Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (Room 17)

Thursday, April 30, 2009

1:30 PM

H.24 - An act relating to insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

• Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:00 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

Proposal to cap hospital budgets - Committee Discussion

• Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
• Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
• Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, Vermont Healthcare Association
• Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
• Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
• Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Michael Davis, Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
• Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
• Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
• Megan O'Donnell, Assistant General Counsel, Fletcher Allen Health Care