Vermont
Council
of
Developmental and Mental Health Services
137 Elm Street,
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
Tel: 802.223.1773 Fax: 802.223.5523
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Consultant Reports
Readiness and Data Needs for Participation in the Vermont Health Information Exchange - January 2012
Council Comments
VT Council Non-Emergency Involuntary Medication Comments
Evidence Based Practices:
Reports & Recommendations of the Clinical Practices Advisory Panel
Futures Plan: Council Recommendations
Council Legislative Updates
2013
Legislative Wrap Up for the 2013 Session - Appropriations Act; Mental Health Judicial Proceedings Bill Fails; Capital Bill Funds New State Hospital and Secure Residential Facility; School Mental Health Study Legislation; Workers Compensation Bill S.129 does not Pass; H.403 Study of SFI Passes; Public Inebriate Sunset Extended; Direct Support Professionals; H. 522 Omnibus Drug Abuse Bill; H. 65 The Good Samaritan Bill; Health Care Omnibus Bill; Telemedicine; Therapeutic Fishing; Senate Committee to Study Lobbying;
Legislative Update for May 7, 2013 - Legislature Speeds up to Meet May 11th Adjournment Goal – Revenues and Appropriations are Key; Detainee Initiative Lands as a Study in the Appropriations Bill; Mental Health Judicial Proceedings Still not Finalized; Capital Bill Funds New State Hospital and Secure Residential Facility; House Passes School Mental Health Study Legislation; House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development Continues work on S.129; Senate Expected to Pass H.403 Study of SFI community services; Public Inebriate Language Almost Set; Opioid Treatment Bill Back on Senate Schedule
Legislative Update for April 30, 2013 - Senate Appropriations Finalizes Budget Proposal; Senate Health and Welfare; House Corrections and Institutions Studies Council Detainee Proposal with Rutland Stakeholders; House Health Care Committee Receives Update on Cost Shifting and Health Care Expenditures; House Health Care Committee Receives Update on Duals Demonstration Project; House Education Committee Works Through Mental Health and Education Bill; House General, Housing and Military Affairs listens to Amendments to Fair Share Bill
Legislative Update for April 23, 2013 - Senate Health and Welfare Develops Budget Recommendations; House General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee Deliberates on Fair Share Bill; House Education Takes up Mental Health in Public Schools Bill; Senate Appropriations Deliberates the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for Reach Up; House Corrections and Institutions Learns about the Council’s Proposal to Serve Detainees; SFI Bill Ready for Approval by the House of Representatives; House Commerce Loads Up Workers’ Compensation Bill; Senate Health and Welfare Amends Prescription Drug Monitoring Bill
Legislative Update for April 16, 2013 - Senate Health and Welfare Forms Budget Recommendations; Senate Appropriations Deliberates on the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget; House Corrections and Institutions Looks at Council Proposal for Detainees; Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Immunity from Reporting Drug Overdoses
Legislative Update for April 9, 2013 - House Human Services Reviews Legislation; Senate Appropriations Committee Takes Budget Testimony; Commissioner Wehry Gives Budget Request to Senate Appropriations Committee; Senate Health and Welfare Hears about the Mental Health Budget; Senate Health and Welfare Studies Disability Aging & Independent Living Budget; Senate Health and Welfare Reviews Adverse Events Reports; Senate Health and Welfare Takes Testimony on Housing; Senate Health and Welfare Takes Testimony on Substance Abuse; Correction for the Legislative Update of April 2, 2013
Legislative Update for April 2, 2013 - House Health Care Committee Receive Update on Health Technology Systems; House Human Services Hears Report on Brattleboro Retreat; House Appropriations Confers with House Human Services Committee; Senate Health and Welfare Takes Testimony on ACOs; House Health Committee Receives Blueprint Report; Senate Health and Welfare and Senate Judiciary Walk through the Opioid Bill
Legislative Update for March 26, 2013 - House Appropriations Marks up 2014 Budget Bill; Senate Health and Welfare Hears Department of Vermont Health Access Budget; Brattleboro Retreat Reports on CMS Review to Senate Health and Welfare; Senate Passes Telemedicine Pilot Bill; House of Representatives Passes Opiate Bill; House of Representatives Passes Bill to Study Severely Functionally Impaired; Senate Health and Welfare Receives Health Department Budget Request
Legislative Update for March 19, 2013 - House Human Services Develops Recommendations on the 2014 Budget; House Health Care Committee Supports 3% Medicaid Rate Increase; House Appropriations Committee Deliberates the Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations Bill; Mental Health and Addictions Recovery Day; Senate Health and Welfare Puts Community Placement Notification Bill to Rest; Senate Health and Welfare Committee Recommends Study of Involuntary Care; House Human Services Approves Study of Individuals with Severe Functional Impairments; House Human Services Finalizes Multifaceted Opioid Bill; Direct Support Provider Bill Clears the Senate
Legislative Update for March 12, 2013 - Shumlin Administration Backs off from Proposal to Reduce the Number of New State Hospital Beds; Senate Health and Welfare Hears about Act 79 Implementation; House Appropriations Committee Accepts Testimony from Advocates on 2014 Budget; Systemic Approach to Opioid Addiction; Senate Health and Welfare Studies Judicial Procedures; Senate Health and Welfare Considers Changes to Involuntary Treatment; Senate Health and Welfare Hears Proposal about Notification of Placements in Residential Programs; Senate Health and Welfare Checks in on Mental Health Co-Pays
Legislative Update for February 26, 2013 - House Institutions and Corrections Considers Secure Residential; House Human Services Dialogs with the Administration on Secure Residential; Joint Hearing on Substance Abuse; SFI Hearing by Senate Health and Welfare and Senate Judiciary Committees; House Human Services Committee Learns about the Duals Project; Senate Health & Welfare Hearings - S.114: Establishing the Office of the Mental Health Care Ombudsman; H.115: Establishing a Mental Health Resource & Referral Registry; S.128: Title 18 Mental Health Statute
Legislative Update for February 19, 2013 - House Institutions and Corrections Hears Department of Corrections Budget; House Human Services Fundamental Principles; House Human Services Hears DS Budget Testimony; Senate Economic Development, Housing & Community Development Considers S.59; Joint Hearing of House Human Services and Judiciary Committees on Prescription Drugs; House Committee on Health Care Learns More about One Care; Senate Health and Welfare
Legislative Update for Feb 12, 2013 - House Appropriates Receives Budget Proposals; Vermont Interactive Televisions Public Budget Hearing; House Human Services Receives Budget Testimony; House Human Services Hears About the Developmental Disabilities; Rutland Delegation Hears about the Need for an Intensive Residential Recovery Facility; Senate Health and Welfare Learns about Substance Use Disorders; Mark Friedman presents Results Based Accountability to the House of Representatives; Legislation Proposed on Children’s Mental Health in Schools
Legislative Update for February 4, 2013 - Senate Appropriations Hears Rep Heath's Perspective on Budget Adjustment ; Senate Appropriations Committee Receives Mental Health Budget Adjustment Request ; House Human Services Learns about Integrated Family Services; House Human Services Dives into the Dual Eligibles Initiative; Rep Donahue Takes Mental Health Integration Ideas to House Health Care; House Institutions and Corrections Takes Further Testimony of SFI; House Human Services Hears Report on SFI; House Human Services Hears Highlights of Vermont Council Legislative Agenda; House Human Services Committee Hears About Suicide Prevention
Legislative Update for January 15, 2013 - Deliberations Begin on the Budget Adjustment Act of 2013 in House Appropriations; House Human Services Reviews Budget Adjustment Request; Senate Committee Changes
Legislative Update for January 22, 2013 - House Appropriations Committee Deliberates Budget Adjustment Act (BAA); House Institutions and Corrections; Senate Health and Welfare Committee Hears Human Services Overview; House Appropriations Discusses SFI with AHS Leadership; House Appropriations Committee Revises Developmental Services Language; House Institutions and Corrections Receives Overview of Corrections; Senate Health and Welfare Committee Hears ACO Introductions; House Committee on Health Care Hears about the Blueprint for Health
Legislative Update for January 29, 2013 - Governor Shumlin Releases Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request; Budget Adjustment Act Passes the House of Representatives; Senate Appropriations Committee Begins Deliberating the Budget Adjustment Act; Senate Health and Welfare Hears About DS Budget Adjustment; House Health Care Committee is Updated on VITL; House Committee on Health Care Hears Payment Reform; House Committee on Health Care Receives Guidance from Elliot Fisher; Senate Health & Welfare Receives Updates on Act 79 Implementation; Report of the Mental Health Oversight Committee; House Institutions and Corrections Reviews Sequential Intercept Model; House Institutions and Corrections Hears more of Corrections and Reducing Incarceration
2012
Legislative Update for May 1, 2012 - House Appropriations Committee Gets Update on Dual Eligibles Proposal; House Human Services Works on Health Reform Implementation Bill; Budget Bill under Negotiation; House Passes Bill Against Interference with Union Organizing; Pollina Amendment
Legislative Update for April 24, 2012 - Delayed Adjournment Predicted with Budget Bill on its Way to the Senate Floor; Health Reform Implementation Bill in the Senate; House Passes Workers Compensation Bill; House of Representatives Concurs on Corrections Study Bill; The Full House Approves Insurance for Developmental Disabilities; The Senate Health and Welfare Committee Looks at Telemedicine; Opiate Treatment Bill Progresses through Senate Health and Welfare; House Human Services Hears about Dual Eligibles Proposal
Legislative Update for April 17, 2012 - Senate Appropriations Committee; Senate Passes Mental Health in Corrections Bill; House Health Care Committee Approves Insurance for Developmental Disabilities; The Senate Health and Welfare Committee Looks at Telemedicine; Workers Compensation Bill Under Review by the Full House; Opiate Treatment Bill Progresses through Senate Health and Welfare; House Human Services Hears about Integrated Family Services Initiative
Legislative Update for April 10, 2012 - Mental Health Reform Act 79 Signed into Law; House Committee on Institutions and Corrections Reviews Data and Public Inebriate Issues; House Appropriations and House Human Services Committee Questions AHS; Senate Appropriations Takes Testimony on Hub and Spoke; Insurance for Developmental Disabilities Reviewed by House Health Care Committee; Senate Judiciary Passes Study on Mental Health Care in Corrections
Legislative Update for April 2, 2012 - Appropriations Bill Passes the House of Representatives; Governor to Sign Mental Health Reform into Law; Senate Health and Welfare Passes Health Reform Legislation; Senate Judiciary Reviews Bill to Study Mental Health Care in Corrections; Opioid Treatment Bill Passes the House
Legislative Update for March 27, 2012 - Mental Health Bill Passes Senate and Awaits Approval by the House of Representatives; Disability Rights Day at the Statehouse; Human Services Strategic Plan; House Appropriations Response to House Human Services’ Recommendations; House of Representatives Approves Budget Bill; Senate Health and Welfare Hears Overview of Health Reform Bill; Senate Health and Welfare Reviews the Dual Eligibles Section of the Health Reform Bill; Senate Judiciary Committee Reviews Mental Health and Corrections Study Bill; House Approves Equal Cost-Sharing for Mental Health and Primary Care; Senate to Vote on Insurance Coverage for Children with Developmental Disabilities; Legislation on Opioid Addiction Treatment Ready for Senate Health and Welfare
Legislative Update for March 20, 2012 - Legislators Informally Concur on Bill to Reform Mental Health System; House Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2013 Budget; Senate Appropriations Committee Hears Mental Health Budget; Commissioner Wehry Presents DAIL Budget to Senate Appropriations Committee; House Health Committee Supports Equal Cost-sharing for Mental Health & Primary Care; House General, Housing and Military Affairs Takes up Bill on Union Organizing; House Human Services Committee Approves Opioid Treatment Bill; Recovery Day at the State House
Legislative Update for March 13, 2012 - Weekly Schedule only due to Break last week
Legislative Update for March 7, 2012 - Legislative Break; House Human Services Makes Budget Recommendations; House Appropriations Marks up the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013; Senate Appropriations Committee Hears Overview of Health Department Budget Request; Governor’s Mental Health Plan Passes the Senate; Senate Health and Welfare Considers Mental Health Ombudsman Program; Senate Health and Welfare Passes Insurance Coverage of Developmental Disabilities; House Commerce Committee Passes Workers Compensation and Unemployment Compensation Changes
Legislative Update for February 28, 2012 - House Corrections and Institutions Develops Mental Health and Corrections Bill; Mental Health Bill is Amended and Approved by Senate Committees, but not Full Senate; Senate Institutions Reviews Mental Health Plan; Senate Appropriations Committee Review the Mental Health Bill; Senate Health and Welfare Receives Progress Report on Autism Insurance
Legislative Update for February 21, 2012 - Senate Health and Welfare Committee Approves Bill to Implement Mental Health Plan; House Corrections and Institutions Looks at Mental Health services in Corrections; Commissioner Announces DMH Leadership Appointments
Legislative update for February 14, 2012 - Health Care Reform; The DAIL Budget Proposal is Presented to the House Appropriations Committee; House Human Services Committee Reviews the Human Services Budget Proposal; DAIL Budget Proposal Presented to House Human Services Committee; Mental Health Budget Presented to House Appropriations Committee; Mental Health Budget Proposal Presented to House Human Services; House Human Services Learns about the Hub and Spoke Model; Senate Health and Welfare Dives into the Mental Health Bill; House Corrections and Institutions Proposes Legislation on Mental Health in Corrections; Senate Judiciary Committee Looks at Public Inebriate Programs; House Corrections and Institutions Looks at Public Inebriate Programs
Legislative Update for February 6, 2012 - House of Representatives Passes Mental Health Services Legislation; Highlights from House Committee Deliberations; Senate Health and Welfare Takes up Autism Insurance Coverage; Government Accountability Committee
Legislative Update January 30, 2012 - House Human Services Committee Considers and Passes Mental Health Plan; Testimony on January 24th at House Human Services; Public Hearing on the Mental Health Plan on January 24; January 25th House Human Services Committee Discussions; January 26th House Human Services Committee Discussion; House Human Services Committee Deliberations January 27th; Ongoing Policy Issues (DRAFT of the residential recovery bill is included HERE)
Legislative Update for January 24, 2012 - House Human Services Continues Planning for VSH Replacement; House Human Services Committee Tuesday January 17th; House Human Services and Senate Health and Welfare Committee Joint Hearing January 18th; Testimony at House Human Services January 19th; House Human Services Committee the Evening of January 19th; January 20th at House Human Services Committee; House Health and Human Services Committee Joint Hearing; Senate Institutions Committee Looks at VSH Replacement; Senate Institutions Committee Continued Testimony
Legislative Update for January 17, 2012 - Governor Shumlin Releases Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2013; House Human Services & Senate Health & Welfare Hearing on Mental Health Plan; DVHA Commissioner Testifies to House Human Services Committee; House Human Services Continued Testimony of the Mental Health Plan; House Corrections and Institutions Takes Testimony on Mental Health Plan
Legislative Update for January 10, 2012 - Budget Update; Performance Accountability; Mental Health Commissioner Flood Gives VHS Replacement Plan to Human Services; House Human Services Testimony on January 6, 2012; VSH Replacement Plan Presented to Senate Health and Welfare January 2, 2012; Senate Health and Welfare Takes Testimony on January 6th ( and Julie's testimony); Senate Judiciary Committee Reviews Work Completed Since Last Session
Legislative Update for January 3, 2012 - Schedule only
2011
Legislative Wrap up for the 2011 Legislative Session
Legislative Update for April 26, 2011 - Senate Finalizes the 2012 Budget; Senate Government Operations Committee Continues Testimony on Public Records; House Appropriations Committee Asks Questions about Designated Agencies; Senate Judiciary Panel Delays Implementation of Background Check Requirements; House Corrections and Institutions Works on War on Recidivism; House Appropriations Blueprint;
Legislative update for April 18, 2011 - Senate Appropriations Committee Finalizes Budget Deliberations; The Health Department Continues Conversation on Appropriations; Senate Appropriations Speaks to DAIL Commissioner Wehry on Eldercare Funding; AHS Secretary Racine Speaks to Senate Appropriations Committee about Autism; Senate Institutions Committee Reviews Proposal for Replacing State Hospital; War on Recidivism Starts Transition from the Senate to the House; House Corrections and Institutions Reviews H.215; House General, Housing and Military Affairs Takes Testimony on H.389; Government Operations Begins Review of Public Records Bill H.73; Government Accountability Committee Hears about Budgeting and IT; House Human Services Hears from Commissioner Oliver on State Hospital
Legislative update for April 11, 2011 - Senate Appropriations Committee Identifies Questions and Marks Up the Budget; House Appropriations Committee Hears about Performance Based Contracting; Government Accountability Committee Discusses Performance-based Contracts; War on Recidivism Bill is Finalized by the Senate Judiciary Committee; The House of Representatives Passes a Government Transparency Bill
Legislative Update for April 4, 2011 - Senate Appropriations Committee Receives Budget Overview from Representative Heath; House Judiciary Committee; New Approach for Replacement of Vermont State Hospital; Reducing Recidivism of Offenders
Legislative Update for March 28, 2011 - Budget Passes House with 2.5% Cut to Developmental and Mental Health Services; Senate Appropriations Committee Holds Budget Hearings; Disability Awareness Day at the State House; House Government Operations Reconsiders Pubic Records; Senate Appropriations Committee Takes Testimony on Substance Abuse; Act 127 Autism Report; Senate Health and Welfare Hears Presentations on Involuntary Medication
Legislative Update for March 21, 2011 - House Appropriations Committee Just About Completes Work on FY’12 Budget; Human Services Secretary Racine Gives Overview to Senate Appropriations; Proposal to Open the Designated Agency System; Recovery Day at the State House; Senate Appropriation Committee Receives the Mental Health Budget Proposal; Act 127 Autism Report is Given to Senate Health and Welfare Committee; House Judiciary Committee Studies New Background Check Requirements; Senate Appropriations Committee Studies the DAIL Budget
Legislative Update for March 15, 2011 - Rally to Save Developmental and Mental Health Service – A Big Success; House Appropriations Committee Marks Up the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget; House Human Services March 8, 2011; Joint Hearing House Human Services and Senate Health and Welfare Committees; House Appropriations Continued Budget Deliberations on March 9th; House Appropriations Discusses Developmental Services March 11th
Legislative Update for March 1, 2011 - House Education Considers Reductions to Substance Abuse Professionals; Advocacy Hearing Held by the House Appropriations Committee; Senate Health and Welfare Takes Testimony on Human Services
Legislative Update for February 22, 2011 - Rally to Save Developmental and Mental Health Services; House Human Services Committee Takes Testimony on CIS; House Human Services Discusses Budget Recommendations
Legislative Update for February 15, 2011 - House Appropriations Committee Hears AHS budget Testimony; House Appropriations Take Testimony from DAIL Commissioner Wehry; House Human Services Receives AHS Overview; House Human Services Takes up Disability Services; House Human Services Hears from DMH Commissioner Christine Oliver; Theresa Wood Gives House Human Services a History of Developmental Services
Legislative Update for February 8, 2011 - Senate Appropriations Receives Budget Overview from Secretary of Administration; Senate Health and Welfare Meets with AHS Secretary Doug Racine; Senate Health and Welfare Receives an Overview of the Designated Agency System; House Human Services Hears about AHS effort to Redesign Children’s Services
Legislative Update for February 1, 2011 - Mental Health Advocacy Day will not be Snowed Out; Governor Proposes 5% Cut to Developmental and Mental Health Services; Health Care Committees Receives Update on DVHA Health Financing Work; Representative Fisher Reports on Mental Health Oversight Committee (MHOC); House Corrections and Institutions Learns about the Tri-Branch Task Force; Senate Health and Welfare Meets Commissioner Wehry
Legislative Update for January 24, 2011 - Mental Health Advocacy Day February 2nd ; Health Reform Redesign; House Human Services Committee Looks at Alternatives to Corrections; Senate Appropriations Committee Works on the Budget Adjustment Act; Senate Judiciary Committee Reopens Public Inebriate Work; House Corrections and Institutions Learns about Corrections; House Corrections and Institutions Questions Futures; House Human Services Receives Disability and Aging Overviews; House Human Services Receives Public Health Overview
Legislative Update for January 18, 2011 - The Council Works to Address DS Caseload Funding Shortfall; Vermont Council Offers Overview to House Human Services Committee; Government Accountability Committee Holds Public Hearing; Senate Institutions Returns to the Futures Plan
Legislative Update for January 11, 2011 - Legislature off to an Exhilarating Start; Mental Health Advocacy Day; The Council Welcomes the Shumlin Administration; Leadership Posts and Committee Assignments
2010
Legislative Wrap-up for the 2010 Legislative Session
Legislative Update for April 27, 2010 - Challenges for Change; Budget Update; House Corrections and Institutions Reviews Public Inebriate Program Options
Legislative Update for April 20, 2010 - Challenges for Change Passes House of Representatives
Legislative Update for April 13, 2010 - Challenges for Change Goes to full House of Representatives; Challenges to Challenges for Change Abound; Council Proposal Presented as an Example of Positive Stakeholder Involvement; House Appropriations Committees
Legislative Update for April 6, 2010 - The Douglas Administration Presents Challenges for Change Progress Report; Challenges for Change Presentations to the House Human Services Committee; Senate Health and Welfare Discussion with DMH Commissioner Hartman; Response from Providers and Consumers to Challenges
Legislative Update for March 30, 2010 - House Passes Budget in spite of Concerns about Challenges and VSH Certification Denial; Senate Appropriations Committee Receives Testimony on the Human Services Budget; Discussions on Futures Continue
Legislative Update for March 23, 2010 - House Appropriations Committee Continues to Marks Up the Budget; Secure Recovery Residence Program and the Capital Bill; Senate Institutions Committee Hears the VSH Futures Master Plan;
Legislative Update for March 16, 2010 - Vermont Council Gubernatorial Forum March 22nd; House Appropriations Marks Up the Budget; House Human Services Recommends the Continuation of the Act 129 Taskforce; House Corrections and Institutions Continues to Study Public Inebriate Programs; Senate Government Operations Studies Health Care Administration Consolidation
Legislative Update for March 3, 2010 - Challenges Legislation Signed into Law; House of Representatives Continues Work on the FY’11 Budget; House Human Services Reviews Act 129 Task Force; House Corrections and Institutions Plans for Public Inebriate Programs; Senate Health and Welfare Looks at Human Services Reorganization; House Education Committee Learns about Positive Behavioral Supports
Legislative Update for February 23, 2010 - Challenges for Change Legislation Passes House of Representatives; New Futures Plan Unveiled; Budget Cuts Protested; Senate Judiciary Committee Makes Change in Sex Offender Registry; House Corrections and Institutions Hears Futures Conceptual CON; Senate Government Operations Committee Takes Testimony on AHS Reorganization; House Corrections and Institutions Reviews VSH Access for Offenders with SFI
Legislative Update for February 16th, 2010 - Senator Bartlett Meets with the Vermont Council; House Appropriations Considers Challenges for Change; Senate Health and Welfare Hears Overview of Human Services Budget; Vermont Association for Mental Health Presses the Futures Issue; Senate Finance Hears Arguments On Insurance Coverage for Autism; House Corrections and Institutions Hears Plan for Secure Residential Facility; House Corrections and Institutions Hears More on Implementing S.2
Legislative Update for February 9, 2010 - Senate Appropriations Receives Feedback on the Challenges Legislation; Senate Judiciary Looks for More Options to Reduce Correctional Costs; House Corrections and Institutions Studies Ways to Reduce Incarceration; Budget Presentations; House Human Services Committee Learns about the Blueprint for Healthcare; House Human Services Committee Reviews the MHOC Report
Legislative Update for February 2, 2010 - Advocacy Groups Stage Successful Advocacy Day; Commissioner Senecal Presents Disabilities and Aging Budget; Discussions of Challenges Continue
Legislative Update for January 25, 2010 - Governor Douglas Proposes Budget for Fiscal Year 2011; Challenges Report Still Hot Topic Through Out the State House
Legislative Update for January 19, 2010 - Challenges Report and Consultants Circulate Through the Legislature; House Human Services Receives Overview of Tiger Team Report; House Human Services Review Aging and Disability Services; House Corrections and Institutions Review Progress on SFI Population; Public Inebriate Report Presented to House Corrections and Institutions
Legislative Update for January 12, 2010 - Appropriations Overview; Developmental Services Caseload Challenge; House Human Services Receives Overview DMH Policy Initiatives; Budget Adjustment Highlights; House Institutions and Corrections Hears Progress Report on SFI Diversion; Council Legislative Agenda
2009
Legislative Update for May 12, 2009 - Legislature Completes Work and Prepares for a Veto by the Governor; Capital Bill and Futures; Bills that Did Not Pass the Legislature
Legislative Update for May 5, 2009 - Legislature Strives to Achieve Adjournment with the Budget Front and Center; Capital Bill Goes to Conference; S. 2 On Protections for Functionally Impaired Offenders Passes the Legislature
Legislative Update for April 28, 2009 - Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Passes the Senate in Advance of the New Revenue Forecast; House Committee Studies Offenders with Severe Functional Impairments; Proposal to Reorganize Agency of Human Services Derailed for Now; Capital Bill Addresses Futures Plan
Legislative Update for April 21, 2009 - Senate Appropriations Marks up Budget for Fiscal Year 2009; House Committee Studies Offenders with Severe Functional Impairments; Senate Health and Welfare Sees Proposal to Reorganize Agency of Human Services; Senate Institutions Looks at Futures Proposal in the Capital Bill; Clarification from the Department of Health
Legislative Update for April 14, 2009 - Senate Appropriations Committee Reviews DAIL Budget; The House Human Services Committee Offers Amendment to the Capital Bill; House Appropriations Prepares for Reduced Revenues
Legislative Update for April 7, 2009 - The House of Representatives Approves the FY 2010 Budget; Senate Appropriations Puts the FY 2010 Budget on a Fast Track; Futures Testimony Continues in House Human Services; Futures Testimony in Senate Health and Welfare
Legislative Update for March 31, 2009 - The Council Holds Successful Advocacy Day at the State House; House Appropriations Committee in Final Stage of FY 2010 Budget; House Corrections and Institutions Committee Contemplates Next Steps for Futures; Senate Institutions Committee Hears Testimony on Futures; Senate Health and Welfare Studies Substance Abuse in Vermont
Legislative Update for March 23, 2009 - Council Plans Educational and Advocacy Day at the State House for March 24th; House Appropriations Committee Marks up Fiscal Year 2010 Budget; House Human Services Skeptical on Next Steps for the Futures Plan; (excerpt from Vermont Chamber) Public Hearing Held on New State Revenues; State Looks at Federal Unemployment Insurance Money; Regulation of Flavored Malt Beverages; Workers' Compensation Proposal Passes Senate Committee
Legislative Update for March 17, 2009 - Council Plans Educational and Advocacy Day at the State House for March 24th
Legislative Update for March 4, 2009 - Testimony to House Appropriations Committee on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget; Senate Health and Welfare Committee Takes Testimony on 2010 Budget; Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Mental Health and Corrections Bill; Children’s Residential Programming Studied by House Human Services Committee; The House Corrections and Institutions Committee Receives Futures Overview; Federal Stimulus Package and Vermont’s Budget; Legislative Leadership Offer a Framework to Balance the State Budget; House Committee Looks at the Regulation of Flavored Malt Beverages (excerpt from Vermont Chamber of Commerce)
Legislative Update for February 24, 2009 - Budget Adjustment Passes the House of Representatives; The Big Picture of State Funding; Senate Health and Welfare Committee Considers OVHA 2010 Budget Request; House Human Services Learns about Responses to Community Crises
Legislative Update for February 17, 2009 - House Appropriations Committee nears completion on Budget Adjustment Bill; Legislature Studies the Federal Stimulus Package; Senate Appropriations Committee Receives Overview and Update on 2010 Budget; Senate Judiciary Nears Completion of Bill on Mental Health and Corrections; House Human Services Committee Hears from Rutland Regional Medical Center; House Education Committee Learns about Mental Health Services for Students
Legislative Update for February 10, 2009 - House Appropriations Committee Studies the Human Services Budget Proposal; Senate Judiciary Committee Continues Work on Corrections and Mental Health; Senate Institutions Considers Bill Request for Secure Residential and Hospital Beds; House Appropriations Committee Holds Public Hearings at the State
Legislative Update for February 3, 2009 - Mental Health Advocacy Day Focuses on Consumers and Families; House Human Services Hears Update on Vermont State Hospital and Futures; House Human Services Considers Revising Developmental Disability Statute; The Senate Judiciary Committee Begins Testimony on Mental Health in Corrections; Representative O’Donnell Proposes Reductions in Non-profit Compensation Levels; February 2nd Vigils and February 9 State House Rally; VIT Hearing on the Budget - Monday, February 9that 4:30 to 7:00 PM
Legislative Update for January 27, 2009 - House Human Services Questions Impacts of the Budget Cuts; Governor Announces Fiscal Year 2010 Budget; VIT Hearing on the Budget - Monday, February 9that 4:30 to 7:00 PM; February 2nd Rallies
Legislative Update for January 20, 2009 - Budget Predominates AHS Secretary Hofmann’s Introduction; Budget Adjustment Act Released; House Human Services Receives Analysis of Budget; The Council Testifies on the Rescissions to Two Committees
Legislative Update for January 13, 2009 - Governor Douglas Presents his Agenda; House Speaker Shap Smith Outlines his Agenda; Corrections Oversight Committee Passes Report; Corrections Oversight Committee called upon the Senate Committee on Judiciary to reintroduce H.629; New Committee Assignments in Key Committees
2008
Legislative Update for May 8, 2008 - Legislature Passes S.114; Budget Bill Passes with June Graduate Funding Questioned; Capitol Bill Specifies Dale Building for Consideration in Futures Planning; Foster Care Payments and Unemployment; Agency of Human Services Housekeeping Bill; Electronic Access to Criminal Conviction Records; Guardianship; The Justice Reinvestment Bill is Finalized; Mentally Ill Offender Bill Dies
Legislative Update for April 29, 2008 - Budget Conference Committee Begins to Reconcile Differences; Guardianship Bill Passes in the Senate; Foster Care Payments and Unemployment Insurance; Elimination of Deputy Commissioner Positions in DAIL; Electronic Access to Criminal and Family Court Records; Parity Legislation Passed by House of Representatives; Justice Reinvestment Bills are Far Apart
Legislative Update for April 22, 2008 - Budget Update; Parity Legislation Passes the House Human Services Committee; House Corrections and Institutions Studies Justice Reinvestment Differences; Mentally Ill Offenders Legislation Passes the House of Representatives; Senate Judiciary Continues Work on the Guardianship Bill; Workers' Compensation (excerpt from Vermont Chamber)
Legislative Update for April 15, 2008 - Senate Appropriations Wraps up Budget While Awaiting Gloomy Forecast; House Human Services Studies Mental Health Parity; Senate Judiciary Take up the Guardianship Bill; Bill for Mentally Ill Offenders ready to Go to the Full House; House Corrections and Institutions Committee Considers Adding Futures Language; Workers' Compensation (excerpt from Vermont Chamber)
Legislative Update for April 8, 2008 - Senate Appropriations Committee Receives Testimony on Human Services; Medicaid Advisory Board Sends Opinions to Critical Committees; House Human Services Takes Testimony on Parity Legislation; House Corrections and Institutions Addresses Public Inebriate Programs; Senate is Poised to Pass H. 859 Justice Reinvestment Bill; Mentally Ill Offender Bill Hits Challenges at House Appropriations; Agency of Human Services Bill Eliminates Deputies at DAIL
Legislative Update for April 1, 2008 - House Appropriations Committee Votes Out Budget Bill; Senate Judiciary Committee Works to Finalize Justice Reinvestment Bill; Commissioner Hartman Updates the House Institutions Committee on Futures; House Human Services Begins Testimony on Mental Health Parity Bill; Senate Appropriations Hears Strong Criticism about Autism Services; Workers' Compensation (excerpt from Vermont Chamber)
Legislative Update for March 25, 2008 - Senator Racine Nixes Changes to Involuntary Medication for this Session; Senate Passes Parity Legislation; Senate Judiciary Begins Review of the House Justice Reinvestment Bill; Guardianship Bill Passed by the House; House Appropriations Finalizing the Budget Proposal
Legislative Update for March 18, 2008 - House Appropriations Proceeds Through Mark Up of the 2009 Budget; House Judiciary Addresses the Guardianship Bill again; Senate Health and Welfare Approves Parity Legislation; Corrections Legislation Moves Forward in Three Separate Bills; Worker's Compensation (excerpt from VT League of Cities and Towns)
Legislative Update for March 10, 2008 - Unemployment Housekeeping Bill; Guardianship; Senate Health and Welfare Continues Testimony on Mental Health Parity; Bills for Offenders with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Needs Move Forward
Legislative Update for February 26, 2008 - Directors of Designated Agencies Testify to the House Appropriations Committee; Guardianship; Unemployment Insurance and Foster Care; Senate Health and Welfare is Challenged by Complexities of Parity; House Institutions Takes on Substance Abuse in the Correctional System; House Human Services Review Definition of Serious Mental Illness for Corrections; Senator Bartlett Leads discussion on Substance Abuse
Legislative Update for February 19, 2008 - Legislation to Address Substance Abuse by Offenders Moves Quickly; Senate Health and Welfare Hears Limited Support for Futures Inpatient Plan; Senate Health and Welfare Begins Testimony on Parity; Unemployment Housekeeping Bill; Guardianship
Legislative Update for February 12, 2008 - House Judiciary Hears More on Guardianship; House Appropriations Committee Reviews the Human Services Budget; Department of Corrections (DOC); Vermont Department of Health (VDH); Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs (ADAP); Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Legislative Update for February 5, 2008 - Senate Health and Welfare Reviews Position Cuts at the Agency of Human Services; Senate Finance Supports Study of State Employees Health Plan for Non-Profits; House Judiciary Hears more Testimony on the Guardianship Bill
Legislative Update for January 29, 2008 - Governor’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2009; Senate Health and Welfare Learns About the Involuntary Medication Process; Guardianship – Involuntary Medications; Autism Report; Parent Consent for Mental Health Treatment for a Minor under Age 18; Traumatic Brain Injury Study; House Human Services Reviews Changes at the Department of Children and Families; House Institutions Continues the Review of the Corrections Oversight Report
Legislative Update for January 15, 2008 - Overview; Senate Health and Welfare Starts off with Mental Health Issues Overviews; Senate Health and Welfare Reviews Futures
Save Developmental and Mental Health Services RALLY
was a success! Thank you to everyone who took the time to join us.
News coverage of the event:
VPR: http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90266/
WCAX Story: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=14219745
Burlington Free Press: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011103100309
Fox 44 Burlington: http://www.fox44now.com/Global/story.asp?S=14220350
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Wednesday March 9, 2011
Co-Sponsored by:
National Alliance on Mental Illness-VT Vermont Council of Developmental and
Vermont Association for Mental Health Mental Health Services
Vermont Center for Independent Living Vermont Psychological Association
National Association of Social Workers-VT Family Project for Supported Employment
Disability Rights Vermont VT Mental Health Counselors Association
Vermont Vet-to-Vet Vermont Federation of Families
Vermont Psychiatric Survivors Burlington Police Department
Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition Friends of Recovery-VT
Vermont Psychiatric Association Voices for Vermont’s Children
Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council Green Mountain Self Advocates
The Vermont Council held an excellent and informative gubernatorial forum with over 400 attendees and moderator Kristen Carlson focusing on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services on March 22, 2010
see Coverage of the event at:
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=12186149 (WCAX Story and link to video)
http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2010/03/democrats-debate-future-of-vermonts-community-support-systems.html (Seven Days Blog)
http://www.cctv.org/node/90595 (video from Channel 17)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HctBXDvnb5M (Youtube)
and
http://vtdigger.org/2010/03/23/gube-2010-candidates-vow-to-protect-services-for-mentally-ill-developmentally-disabled-and-victims-of-substance-abuse/ (Candidates vow to protect services for mentally ill, developmentally disabled and substance abusers - via vtdigger)