2017-2018 Session
Change SessionHouse Committee on Human Services (Room 46)
The House Committee on Human Services considers matters relating to human services, public health, and social and economic security.
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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.10 - An act relating to increasing the population served by the Child Care Services Program and the rates of the Child Care Financial Assistance Program
- H.11 - An act relating to foster parents’ right to intervene in CHINS proceedings
- H.23 - An act relating to building resilience for persons experiencing adverse childhood experiences
- H.32 - An act relating to the provision of traumatic brain injury services to family members of active duty service members
- H.34 - An act relating to banning baby bumper pads
- H.52 - An act relating to increasing the smoking age from 18 to 21 years of age
- H.106 - An act relating to presumed consent for organ donation
- H.115 - An act relating to defining an ounce of marijuana for the purpose of therapeutic use
- H.125 - An act relating to fiscal year 2017 budget adjustments
- H.129 - An act relating to providing educational materials on nutrition to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- H.170 - An act relating to possession and cultivation of marijuana by a person 21 years of age or older
- H.176 - An act relating to the assessment of Vermont’s public benefit structure
- H.187 - An act relating to prohibiting smoking outside places of business
- H.199 - An act relating to reinstating legislative members to the Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
- H.201 - An act relating to length of stay at designated shelters
- H.206 - An act relating to adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualified medical conditions for therapeutic use of cannabis and waiving the three-month professional–patient relationship requirement for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder
- H.207 - An act relating to therapeutic use of marijuana for relieving symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder
- H.264 - An act relating to the nutritional requirements for children’s meals
- H.265 - An act relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- H.271 - An act relating to administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- H.275 - An act relating to access to emergency buprenorphine
- H.281 - An act relating to preventing adverse childhood experiences
- H.283 - An act relating to protecting against financial exploitation of vulnerable adults
- H.284 - An act relating to increasing Medicaid rates for home- and community-based service providers
- H.298 - An act relating to requiring an Adult Protective Services consultation prior to issuing certain prescriptions
- H.305 - An act relating to live organ donation
- H.306 - An act relating to increasing the number of nursing homes able to accommodate patients on ventilators
- H.314 - An act relating to symptom relief for Alzheimer’s disease
- H.320 - An act relating to physicians’ duties under the patient’s bill of rights for palliative care and pain management
- H.326 - An act relating to eligibility and calculation of grant or subsidy amount for Reach Up, Reach Ahead, and the Child Care Services Program
- H.334 - An act relating to the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center
- H.380 - An act relating to Reach Up participants’ college savings accounts
- H.508 - An act relating to building resilience for individuals experiencing adverse childhood experiences
- H.517 - An act relating to prekindergarten education and child development programs
- H.544 - An act relating to the creation of the Meals on Wheels Fund
- H.553 - An act relating to hospital budgets and reinvesting hospital budget surpluses in social determinants of health
- H.578 - An act relating to establishing the Coordinator of Trauma-Informed Systems and the Childhood Trauma Tri-Branch Commission
- H.579 - An act relating to trauma-informed care in health care settings
- H.580 - An act relating to trauma-informed policies in educational settings
- H.588 - An act relating to educational requirements for child care providers
- H.589 - An act relating to the reasonable and prudent parent standard
- H.602 - An act relating to the use of formaldehyde in cosmetics
- H.608 - An act relating to creating an Older Vermonters Act working group
- H.640 - An act relating to the right to a hospice consultation
- H.647 - An act relating to access to Vermont Prescription Monitoring System data by academic researchers
- H.648 - An act relating to coverage for costs associated with medication-assisted treatment by commercial health insurers
- H.673 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the Reach Up program
- H.686 - An act relating to establishing the Child Fatality Review Team
- H.690 - An act relating to explanation of advance directives and treating clinicians who may sign a DNR/COLST
- H.698 - An act relating to establishing a non-opioid directive form
- H.708 - An act relating to the examination of fatal opiate overdoses
- H.723 - An act relating to limits on the prescription of opioids and creating a private right of action for prescriptions in excess of those limits
- H.736 - An act relating to lead poisoning prevention
- H.774 - An act relating to receivership proceedings for long-term care facilities
- H.781 - An act relating to reporting on a pilot program to connect Vermonters to food assistance locations through public transit
- H.803 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the medical marijuana program
- H.814 - An act relating to designating a public assistance officer within the Agency of Human Services
- H.816 - An act relating to informing custodians and guardians of the duties involved with child custody
- H.842 - An act relating to notifying parents, guardians, or custodians of the location of a runaway child
- H.848 - An act relating to increasing access to treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders
- H.880 - An act relating to prohibiting the involuntary sterilization of individuals with an intellectual disability
- H.921 - An act relating to nursing home oversight
- S.16 - An act relating to expanding patient access to the Medical Marijuana Registry
- S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage
- S.70 - An act relating to the nutritional requirements for children’s meals
- S.95 - An act relating to sexual assault nurse examiners
- S.133 - An act relating to examining mental health care and care coordination
- S.164 - An act relating to establishing the Unused Prescription Drug Repository Program
- S.166 - An act relating to the provision of medication-assisted treatment for inmates
- S.216 - An act relating to the administration of Vermont’s Medical Marijuana Registry
- S.222 - An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures
- S.225 - An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment
- S.234 - An act relating to adjudicating all teenagers in the Family Division, except those charged with a serious violent felony
- S.257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law
- S.261 - An act relating to ensuring a coordinated public health approach to addressing childhood adversity and promoting resilience
- S.280 - An act relating to the Advisory Council on Child Poverty and Strengthening Families
Bills In House Committee on Human Services
Bills that are currently in committee.
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Bills Out of House Committee on Human Services
Bills sponsored by the committee, and bills reported out of committee. Includes bills where the committee has been relieved of responsibility.
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Bills Referred to House Committee on Human Services
Bills that were in committee at any time. Does not include bills sponsored by Committee.
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Bills Sponsored by House Committee on Human Services
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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.
