House Committee on Human Services (Room 46)

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

9:00 AM

H.630 - An act relating to reforming Vermont’s mental health system

• Peter Thomashow, MD, Medical Director, Central Vermont Medical Center
• Isabelle Desjardins, MD, Psychiatry, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• James Tautfest, RN, MSN, CS, Nurse Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, Central Vermont Medical Center

9:30 AM

H.630 - An act relating to reforming Vermont’s mental health system

• Dr. W. Gordon Frankle, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Jeffrey McKee, Psy.D, Rutland Regional Medical Center
• Tom Huebner, President, Rutland Regional Medical Center

10:00 AM

FLOOR

15 Minutes after adj.

H.630 - An act relating to reforming Vermont’s mental health system

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Republican Party Caucus

1:15 PM

Caucus for Democratic and Progressive Parties

2:30 p.m.

H.630 - An act relating to reforming Vermont’s mental health system

Committee Discussion

• Mark Sailor, VSH Patient
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

4:00 PM

Committee Break

4:00 PM

Sign up for Public Hearing in room 11

4:30 PM

H.630 - An act relating to reforming Vermont’s mental health system

The State House, Room 11

• Lorraine Marcous-Norton, Essex
• Sarah Launderville, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Independent Living
• Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
• Nancy Colby, Charlotte, VT
• Kristy McLaughlin, VSH
• Sarah Smith, Burlington
• Amy Powers, Another Way
• Karen Topper, Green Mountain Self Advocates
• Jeremy Smith, VSH
• Roxy Smith, Another Way
• Ruth Grant, Family member, S. Burlington
• Fran Levine, VSH
• David Turner, Burlington
• Joshua Sawyer, Another Way
• Erica Smith, East Montpelier
• Rebecca Moore, Staff, VSH
• Marla Simpson, Randolph
• Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Executive Director, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Rick Carroll, Bennington
• Ann Marie Considine, VSH
• Wendy Beinner, Director, NAMI VERMONT
• Allison Hall, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Sandy Snyder, Westfield
• Joanie Maclay, Department of Labor
• Normin Bernard, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
• Evan Ihler, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Jack McCullough, Director of Mental Health Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
• Anne Klein, VSH
• Pat McCuen, VSH
• Morgan Brown, Peer Support Services, Montpelier
• Mark Ames, Network Coordinator, Vermont Recovery Network
• Jennifer Sherke, Department of Mental Health
• Rachel Emerson, Clara Martin Center
• Alexandra Forbes, Vermont Psychological Association
• Jean McCarthy, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Christina Sclafani, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Joellen Taralu-Falk, Brattleboro
• Terry Rabinowicz, Fletcher Allen Healthcare
• Melanie Jannery, Burlington
• Priscilla Digumbia, VSH
• Corrine Pelletier, Burlington