement for chiropractic physicians
- S.30 - An act relating to establishing a prospective payment system for home health services
- S.31 - An act relating to possession and transfer of firearms
- S.40 - An act relating to the creation of a Vulnerable Adult Fatality Review Team
- S.42 - An act relating to the substance abuse system of care
- S.54 - An act relating to the assignment of payment for dental benefits
- S.59 - An act relating to insurance coverage for abuse-deterrent formulations of certain medications
- S.60 - An act relating to payment for medical examinations for victims of sexual assault
- S.61 - An act relating to fast-track Medicaid enrollment
- S.62 - An act relating to surrogate decision making for do-not-resuscitate orders and clinician orders for life-sustaining treatment
- S.75 - An act relating to food and lodging establishments
- S.87 - An act relating to removal of the philosophical immunization exemption
- S.88 - An act relating to establishing the framework for publicly financed primary care
- S.95 - An act relating to regulation and taxation of marijuana
- S.103 - An act relating to increasing Exchange subsidies and to developing a proposal for universal health care
- S.107 - An act relating to the Agency of Health Care Administration
- S.108 - An act relating to repealing the sunset on provisions pertaining to patient choice at end of life
- S.127 - An act relating to a study regarding massage therapy licensure
- S.132 - An act relating to the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors
- S.135 - An act relating to expanding the responsibilities of the Green Mountain Care Board
- S.139 - An act relating to health care
- S.145 - An act relating to expanding eligibility and work incentives for the Medicaid for Working Persons with Disabilities program
- S.157 - An act relating to breast density notification and education
- S.167 - An act relating to the role of social service providers in accountable care organizations
- S.189 - An act relating to foster parents’ rights and protections
- S.190 - An act relating to maintaining prescription drugs outside the original prescription container
- S.192 - An act relating to Medicaid rates for home- and community-based service providers
- S.196 - An act relating to nutrition procurement standards for State government and the Agency of Human Services' contracts with providers
- S.201 - An act relating to limitations on prescriptions for opioids
- S.215 - An act relating to the regulation of vision insurance plans
- S.235 - An act relating to the prescription, maintenance, and use of epinephrine auto-injectors
- S.241 - An act relating to regulation of marijuana
- S.243 - An act relating to combating opioid abuse in Vermont
- S.244 - An act relating to determining hospital costs
- S.245 - An act relating to notice to patients of new health care provider affiliations
- S.255 - An act relating to regulation of hospitals, health insurers, and managed care organizations
- S.256 - An act relating to extending the moratorium on home health agency certificates of need
- S.258 - An act relating to access to treatment for patients with a terminal illness
Bills In Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
Bills that are currently in committee.
2015 - 2016 Legislative Session
| Bill | Title | Sponsor |
|---|
Bills Out of Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
Bills sponsored by the committee, and bills reported out of committee. Includes bills where the committee has been relieved of responsibility.
2015 - 2016 Legislative Session
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Act # | Year |
|---|
Bills Referred to Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
Bills that were in committee at any time. Does not include bills sponsored by Committee.
2015 - 2016 Legislative Session
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Act # | Year |
|---|
Bills Sponsored by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
2015 - 2016 Legislative Session
| Bill | Title | Act # |
|---|
Legislative language and other materials posted on this page are subject to frequent change and may not reflect the Committee's most recent discussions or actions. Please check back often for updated materials.
