JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS FY 2012 BUDGET HEARINGS

DATE/TIME
(All hearings begin at 10:00 AM except as LOCATION HOUSE CHAIR SENATE CHAIR AGENCIES
noted)
Administration and Finance,
State House
Wednesday, February 16th Chairman Dempsey Chairman Brewer Constitutional Officers
Gardner Auditorium
Health and Human Services I
• Executive Office of Health and Human
Services
• Office of Medicaid
• Dept. of Public Health
Friday, February 18th TBD Assistant Vice- Chair Walz Senator Petrucelli • Dept. of Mental Health
• Div. of Health Care Finance and Policy
• Office of Refugees
• Elder Affairs
• Veterans Affairs
•Soldiers Homes
Education and Local Aid
• Dept. of Early Education and Care
• Dept. Elementary and Secondary
Tuesday, February 22nd TBD Vice- Chair Kulik Senator Candaras
Education
• Dept.of Higher Education
•Local Aid
Health and Human Services II
• Dept. of Children and Families
• Dept. of Youth Services
• Dept. of Transitional Assistance
• Dept. of Developmental Disabilities-
Assistant Vice- Chair Disabled Persons Protection
Wednesday, February 23rd TBD Representative Swan
Flanagan Commission
• Mass. Office of Disability
• Mass. Rehab Commission
• Mass. Commission for the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing
•Mass, Commission for the Blind
Public Safety, District Attorneys, Sheriffs
• Executive Office of Public Safety
• District Attorneys
• Sheriffs
Judiciary
Friday, February 25th • Judiciary
• Inspector General
TBD Representative Brady Senator Kennedy • Ethics
• Office of Campaign Finance
• Committee for Public Counsel Services
• Mass. Legal Assistance Corporation
• Mass. Commission Against Discrimination
• Victim and Witness Assistance

Economic Development and Housing

• Consumer Affairs and Business
Regulation
• Dept. of Business Development
• Dept. of Housing and Community
Development
Labor and Workforce Development,
Monday, February 28th TBD Representative Golden Senator Baddour
Libraries, Cultural Council
• Dept. of Labor
• Dept. of Workforce Development
• Workforce Investment Board
• Board of Library Commissioners
• Mass. Cultural Council
•Commission on the Status of Women
Environment and Energy, Transportation
EOEEA
o Dept. of Agriculture
o Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
o Dept. of Environmental Protection
,
o Div. of Energy Resources
Tuesday, March 1st TBD Representative Speranzo Senator Downing
o Dept. of Public Utilities
o Dept. of Fish and Game
Mass. Dept. of Transportation
o Mass. Aeronautics Commission
o Registry of Motor Vehicles
Merit Rating Board
State House Public Hearing
Friday, March 4th Representative Ferrante Vice-Chair Baddour
Gardner Auditorium