Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (Room 17)

Thursday, September 10, 2020

9:00 AM

Mental Health and Public Safety Update

• Michael Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
• Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
• Karim Chapman, Executive Director, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors
• Wilda White, Chair, Mental Health Crisis Response Commission
• George Karabakakis, Chief Executive Officer, Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeast Vermont
• Lieutenant Anthony French, Station Commander, Vermont State Police

10:30 AM

COVID-19 Response

School Public Health Precaution Update

• Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
• Breena Holmes MD, Director of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Health

11:30 AM

H.611 - An act relating to the Older Vermonters Act

Committee discussion