Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (Room 17)

Friday, February 22, 2019

8:30 AM

S.94 - An act relating to expanding Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to dental care and establishing the VDent dental assistance program

Walk-through and introduction

• Representative Ruth Hardy, Sponsor
• Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

8:40 AM

S.73 - An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers

Mark-up

• Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
• David Mickenberg

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S.86 - An act relating to increasing the legal age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age

Mark-up and possible vote

• Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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S.31 - An act relating to informed health care financial decision making and the consent policy for the Vermont Health Information Exchange

Mark-up

• Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

9:45 AM

Affordable Housing

• Jared Adler, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel

9:50 AM

Brattleboro Retreat

Overview and Updates

• Louis Josephson, President and CEO, Brattleboro Retreat

10:00 AM

Corrections Health Care Review: Consultant Report

• Karl Becker, Senior Vice President, CGL

11:00 AM

Introduction

• Rick Page, Dean, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

11:15 AM

S.86 - An act relating to increasing the legal age for buying and using cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age

• Andrew MacLean, Reynolds American

11:30 AM

Senate Floor