Michael Sirotkin provides monthly legislative updates at least 9 – 10 times a year. Please review these documents by clicking on the “Read More” links provided to learn more about the current status of legislative activities and COVE’s effort to ensure Vermont seniors have options to the most appropriate benefits and protections available.
Legislative Update 5/10/13 - The latest version of the budget bill (as of May 9) has some good news and some bad news with respect to CFC. What it basically calls for is defining savings as year end surpluses in the CFC appropriation…(Read More)
Legislative Update 4/12/13 -As most of you know the Governor suggested break open tickets as a funding source for LIHEAP and other purposes. LIHEAP would get $6m, which is short of the $8.8m that was put in the program in November…(Read More)
Legislative Update 3/7/13 – As most of you know the Governor has suggested break open tickets as a funding source for LIHEAP and other purpose. LIHEAP would get $6m, which is short of the $8.8 m…(Read More)
Legislative Update 1/11/13 - Adult Protective Services (APS): APS investigates reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable adults, and if the reports are substantiated, can take steps to protect the victim and can put the perpetrator on the… (Read More)
Legislative Update 12/12/12 – Choices for Care (CFC): CFC is Vermont’s long-term care program for low- to moderate-income seniors and adults with disabilities. It provides for both nursing home and home.. (Read More)
Legislative Update 11/8/12 - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): The federal LIHEAP provides assistance paying for home heating for people of all ages whose household income does not exceed 150 percent of… (Read More)
Legislative Update 9/12/12 - Summers are historically and obviously slow periods for the legislative branch of government, and this is especially true during election years. While some summer work and committees are ongoing, there are fewer than… (Read More)
Legislative Update 6/8/12 - “COVE had a very successful end of session, with several bills and provisions we had worked on all session long, passing. Unfortunately, the one bill the Governor chose to veto was H.290 (see item 3.), which we had….” (Read More)
Legislative Update 5/10/12 - “As many of you know, COVE had a very successful end of session, passing several bills and provisions that had been worked on all session long. This report will be an update of developments over the last month (with much of the new language attached), and COVE will follow up shortly….” (Read More)
Legislative Update 1/4/12 - “The good news is, as we foreshadowed at our last meeting, that the financial picture of the state seems to be improving. The projected budget deficit has now been reduced by a third – from $75m to $46m….”(Read More)
Legislative Update 1/4/12 - “The good news is, as we foreshadowed at our last meeting, that the financial picture of the state seems to be improving. The projected budget deficit has now been reduced by a third – from $75m to $46m….” (Read More)
Legislative Update 10/3/11 - “Political News- Irene continues to be a game changer in all respects. As you will readily see below, it is already impacting the state budget and several of our issues….” (Read More)
Legislative Update 8/3/11 - “Some folks are starting to pick up odd bits of information or are asking questions about the status of LIHEAP funding out of Washington – and there is some resulting confusion. Actually there should be no confusion at all….” (Read More)
Legislative Update 8/3/11 (2) - “While the revenue forecast in Vermont looks much better than anticipated, the recent debt deal out of Washington could be very problematic for the states and municipalities….” (Read More)
Legislative Update 8/3/11 - “This afternoon, the Senate passed legislation to raise the debt ceiling, reduce the deficit and create a special committee to determine a second round of deficit reduction decisions….” (Read More)
