House Committee on Health Care (Room 45)

Friday, January 22, 2016

9:00 AM

H.524 - An act relating to seeking a waiver to permit businesses to continue to purchase Exchange plans directly from insurers

Tentative--only if there are any amendments

9:30 AM

House Floor

10:30 AM

H.866 - An act relating to prescription drug manufacturer cost transparency

Joint with several committees, Room 11.
Representative Peter Welch and staff

• Peter Welch, U.S. Congressman, Vermont

1:00 PM

Pharmacists as health care providers

Discussion of possible health insurance reimbursement to pharmacists, in their role as health care providers/advisors.

• Theo Kennedy, Lobbyist, Vermont Pharmacists and Retail Druggists, Otis & Kennedy, LLC
• Robert A. Hamilton, Associate Dean of the Vermont Campus, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
• Jeffrey B. Schnoor, President Elect, Vermont Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Aaron French, Deputy Commissioner,  Health Services and Managed Care, Department of Vermont Health Access
• Marty Irons, Vermont Pharmacists Association
• Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists Association