Vermont
Council
of
Developmental and Mental Health Services
137 Elm Street,
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
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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
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
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
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
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)