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Legislative Session-Week 5-meetings scheduled-1.1.22 - 1.4.22

Committee on Health Care (Room 45 and Zoom) 

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

9:00 AM-Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget

Department of Vermont Health Access

 

10:30 AM- H. 655 - An act relating to establishing a telehealth licensure and registration system

Committee discussion

1:00 PM-H. 655 - An act relating to establishing a telehealth licensure and registration system

Blue Cross/Blue Shield; MVP Healthcare; Department of Financial Regulation; Cigna Health Care

 

Thursday, February 3, 2022

9:00 AM-Nursing Workforce

Elizabeth Cote, Director, Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont - Invited

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office

Laura Pelosi, Vermont Health Care Association

Sarah Billings-Berg, DC, DNP, RN, CNE, Associate Dean of Nursing, Vermont Technical College

Linda Havey, DNP, MBA, RN-BC, CPHQ, CNE, Associate Professor, BSN Department Co-Chair, Vermont Technical College

Dr. Paulette Thabault, Professor and Director, Norwich University School of Nursing

Helen Papeika, RN, MSN, CMGT-BC, Department Chair, School of Nursing, Castleton University

Matthew Choate, RN, BSN, MBA, CEN, CPEN, Chief Nursing Officer, Central Vermont Medical Center - Invited

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems - Invited

Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont - Invited

 

Senate Committee on Education https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-education.

2:30 PM-Rollout of New COVID-19 Guidelines for Schools

Update on Rollout

Mark Levine, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health

Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education

House Committee on Corrections and Institutions Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-corrections-and-institutions.

2:15 PM-Medication Assisted Treatment

Department of Corrections Overview

Senate Committee on Finance

 at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-finance.

Thursday, February 3, 2022

3:00 PM-S. 247 - An act relating to prohibiting discrimination based on genetic information

Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor, Chittenden County

Emily Brown, Director of Rates and Forms, Department of Financial Regulation

Jill Rickard, Regional Vice President, American Council of Life Insurers

Philene Taormina, Lobbyist, AARP - Invited

Debra Leonard, M.D., Chief of  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Health Network

Dr. Robert Wildlin, F.A.C.M.G., Associate Professor and Associate Medical Director of the Genomic Medicine Laboratory, UVM Larner College of Medicine and UVM Health Network

 

Senate Committee on Government Operations at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-government-operations.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 

1:30 PM-S. 218 - An act relating to prohibiting public bodies from discouraging public participation based on race

Walk-through

Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:00 PM-S. 203 - An act relating to workforce development

Walk-through

Office of Legislative Counsel

Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-health-and-welfare. 

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

-   S. 91-An act relating to Parent Child Center Network

Testimony, possible mark-up

Action Circles, Parent Child Center Network, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

- S. 19 - An act relating to a climate change response plan and regional planning commission involvement in identifying health care-related needs

Department of Health

 

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

9:00 AM-S. 206 - An act relating to planning for the care and treatment of patients with cognitive impairments

Devon Green, Vice President of Government Relations, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

Meg Polyte, Policy Director, Alzheimer's Association, Vermont Chapter

Pamela Smith, Advocate, Younger Onset Alzheimer's

Eryn McElhaney Smith, Caregiver

Jill Sudhoff-Guerin, Policy and Communications Consultant, Vermont Medical Society

 

10:30 AM

-S. 194 - An act relating to peer-operated respite centers

 

- S. 195 - An act relating to the certification of mental health peer support specialists

 

- S. 197 - An act relating to the Coordinated Mental Health Crisis Response Working Group

Discussion of mental health bills

Department of Mental Health, Child Psychiatry, UVMMC, Washington County Mental Health Services

 

11:50 AM-Mental Health Advocacy Day

Clara Martin Center

 

Thursday, February 3, 2022

9:00 AM

-S. 285 - An act relating to expanding the Blueprint for Health and access to home- and community-based services

Testimony, possible mark-up

Joshua Slen, President, Health System Transformation

Angela Smith-Dieng, Adult Services Director, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

Ena Backus, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services - Invited

John Saroyan, Executive Director, Blueprint for Health, Department of Vermont Health Access - Invited

Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNA's of Vermont

Jennifer Carbee, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

-    S. 243 - An act relating to implementation of an unused prescription drug repository program

Introduction by sponsor, walk-through by counsel

Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor, Chittenden County

Tommi Mandell, VLS Student Clinician

Jennifer Carbee, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel