Administrative Hearing Officers Study Committee committee website

Report submitted on March 18, 2014

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

13-1, 2

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Administrative Hearing Officers Study Committee

Introductions
Election of Committee Leadership
Review of Study Committee Charge

• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

10:30 AM

Public Comment

• Dixie Henry, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  
• Sarah London, Counsel to the Governor, Executive Department
  
• Margaret Murray, Citizen
  
• Mark Oettinger, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  
• Jane Woodruff, Hearing Officer, Department of Labor
  

10:45 AM

Historical Perspectives and Ongoing Issues

• Paul Gillies, Esq.
  

11:30 AM

Future Meeting Planning

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

13-3, 4, 5, 6

Meeting Record

10:10 AM

Overview

• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

10:15 AM

Hearing Officers Nationwide: A Variety of Models

• Norm Patenaude, President, National Association of Hearing Officials, Chair, New Hampshire Workers Compensation Appeals Board
  

10:45 AM

Administrative Law and the Development of Hearing Officers

• Hon. Julian Mann III, Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings
  

11:30 AM

Current Issues for Organization and Practice of Hearing Officers

• Jim Gerl, Certified Hearing Official, Scotti & Gerl, Lewisburg, West Virginia
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Hearing Officers in Judicial Branch; H.819 (1990), An Act Relating to Office of Administrative Law

• Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Judiciary
  
• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

2:00 PM

Hearing Officers Panel

• George Belcher, Esq., Hearing Officer, Office of Professional Regulation
  
• Emily Bergquist Esq., Hearing Officer, Department of Taxes
  
• Jane Woodruff, Esq., Hearing Officer, Department of Labor
  

3:30 PM

Adjourn

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

13-7, 8, 9, 10

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Agency of Education

Use of Hearing Officers

• Mark Oettinger, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  
• William Talbott, Deputy Secretary/CFO, Agency of Education
  

10:30 AM

Agency of Human Services

Use of Hearing Officers

• Dixie Henry, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  

11:30 AM

Department for Children and Families

Use of Hearing Officers

• Terry Rowe, Director, Commissioner's Registry Review Unit, Department for Children and Families
  
• David Yacovone, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Agency of Natural Resources

Use of Hearing Officers

• Jon Groveman, General Counsel, Agency of Natural Resources
  

1:30 PM

Department of Labor

Use of Hearing Officers

• Dirk Anderson, Counsel, Department of Labor
  

2:00 PM

Agency of Transportation

Use of Hearing Officers

• Richard Boulanger, Hearing Officer, Agency of Transportation
  
• John Dunleavy, Assistant Attorney General, Agency of Transportation
  
• Robert Ide, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles
  
• Brian Searles, Secretary, Agency of Transportation
  

2:30 PM

Vermont Transportation Board

Use of Hearing Officers

• John Zicconi, Executive Secretary, Transportation Board
  

3:00 PM

Department of Health

Use of Administrative Hearing Officers

• Dixie Henry, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Human Services
  

3:10 PM

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM

Adjourn

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

13-11, 12, 13

Meeting Record

10:15 AM

Codes of Conduct for Judges and Hearing Officers

• Steven Adler, Esq., Chair, Judicial Conduct Board
  
• Christopher Winters, Director of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
  

11:15 AM

Report of Committee Members' Report Priorities

• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Legislative Council
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Committee Report Discussion

• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Legislative Council
  

2:45 PM

Adjourn

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