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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Council Comments

VT Council Non-Emergency Involuntary Medication Comments

Futures Plan: Council Recommendations

Council Recommendations on VSH Futures 09/08/04

CRT Director's Recommendations To Futures Committee

Council Business Plan - Futures Project

Council Legislative Updates

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