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Administrative Hearing Officers Study Committee committee website

Report submitted on March 18, 2014

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
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

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

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

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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  • Rep. William J. Lippert Jr., Chair
  • Sen. Joe Benning, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Thomas F. "Tom" Koch
  • Rep. Anne H. Mook
  • Sen. Dick Sears Jr.
  • Sen. Jeanette K. White
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