Senate Government Operations Committee opens session, schedules hearing on S.2 to establish Office of Health Equity

Summary

At its first organizational meeting, the Senate Government Operations Committee set rules for punctuality and scheduling, agreed to meet weekly to plan agendas, and scheduled a hearing next week on S.2, a bill described as placing an Office of Health Equity within the Department of Health and said by sponsors to be already funded in the budget.

The Senate Government Operations Committee convened its first organizational meeting of the session to introduce members, set meeting norms and scheduling, and schedule a hearing on S.2, a bill to establish an Office of Health Equity within the Vermont Department of Health.

Bridal Baltimore, chair of the Senate Government Operations Committee, opened the session and said she planned to run meetings on an orderly schedule and try to end by 4:30 each day. Baltimore said punctuality was important "not just polite to the people that are on this committee, but it's especially polite to the witnesses who in many cases drive great distances to come in and offer a testimony on a particular bill." She asked members to aim for timeliness and said she would start meetings as soon as a quorum was present.

The committee discussed…

Senate Government Operations Committee opens session, schedules hearing on S.2 to establish Office of Health Equity

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