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The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare has jurisdiction over matters relating to the preservation of health, old age assistance, and social and economic security.

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-1, 2, 3
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Effect of Budget Cuts on Health Programs

  • Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Leo Clark, Financial Director II, Vermont Department of Health
  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Chris Finley, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Kelly Stoddard, American Cancer Society
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-4,5,6
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Report on Health Care Reform Commission

  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
2:00 PM

Impact of Budget Cuts in Health Department

Mental Health and DAIL

  • Todd Centybear, Director, Howard Center
  • Eric Grims, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
  • Michael Hartman, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
  • Dan Quinn, Rutland Mental Health Services
  • Capt. Michael E. Schirling, Burlington Police Department
  • Joan Senecal, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
  • Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-7,8,9,10
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Effect of Budget Cuts on Children and Families

  • Eric Avildsen, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Lou Ann Beninati, Director, Robin's Nest Children's Center
  • Owen Bradley, Principal, Twinfield High School
  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Sen. Bill Doyle, Washington County
  • Debbie Haskins, Executive Director, Student Assistance Program
  • Mary Beth Heiskell, Student Assistance Program, Woodstock
  • Julie Mulroy-Evans, Building Bright Futures
  • Diane Nichols Fleming, Family Center
  • Dana Peterson, Principal, Woodstock
  • Robert Phillips, Principal, Spaulding High School
  • Mark Redmond, Vermont Coalition of Residential Providers
3:00 PM

Medical Cost Trends

  • Elliott Fisher MD, Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
Friday, January 16, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-11,12
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Budget Cuts

Agency of Human Services Overview

  • Nicole Birge, Parent, Burlington
  • Christopher Curtis, Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Robert Hofmann, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  • Karen Lafayette, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
  • Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
  • Francie Marbury, Principal, Marlboro Elementary School
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-13,14
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Effect of Budget Cuts on Medicaid

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • David Yacovone, Agency of Human Services
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-15,16
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.7 - An act to prohibit the use of lighted tobacco products in the workplace

  • Shannon Collins
  • Chris Finley, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • John Hollar, Lobbyist, Tobacco-free Vermont
  • Christy Mihaly, Attorney General's Office
  • Rebecca Ryan, American Lung Association
  • Tina Zuk, VT Cancer Society
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-17,18
Meeting Record
3:00 PM

Overview of Health Policies

  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Nolan Langweil, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
Friday, January 23, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-19
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.7 - An act to prohibit the use of lighted tobacco products in the workplace

  • John Hollar, Lobbyist, Tobacco-free Vermont
1:30 PM

Healthy Living Legislation

  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Chris Finley, Department of Health
2:30 PM

S.7 - An act to prohibit the use of lighted tobacco products in the workplace

Committee Discussion and vote

  • Meredith Sumner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-20,21
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Proposed Legislation on Elimination of 7 Health Department Positions

  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Chris Finley, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Brian Leven, Legislative Counsel
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
3:00 PM

Proposed Legislation on Restoring Medical Coverage of Chiropractic Care

  • Anthony Otis, Lobbyist, Chiropractors
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-22,23,24
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.37 - An act relating to billing for health services

  • Jennifer Fauntleroy, Psychiatrist
  • Robin Lunge, Office of Legislative Council
2:00 PM

VT Program for Quality in Health Care

  • Helen Riehle, Executive Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
2:15 PM

Small Area Variation of Health Care in VT

Follow-up to testimony from Elliott Fisher

  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Cy Jordan, Medical Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
  • Steve Kappel, Consultant, Health Care Reform Commission
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-25,26,27
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

POC Authority/Hospital Budgets; HRAP

  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
3:00 PM

Position Reductions

  • James Reardon, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-28,29,30
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Variations on VT Health Data

  • Mitch Fleischer, President, Fleischer Jacobs Group
  • Jeanne Keller, Keller & Fuller
  • Tom McKeown, President, Business Resource Service
3:30 PM

Proposed Committee Legislation on Student Assistance Professionals (SAPs)

  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Barbara Cimaglio, Director, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Department of Health
  • Debbie Haskins, Executive Director, Student Assistance Program
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Stephen Morabito, Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-31,32
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.37 - An act relating to billing for health services

  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • David Jillson, Manager, Physicians' Practice
  • William Little, Vice President, MVP Healthcare
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield
3:00 PM

Tobacco Control Program

  • Brian Flynn, M.D., Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
  • Ted Marcy, M.D., Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
  • Christy Mihaly, Attorney General's Office
  • Stephen Morabito, Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
  • Tina Zuk, VT Cancer Society
Friday, February 6, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-33,34
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Health Resources Allocation Plan

  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-35,36,37
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Public Oversight Commission

  • Gregory Peters, Chair, Public Oversight Commission
2:30 PM

Federal Stimulus Package

  • Patrick Flood, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-38,39
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.13 - An act relating to improving Vermont's sexual abuse response system

  • Sen. Dick Sears, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
3:15 PM

FY 10 Medicaid Budget

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • Carrie Hathaway, Office of Vermont Health Access
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-40,41
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Blueprint for Health

  • Craig Jones, Director, Department of Health
2:45 PM

Stimulus Plan

  • Hans Kastensmith, Principal, Capitol Health Associates
Friday, February 13, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-42
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Proposed Health Care Legislation by Senator Sanders

  • David Reynolds, Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bernie Sanders
3:15 PM

Health IT Update

  • Hans Kastensmith, Principal, Capitol Health Associates
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-43,44,45
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

FY 10 Budget/Department of Children and Families

  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • James Reardon, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-46,47,48
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

JRS18 - Joint resolution relating to prescription drug pricing

  • Andrew MacLean, Lobbyist, Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • Sen. Kevin Mullin, Sponsor
  • Sharon Treat, Director, National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices
2:30 PM

FY 10 Medicaid Budget

Chiropractic

  • Craig Jones, Director, Department of Health
3:15 PM

FY 2010 Budget

  • James Reardon, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-49,50,51
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Medicaid budget

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
3:00 PM

FY 2010 Budget

Agency of Human Services

  • Robert Hofmann, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-52,53
Meeting Record
3:00 PM

Mental Health

Delivery issues

  • Bob Bick, Director, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Howard Center
  • Michael Curtis, Director of Children Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Ken Libertoff, Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health
  • Julie Martin, Director of Developmental Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-54,55,56
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Shared Decision-making in Health Care

  • Harry Chen, Doctor, Rutland
  • Karen Merrikin, Executive Director, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington
  • Benjamin Moulton, Executive Director, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
  • John Wennberg MD, Founding Editor, Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Friday, February 27, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-57
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Regional Variations in Utilization

  • Harry Chen, Consultant, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Craig Jones, Director, Department of Health
  • Steve Kappel, Consultant, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Helen Riehle, Executive Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-58,59,60
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Early Childhood Day

  • Brenda Donley, Building Bright Futures for Lamoille
  • Christina Lane, Parent, Stowe
  • Coral Ovitt, Underhill
1:40 PM

Committee Bill

Shared Decision-making/Variations in Health Care Delivery

  • Harry Chen, Consultant, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-61,62,63
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.80 - An act relating to safe patient handling

  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Jennifer Henry, Nurse, Fletcher Allen Health Care
  • Veronica Hychalk, VP, Professional Services, Northeastern VT Regional Hospital
  • Sen. Sara B. Kittell, Sponsor
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Jackie Majoros, Long Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Belinda Needham-Shropshire, Director of Rehabilitation, Mt. Ascutney Hospital
2:30 PM

Committee Bill

Shared Decision-making/Variations in Delivery

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director, Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Cy Jordan, Medical Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Helen Riehle, Executive Director, Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care (VPQHC)
  • David Yacovone, Director of State Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Friday, March 20, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-64,65,66
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

JRS18 - Joint resolution relating to prescription drug pricing

Committee discussion and vote

  • Sen. Kevin Mullin, Sponsor
1:30 PM

Committee Bill

Shared Decision-making/Variations in Delivery

  • Harry Chen, Consultant, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:00 PM

Committee Bill

  • John R Brumsted, MD, Fletcher Allen Health Care
  • Jeanne Keller, Principal, Keller and Fuller, Inc.
  • Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-67,68,69,70
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Prescription Drug Abuse--Associated Costs

Joint Meeting with Senate Appropriations in Senate Chamber

  • Matt Birmingham, Vermont State Police
  • Robert Bllick, Howard Center
  • Dr. Phillip Brown, Central VT Emergency Room
  • Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Jack Duffy, Chief Executive Director, Valley Vista, Bradford, Vermont
  • Dr. Ed Haak, NW Regional Medical Center (St. Albans)
  • Tom L'Esperance, Vermont State Police
  • Dr. Todd Mandell, Medical Director, ADAP
  • Jim Marmar, Executive Director, Vermont Pharmacists Association
  • Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Tom Parrus, Former Director, ADAP
  • Dr. Allen Schaffer, Howard Center/Maple Leaf Farm
  • Chief Taylor, Police Chief, Stl Albans City
  • Bill Young, Director, Maple Leaf Farm
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-71,72,73
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

FY 2010 Budget

VPharm - Part D of Medicare

  • Joyce Dorsett, COVE
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Michael Sirotkin, Lobbyist, Community of Vermont Elders
  • Brenda Viens, COVE
  • Ronald Ward, COVE
3:00 PM

Stimulus Plan

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-74,75,76
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Substance Abuse, Prevention and Recovery

  • Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Tom L'Esperance, Vermont State Police
  • Patty McCarthy, Faces & Voices of Recovery
  • Kevin Stevens, Sergeant, Rutland Police Department
  • Bill Young, Director, Maple Leaf Farm
Friday, March 27, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-77,78
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Substance Abuse, Prevention and Recovery

  • Linda Carbino, White River Junction
  • Jenn Davis, Turning Point, Chittenden County
  • Margaret Drew, Kingdom Recovery
  • Dr. Tom Hoskins, Brattleboro Retreat
  • Mark Johnson, Vice President, Easter Seals Vermont
  • Pat Martin, Rutland
  • Kathy Martin, Rutland
  • Sandy Mayo, Middlebury
  • Susie Reed, St. Johnsbury, Drug Court Administration - Easter Seals
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-79,80
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.162 - An act relating to payment of medical benefits to health care providers

  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
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H.220 - An act relating to health care contract standards

  • Jim Hester, Director, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-81,82,83
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Bi-State Primary Care Association

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • John Matthew MD, Plainfield Health Center
  • Nancy Metz, Little Rivers Health Care, Bradford
  • Kate Simmons, Budget Systems Program Manager, Bi-State Primary Care Association
  • Polly White, Northern Counties Health Care
2:30 PM

Impact of Budget Cuts in Health Department

  • Elizabeth Cote, Director, Vermont AHEC Network, UVM (Office of Primary Care)
  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Chris Finley, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
3:30 PM

Vermont State Hospital

  • Michael Hartman, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Friday, April 3, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-84,85,86
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

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

  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Rep. George W. Till, Sponsor
2:15 PM

Vermont State Hospital

  • Larry Lewack, Executive Director, NAMI VERMONT
  • Ken Libertoff, Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health
  • Jack McCullough, Vermont Legal Aid's Mental Health Law Project
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-87,88,89
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Chiropractic Coverage

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • Mary Day, Program Integrity Manager, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Sen. Hinda Miller, Chittenden County
  • Sen. Jeanette K. White
2:30 PM

S.13 - An act relating to improving Vermont's sexual abuse response system

Meeting in Room 11 with House Human Services Committee

  • Melissa Bailey, Operations Chief, Department of Mental Health
  • Georgia Cumming, Department of Corrections
  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Anne Liske, Co-Chair, Sexual Violence Task Force
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-90,91
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

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

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Michael Del Trecco, Vice President of Finance, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Chris Finley, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
  • Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Dennis Sanders MD, VT Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders
  • John Shullenberger, Esquire, American Cancer Society
  • Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • James Vecchio MD, UVM - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-92,93,94
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

S.118 - An act relating to improving the nutrition of low-income children

  • Douglas Davis, Food Service Director, Burlington
  • Carlen Finn, Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
  • Rep. Mitzi Johnson, Outreach Director, Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
  • Dorigen Keeney, Director, Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Renee Richardson, Director, Food Stamp Program
3:00 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

HIT Section

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Jim Hester, Director, Health Care Reform Commission
Friday, April 10, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-95,96
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

H.80 - An act relating to the use of chloramine as a disinfectant in public water systems

  • Michael Barsotti, Champlain Water District
  • James Fay, General Manager Champlain Water District
  • Matt Levin, Vermonters for a Clean Environment
  • Rep. Jim McCullough, Sponsor
  • Ellen Powell, Vermonters Concerned about Chloramine
  • Rebecca Reno, Vermonters Concerned about Chloramine
  • Donald Swartz, MD, Vermont Department of Health
  • Rep. Kate Webb, Reporter of the Bill
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-97,98
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Substance Abuse

  • Howard Van Bethuysen, Judge, Caledonia County
  • Patricia Zimmerman, Judge, Chittenden County
3:00 PM

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

  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-99,100
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Health Care Reorganization

  • Sen. Jane Kitchel
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:15 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

Sections on Chlamydia, stroke and vaccines

  • Rep. George W. Till
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-101,102,103
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.81 - An act relating to insurance coverage for oral anticancer medications

  • Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
  • Heather Kirk, Patient Advocate - Oregon
  • William Little, Vice President, MVP Healthcare
  • Sen. Kevin Mullin, Sponsor
  • George Phillips, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UVM Medical School
  • John Shullenberger, Esquire, American Cancer Society
  • Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield
3:30 PM

Health Care Reorganization

  • Patrick Flood, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  • Robert Hofmann, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
Friday, April 17, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-104,105
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.435 - An act relating to palliative care

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Mary Claire Carroll, Lobbyist, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  • Rep. Bill Frank
  • Rep. Sandy Haas, Progressive Leader
  • Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons
  • Jackie Majoros, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Donald Swartz, MD, Vermont Department of Health
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-106,107
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.116 - An act relating to public health and preventive health services for agricultural and food service workers

  • Sen. Claire Ayer, Sponsor
  • Clarence Davis, Director of State Relations, University of Vermont
  • Jackie Folsom, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Cheryl Mitchell, Addison County
3:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Sen. Ed Flanagan, Sponsor, Sponsor
  • Sen. Dick McCormack, Sponsor
  • David Reynolds, Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bernie Sanders
  • Deborah Richter MD
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-108
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Steven Maier, House Committee on Health Care
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-109
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

  • Susan Baker, Health Care Advocate, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Lisa Dulsky Watkins, Assistant Director, Vermont Blueprint for Health
  • Betsy Forrest, Health Care Affordability Project Director, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Lila Richardson, Staff Attorney, Office of Vermont Health Care Ombusdman
  • Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
Friday, April 24, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-110,111
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.435 - An act relating to palliative care

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • Cindy Bruzzese, Director, Vermont Ethics Network
  • Mary Claire Carroll, Lobbyist, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  • Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health
  • Rep. Bill Frank, House Human Services Committee
  • Deacon Peter Gummere, Roman Catholic Diosese of Vermont
  • Rep. Sandy Haas, House Human Services Committee
  • Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Tuck Rainwater, Lobbyist
  • Virginia Renfrew, Lobbyist
  • Ann Rugg, Deputy Director, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Donald Swartz, MD, Vermont Department of Health
  • Bill Wargo, Department of Health
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Tape 114 malfunctioned
CDs
09-112,113
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Blueprint for Health

Immunizations Funding Cuts

  • Craig Jones, Director, Blueprint for Health
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Donald Swartz, MD, Vermont Department of Health
  • David Yacovone, Director of State Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
2:30 PM

H.435 - An act relating to palliative care

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

  • Cindy Bruzzese, Director, Vermont Ethics Network
  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mary Claire Carroll, Lobbyist, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  • Trinka Kerr, Health Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Jackie Majoros, Long Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Jill Olson, VP Policy and Operations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-115, 116,117
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.80 - An act relating to the use of chloramine as a disinfectant in public water systems

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

  • James Fay, General Manager Champlain Water District
  • Matt Levin, Vermonters for a Clean Environment
  • Laura Pelosi, Commissioner, Vermont Health Care Association
  • Ray Solomon, Environmental Scientist, Water Supply Div., Dept. of Environmental Conservation
  • Donald Swartz, MD, Vermont Department of Health
2:30 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

Committee Discussion

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Kate Simmons, Budget Systems Program Manager, Bi-State Primary Care Association
3:00 PM

S.116 - An act relating to public health and preventive health services for agricultural and food service workers

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, Vermont Healthcare Association
  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
  • Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations
  • Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Michael Sirotkin, Lobbyist, Sirotkin & Necrason
  • Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
  • Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • David Yacovone, Director of State Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
4:30 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-118,119
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

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

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
3:00 PM

H.444 - An act relating to health care reform

Proposal to cap hospital budgets - Committee Discussion

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Michael Davis, Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, Vermont Healthcare Association
  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Megan O'Donnell, Assistant General Counsel, Fletcher Allen Health Care
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
  • Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Friday, May 1, 2009
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
09-120
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.129 - An act relating to containing health care costs

  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Committee discussion; update on bills

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Information Briefing Session

Senate Chamber

Thursday, January 7, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-01, 02
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

Governor's State of the State Address

House of Representatives

3:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Committee - Room 10

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • Craig Jones, Director, Blueprint for Health
Friday, January 8, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-03, 04, 05
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Committee - Room 11

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • David Cochran MD, President and CEO, Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL)
  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  • Jim Hester, Director, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-06, 07, 08, 09, 10,11
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Committee Bills

3:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Committee - Room 10

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Jim Hester, Director, Health Care Reform Commission
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Heidi Tringe, Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, Governor's Office
6:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Public Hearing with House Health Care Committee in House Chamber

  • Martha Abbott, Underhill
  • Tristin Adie, Shelburne
  • Alexander Anderson, Jericho
  • Joan Beauchemin, Burlington
  • John Bloch, Barre, Onion River Community Access Center
  • Julie Brochu, Craftsbury
  • Amanda Calder, Shelburne
  • Peggy Carey, Colchester
  • Walter Carpenter, Vermont Workers' Center
  • Roger Carroll, Brattleboro
  • Angela Chagnon, Burlington
  • Linda Chagnon, Burlington
  • Thomas Charbonneau, Burlington
  • Jill Charbonneau, Middlebury
  • Joeie Clark, Fairfax
  • Judy Cohen, Burlington
  • Sheila Conift, Montpelier
  • Denise Connolly, Berlin
  • Bill Day, Barre Town
  • Susan Deppe MD, Vermont Psychiatric Association
  • Tracy Dorman, Bennington
  • Margaret Dunne, Rutland
  • Joan Eckley, West Haven
  • Megan Farreau, South Burlington
  • Peg Franzen, Montpelier, Vermont Workers' Center
  • Mary Gerrish, Bennington
  • Ann Gibbs, Poultney
  • Dale Hackett, Barre
  • James Haslam, Burlington, Vermont Workers' Center
  • Cindy Haviland, Wells
  • Jean Hopkins, Burlington
  • Carlton Houghton, Essex Jct.
  • Margaret Joyal, Director of Outpatient Services, Burlington
  • David Kaczynski, Montpelier
  • Richard Kemp, Burlington
  • Jamal Kheiry, Bethel
  • Jerry Kilcourse, Montpelier
  • David Kreindler, Montpelier, Vermont Workers' Center
  • Jennifer Larsen, Essex Jct.
  • Dion LeShay, Bennington
  • Amy Lester, Barre
  • Traven Leyshon, VT AFL-CIO, Middlesex
  • Tom Licata, Burlington, Vermonters for Economic Health
  • Sam Liss, Sunderland
  • Elaine Lussier, Berlin
  • Nancy Lynch, Williamstown, Vermont
  • Bekah Mandell, Burlington
  • Dr. Paul Manganiello, Norwich
  • Matt McGrath, Burlington
  • Chuck Meyers, Williston
  • Peter Moss, Fairfax
  • Charlie Murphy, Bennington
  • Hilde Ojibway, Hartford, VT
  • Cindy Perron, Barton, VT
  • Jody Pettersen, Montpelier
  • Ron Pulcer, Rutland
  • Sheryl Rapee-Adams, Rutland
  • Greg Richards, Barre Town
  • Deborah Richter MD, Family Physician
  • Peggy Sapphire, Craftsbury
  • Will Shafer, West Dover
  • Robyn Shafer, West Dover
  • Sandi Shafer, West Dover
  • Maureen Shafer, West Dover
  • Stewart Skrill, Randolph Center
  • Karen Skrill, Randolph Center
  • Holly Smith, Essex Jct.
  • Bruce Talmadge, Barre
  • Diane Tardif, Essex, VT
  • Hannah Vallerand, Berlin
  • Rachel Van Cleve, Rutland City
  • Ders Van Dyke, Waitsfield, VT
  • Deborah Wachtel, Essex, VT
  • Reed Webster, Bellows Falls
  • Sarah Weintraub, Burlington, CVOEO Mobile Home Project
  • Nancy Welch, Burlington
  • Dr. Rich White, Hartford, VT
  • Stuart Williams, Montpelier
  • Liz Zundel, Barre
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-12, 13
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Review of S.88; H.196; S.181; Poirier bill
Joint Meeting with the House Health Care Committee - Room 10

Thursday, January 14, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-14, 15, 16
Meeting Record
12:00 PM

Challenges for Change

Joint Meeting in Room 10 with House Human Services Committee

1:30 PM

H.510 - An act relating to a public health care coverage option

Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee - Room 10

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:00 PM

Presentation from sponsors of: H.196; S.88; H.510; H.491; H.371

Joint Meeting with House Health Committee - Room 10

  • Rep. Susan Davis
  • Rep. Michael Fisher, Lincoln
  • Sen. Dick McCormack, Windsor County
  • Rep. Francis "Topper" McFaun
  • Rep. Paul N. Poirier, Barre City
Friday, January 15, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-17, 18
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Health Care Legislation

Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee - Room 11

  • Sen. Susan Bartlett, Senate Appropriations Committee
  • John Franco, Attorney
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-19, 20
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

Governor's Budget Address

Joint Assembly

3:00 PM

S.179 - An act relating to advance directive forms during hospital admission

  • Sen. William H. Carris, Rutland County
3:15 PM

S.178 - An act relating to anatomical gift forms upon hospital admission

  • Sen. William H. Carris, Rutland County
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-21, 22
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

  • Babak Armajani, Public Strategies Group
  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Sen. Diane Snelling
  • Jeff Zlonis, Public Strategies Group
3:00 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

ROOM 10 - Joint Meeting with House Human Services

  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Con Hogan
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Joan Senecal, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-23, 24, 25
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

2:30 PM

H.491 - An act relating to a single-payer health care system

Joint Meeting with House Health Care in Room 10

  • Rep. Susan Davis, Sponsor
3:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Governance, integration of funding, coordination between the Blueprint and Choices for Care, and the creation of a financing pool of public dollars

  • Jim Leddy, Former Senator
3:45 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Introduction to global hospital budgeting

  • Jim Hester, Director, Health Care Reform Commission
4:30 AM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Overview of three BISHCA reports: FY 2010 Vermont Hospital Budget Report: Three-Year Forecast of VT Health Care Expenditures: 2009-2012; Health Plan Administrative Cost Report

  • Michael Davis, Director of Cost Containment, Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
Friday, January 22, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-26, 27
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Care

  • Con Hogan, Former Secretary, Agency of Human Services; co-author, Vermont Health Care at the Crossroads
  • Deborah Richter MD, Family Physician; co-author, Vermont Health Care at the Crossroads
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-28, 29, 30
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Vermont Yankee

Radioactive Isotope Tritium Leakage

  • William Irwin, Department of Health
2:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

ROOM 10 - Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee

Three connected reports: Recommendations to Improve Utilization and Variation in Health Care Services in Vermont; Variation in Health Services Utilization in Vermont for the Commercially Insured Population under Age 65; Recommendations to Improve Utilization and Variation in Health Care Services in Vermont. Reports are at
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/reports/2010ExternalReports/252656.pdf

  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
4:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Clifford Frank, President, Vermont Managed Care
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-31, 32, 33
Meeting Record
1:15 PM

Mental Health

  • Ken Libertoff, Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health
1:30 PM

Committee Discussion

Catamount and Human Services: Budget Cuts

  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:30 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

ROOM 11 - Joint Meeting with House Human Services Committee

Thursday, January 28, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-34, 35, 36
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

ROOM 10 - Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee

  • Glen Cordner, Chief Executive Officer, Springfield Hospital
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Tom Huebner, President, Rutland Regional Medical Center
  • Richard Slusky, CEO, Mt. Ascutney Hospital
  • Joe Woodin, President and CEO, Gifford Medical Center
Friday, January 29, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-37, 38
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

ROOM 10 - Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
2:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • James Haslam, Vermont Workers' Center
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-39, 40
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

DAIL Budget Cuts

  • Joan Senecal, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
2:30 PM

FY 2011 State Budget

Health Department Budget Cuts

  • Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-41, 42, 43
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.176 - An act relating to establishing a statewide prescription drug formulary

  • Rich Harvie, Drug Utilization and Review Board
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Madeleine Mongan, Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Paul Wallace-Brodeur, Former Director, OVHA
2:30 PM

FY 2011 State Budget

DAIL Budget Cuts, Continued

  • Joan Senecal, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-44, 45, 46, 47
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Explanation of Massachusetts Experience
Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee in Room 10

  • Anya Wallack, Executive Director, Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute
3:00 PM

FY 2011 State Budget

Medicaid Budget Cuts

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
Friday, February 5, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-48, 49
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Committee Discussion

2:00 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

Department of Children and Families Budget Cuts

  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-50, 51, 52
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Administrative Costs Associated with Hospital Billing

  • Michael Davis, Director of Cost Containment, Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
2:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Care in Room 11

  • Kenneth Thorpe, Consultant, Health Care Reform Commission and the Legislature
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-53, 54
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.268 - An act relating to the building bright futures council

  • Sen. Claire Ayer
  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Barbara Postman, Voices for Vermont's Children
2:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • David Himmelstein, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Primary Care Physician, Cambridge Hospital
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-55, 56
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Health Care Legislation

2:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Massachusetts - Recent Historical Perspective and Cost Containment
Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee - Room 10

  • Dana Gelb Safran, Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts
3:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

British Columbia, Canada Experience

  • Jonathan Agnew, Assistant Director of Policy, British Columbia Medical Association
Friday, February 12, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-57
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Budget Cuts

Agency of Human Services

  • Robert Hofmann, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Costs Associated with Hospital Billing

  • James Kahn, Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-58, 59
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA)
  • David Yacovone, Director of State Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-60, 61, 62
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.247 - An act relating to bisphenol A

  • Dr. William Bress, Toxicologist, Department of Health
  • Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Resource Group
  • Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Grocers' Association
  • Heidi Klein, Vermont Public Health Association
  • Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor, S.247
  • Tasha Wallis, Executive Director, Vermont Retail Association, Inc
3:00 PM

S.171 - An act relating to nutritional labeling of food by chain restaurants

  • Elliot Burg, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
  • Sylvia Geiger , Registered Dietician, President, VT Dietetic Association
  • Nicole Lukas, State Advocacy Director, American Heart Association
  • Dan Roehl, National Restaurant Association
  • Kelly Stoddard, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
  • Vicki Tebbetts, VT. Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-63, 64, 65
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Denise Connolly
  • Peg Franzen, Vermont Workers' Center
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
3:00 PM

Vermont State Hospital

VSH Futures Project; CON Application
Joint Meeting with House & Senate Appropriations, House and Senate Institutions, and House Human Services Committees - Room 11

  • Michael Hartman, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Friday, February 19, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-66, 67
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Michael Davis, Director of Cost Containment, Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration
  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Jerry Kilcourse, Montpelier
  • Deborah Richter MD, Family Physician
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-68, 69
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Alzheimers Awareness Day

Visit by a delegation from Alzheimer's Association

  • Sen. Randy Brock
  • Maggie Lewis, Interim Director, Alzheimer's Awareness Day
  • Ashley Whitsenberger
1:45 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Paul Harrington, Executive Vice-President, Vermont Medical Society
  • Con Hogan, former Secretary, Agency of Human Services
3:00 PM

S.177 - An act relating to consolidation of health care administration

  • Sen. Jane Kitchel, Senate Liaison for the Federal Stimulus Bill
  • Sen. Jeanette K. White, Senate Committee on Government Operations
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-70
Meeting Record
2:30 PM

S.177 - An act relating to consolidation of health care administration

Meeting to commence when the Senate adjourns

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA)
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-71, 72
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

  • Tom Kavet, Economist, Kavet, Rockler and Associates
2:15 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Cost Containment Options

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA)
3:15 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Comments on BISHCA proposal

  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
Friday, February 26, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-73, 74
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:00 PM

S.171 - An act relating to nutritional labeling of food by chain restaurants

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-75, 76
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.171 - An act relating to nutritional labeling of food by chain restaurants

  • Wendy Morgan, Assistant Attorney General
  • Sen. Kevin Mullin, Sponsor
  • Dawn Philibert, Policy Director, VT. Dept. of Health
  • Vicki Tebbetts, VT. Chamber of Commerce
  • Tasha Wallis, Executive Director, Vermont Retail Association, Inc
2:15 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Stephen Kimbell, Lobbyist, Rutland Regional Medical Center
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-77, 78, 79, 80
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.247 - An act relating to bisphenol A

  • Maria Cahill, Abbott Labs
  • Greg Costa, Director, Grosery Manufacturers Asso.
  • William Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
  • Dr. Cheryl Gibson, Medical Director, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
  • Dr. Bill Hoyle, North American Metal Packaging Association
  • Barbara Postman, Policy Coordinator, Voices for Vermont's Children
  • Steve Rosario, American Chemistry Council
2:15 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
Friday, March 12, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-81
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Markup and Vote

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
After S.88:

S.171 - An act relating to nutritional labeling of food by chain restaurants

Markup and Vote

After S.171:

S.247 - An act relating to bisphenol A

Markup and Vote

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-83
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Report on Financing of Health Study Board

  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:30 PM

Committee Discussion

Meeting with Senate Appropriations to discuss S.88

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-84, 85
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate in Session

2:30 PM

Early Childhood Day

  • Christina Laine, Stowe
  • Lee Lauber, Executive Director, Family Center of Washington County
  • Elizabeth Meyer, Child Care Resources
  • Judy Pransky, Cabot
  • Sonja Raymond, Apple Tree Learning Center, Stowe
3:15 PM

S.171 - An act relating to nutritional labeling of food by chain restaurants

  • Sen. Claire Ayer, Addison County
  • Morgan Wolaver, VT Brewers' Association
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-86, 87, 88, 89
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.205 - An act relating to the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Care in Room 11

  • William Hsaio, Harvard School of Public Health
Friday, March 19, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-90, 91, 92, 93, 94
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.507 - An act relating to fostering connections to success in guardianships

  • Robert Appel, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission
  • Rep. Patsy French, Reporter of the Bill
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Robert Sheil, Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
  • Cindy Walcott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Children & Families
3:00 - 5:30 p.m.

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Public Hearing with House Health; Discussion with Business Owners
Meeting in Room 11

See House Health Care Committee listing 3/23 for names of witnesses

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-95, 96
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.766 - An act relating to preventing duplication in certain public health records

  • Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair, House Human Services Committee
2:30 PM

Proposed Funding Cuts

Effect on Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies

  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Lee Lauber, Executive Director, Family Center of Washington County
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-97
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.408 - An act relating to improving nutrition programs

  • Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Reporter
  • Rep. John Zenie, Reporter
2:00 PM

After School Programs

  • Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator, Voices for Vermont's Children
  • Nicole Miller, Program Director, REACH! Afterschool Program
  • Holly Morehouse, Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence
  • Barbara Russ, Program Director, Winooski 21st Century Community Learning Center
2:30 PM

S.226 - An act relating to medical marijuana dispensaries

  • Barbara Cimaglio, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
Friday, March 26, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
H.658 also includes H.752
CDs
10-98
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.658 - An act relating to the issuance of certificates of need for home health agencies and addressing patient transportation services in certificate of need applications

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health
  • Rep. Steven Maier, Chair, House Committee on Health Care
  • Rep. Michael Marcotte, Sponsor
  • Lila Richardson, Staff Attorney, Office of Vermont Health Care Ombudsman
  • Nancy Warner, Executive Director, Orleans Essex VNA & Hospice
  • Phil White, Attorney, Vermont Assembly of Home Health Agencies
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-99, 100, 101
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.247 - An act relating to bisphenol A

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Charity Carbine, Environmental Health Advocate, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
  • Allison Crowley Demag, Lobbyist, American Chemistry Council
  • Sen. Alice W. Nitka, Senate Judiciary Committee
  • Tuck Rainwater, Lobbyist, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
  • Sen. Dick Sears, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Health Care in Room 11

  • Susan Besio, Director, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Susan Elliot, Office of Representative Peter Welch
  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
  • David Reynolds, Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bernie Sanders
  • John Tracy, Field Representative, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
  • Joy Johnson Wilson, Health Policy Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-102, 103, 104
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.766 - An act relating to preventing duplication in certain public health records

  • Kathy Kilgore, PWA Coalition
  • Donald Swartz, MD, Vermont Department of Health
2:30 PM

Department of Mental Health

Challenges for Change - Impact on DMH
Vermont State Hospital

  • Michael Hartman, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-105, 106
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

H.408 - An act relating to improving nutrition programs

  • Laurie Colgan, Child And Adult Care Food Program, Department of Education
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Rep. Mitzi Johnson, Member, House Appropriations Committee
  • Dorigen Keeney, Director, Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
  • Joe Patrissi, Deputy Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Renee Richardson, Director, Food Stamp Program
2:30 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

  • Todd Centybear, Director, Howard Center
  • Eric Grims, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
  • Dan Quinn, Executive Director, Rutland Mental Health Services
  • Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-109, 110, 111
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Public input on bill as passed by the Appropriations Committee

  • Michael Del Trecco, Vice President of Finance, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Peg Franzen, Vermont Workers' Center
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Stephen Kimbell, Lobbyist, Rutland Regional Medical Center
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Thursday, April 8, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-112, 113, 114
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Variations on VT Health Data

S.129 - Variation Section
H.627 - Community Health Section
Joint Meeting with House Health Care Committee in Room 10

  • Elliott Fisher MD, Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
3:30 PM

Variations on VT Health Data

Presentation from Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care

  • Monica Boyd, Research Analyst, VPQHC
  • Cy Jordan, Medical Director, VPQHC
Friday, April 9, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-115
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.408 - An act relating to improving nutrition programs

Testimony; Markup and Vote

  • Donn Marcus, Principal, Whiting School
2:00 PM

Confirmation of appointments

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-116, 117, 118
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Challenges for Change

  • Hugh Bradshaw, Employment Services Manager, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Agency of Human Services
  • Jackie Majoros, Long Care Ombudsman, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Barbara Prine, Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
  • Joan Senecal, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
  • Karen Swartz, Director, Vermont Development Disability Council
  • Julie Tessler, Director, Developmental Services, Howard Center
  • Marie Zura, Development Director, Howard Center
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-119, 120
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Prevention Coalitions

  • Mitch Dorain, Hartford High School
  • Cindy Hayford, Deerfield Valley
  • Kathrin Lawlor, Faculty Adivisor, Hartford School District
  • Xiang Wallace, Hartford High School
2:00 PM

H.507 - An act relating to fostering connections to success in guardianships

  • Robert Appel, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
3:00 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

  • Peter Cobb, Director, Vermont Assembly of Home Health Agencies
  • Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  • Laura Pelosi, Executive Director, Vermont Health Care Association
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-121, 122
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Rep. Steven Maier, House Committee on Health Care
Friday, April 16, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-123, 124, 125
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.507 - An act relating to fostering connections to success in guardianships

Possible Mark-up and Vote

  • Robert Appel, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission
  • Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Jack McCullough, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Dena Monahan, Counsel, DAIL
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

Continuation of review of bill

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-126, 127, 128
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
  • Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Rebecca Ryan, Director, American Lung Association
  • Kelly Stoddard, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-129, 130
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • Jim Hester, Director, Commission on Health Care Reform
  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
3:00 PM

H.507 - An act relating to fostering connections to success in guardianships

  • Robert Appel, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission
  • Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel
  • Dena Monahan, Counsel, DAIL
  • Barbara Prine, Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
3:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
  • Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Cigna Health Care
  • Christine Oliver, Deputy Commissioner, Health Care Administration, BISHCA
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-131, 132
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Hunt Blair, Assistant Director of Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
  • David Cochran MD, President and CEO, Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL)
  • Bea Grause, President, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
  • Wendy Morgan, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
  • William Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General
  • Paulette Thabault, Commissioner, Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA)
Friday, April 23, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

To Be Announced

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-133, 134
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Julie Donohue, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
  • Lisa Dulsky Watkins, Public Health Physician and Assistant Dir. of VT Blueprint, Vermont Blueprint for Health
  • Don George, Chair, Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Michael O'Connor, President, Vermont Chapter of the American Parkinson's Association
  • Marjorie Powell, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • Rep. George W. Till, House Committee on Health Care
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-135, 136, 137
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Rep. Kurt Wright, Burlington
1:45 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

  • Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Sandy Haas, House Human Services Committee
  • Lee Lauber, Executive Director, Family Center of Washington County
  • Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair, House Human Services Committee
Friday, April 30, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-138
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

S.88 - An act relating to health care financing and universal access to health care in Vermont

  • Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. George W. Till, House Committee on Health Care
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-142
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-143,144
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

Friday, May 7, 2010
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
10-145,146,147
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

H.792 - An act relating to implementation of challenges for change

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