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18 V.S.A. § 9453
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9453. Powers and duties

§ 9453. Powers and duties|(a) The Board shall:  (1) adopt uniform formats that hospitals shall use to report financial, scope-of-services, and utilization data and information; (2) designate a data organization with which hospitals shall file financial, scope-of-services, and utilization data and information; and (3) designate a data organization or organizations to process, analyze, store, or retrieve data or information.   (b) To effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, the Board may adopt rules under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. (Added 1983, No. 93 § 1, eff. May 4, 1983; amended 1991, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 11, 1992; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 34, 38(a); 2003, No. 53, §§ 22, 26; 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. May 16, 2012.)
18 V.S.A. § 9454
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9454. Hospitals; duties

§ 9454. Hospitals; duties|(a) Hospitals shall file the following information at the time and place and in the manner established by the Board:  (1) a budget for the forthcoming fiscal year; (2) financial information, including costs of operation, revenues, assets, liabilities, fund balances, other income, rates, charges, units of services, and wage and salary data; (3) scope-of-service and volume-of-service information, including inpatient services, outpatient services, and ancillary services by type of service provided; (4) utilization information; (5) new hospital services and programs proposed for the forthcoming fiscal year; (6) known depreciation schedules on existing buildings, a four-year capital expenditure projection, and a one-year capital expenditure plan; and (7) such other information as the Board may require.   (b) Hospitals shall adopt a fiscal year which shall begin on October 1. (Added 1983, No. 93, § 1, eff. May 4, 1983; amended 1991, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 11, 1992; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 2003, No. 53, § 23; 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. May 16, 2012; 2015, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 51a.)
18 V.S.A. § 9457
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9457. Information available to the public

§ 9457. Information available to the public|(a) Information required to be filed under this subchapter shall be made available to the public upon request in accordance with 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 3 (Public Records Act), except that information that directly or indirectly identifies individual patients or health care practitioners shall be kept confidential.(b) Notwithstanding 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2 (Vermont Open Meeting Law) or any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, the Board may examine and discuss confidential information outside a public hearing or meeting. (Added 1983, No. 93, § 1, eff. May 4, 1983; amended 2019, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.)
18 V.S.A. § 9461
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9461. Quality measures

§ 9461. Quality measures|(a) The Department of Financial Regulation shall develop performance quality measures to evaluate and ensure that health insurers, including managed care organizations that contract with health insurers to administer the insurers' mental health benefits, comply with the provisions of 8 V.S.A. § 4089b and related rules.(b) The Departments of Health and of Mental Health shall develop clinical and performance quality measures to evaluate and ensure that health care professionals and health care facilities in Vermont provide high quality mental health and substance abuse treatment services to their patients. (Added 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 11b, eff. May 16, 2012; amended 2015, No. 11, § 20.)
18 V.S.A. § 9462
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9462. Quality improvement projects

§ 9462. Quality improvement projects|In addition to reviewing mental health and substance abuse treatment data pursuant to subdivision 9375(b)(12) of this title, the Green Mountain Care Board shall consider the results of any quality improvement projects not otherwise confidential or privileged undertaken by managed care organizations for mental health and substance abuse care and treatment pursuant to 8 V.S.A. § 4089b(d)(1)(B)(vii) and subsection 9414(i) of this title. (Added 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 11b, eff. May 16, 2012.)
18 V.S.A. § 9471
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9471. Definitions

§ 9471. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Beneficiary" means an individual enrolled in a health plan in which coverage of prescription drugs is administered by a pharmacy benefit manager and includes his or her dependent or other person provided health coverage through that health plan. (2) "Health insurer" is defined by section 9402 of this title and shall include:  (A) a health insurance company, a nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation, and health maintenance organizations; (B) an employer, labor union, or other group of persons organized in Vermont that provides a health plan to beneficiaries who are employed or reside in Vermont; (C) the State of Vermont and any agent or instrumentality of the State that offers, administers, or provides financial support to State government; and (D) Medicaid, and any other public health care assistance program.  (3) "Health plan" means a health benefit plan offered, administered, or issued by a health insurer doing business in Vermont. (4) "Pharmacy benefit management" means an arrangement for the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation within this State to beneficiaries, the administration or management of prescription drug benefits provided by a health plan for the benefit of beneficiaries, or any of the following services provided with regard to the administration of pharmacy benefits:  (A) mail service pharmacy; (B) claims processing, retail network management, and payment of claims to pharmacies for prescription drugs dispensed to beneficiaries; (C) clinical formulary development and management services; (D) rebate contracting and administration; (E) certain patient compliance, therapeutic intervention, and generic substitution programs; and (F) disease or chronic care management programs.  (5) "Pharmacy benefit manager" means an entity that performs pharmacy benefit management. The term includes a person or entity in a contractual or employment relationship with an entity performing pharmacy benefit management for a health plan. (6) "Maximum allowable cost" means the per unit drug product reimbursement amount, excluding dispensing fees, for a group of equivalent multisource generic prescription drugs. (Added 2007, No. 80, § 8; amended 2013, No. 79, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; 2015, No. 54, § 2, eff. June 5, 2015.)
18 V.S.A. § 9474
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration|§ 9474. Enforcement

§ 9474. Enforcement|(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, in addition to any remedy available to the Commissioner under this title and any other remedy provided by law, a violation of this subchapter shall be considered a violation of the Vermont Consumer Protection Act in 9 V.S.A. chapter 63, subchapter 1. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, all rights, authority, and remedies available to the Attorney General and private parties to enforce the Vermont Consumer Protection Act shall be available to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.(b) In connection with any action for violation of the Vermont Consumer Protection Act, the Commissioner's determinations concerning the interpretation and administration of the provisions of this subchapter and any rules adopted hereunder shall carry a presumption of validity. The Attorney General and the Commissioner shall consult with each other prior to the commencement of any investigation or enforcement action with respect to any pharmacy benefit manager.(c) The Commissioner may investigate, examine, or otherwise enforce a violation of this subchapter by a pharmacy benefit manager under section 9412 of this title as if the pharmacy benefit manager were a health insurer.(d) The Commissioner shall have the exclusive authority to investigate, examine, and otherwise enforce the provisions of this subchapter relating to a pharmacy benefit manager in connection with the pharmacy benefit manager's contractual relationship with, and any other activity with respect to, a health insurer defined by subdivision 9471(2)(A) of this title.(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the Commissioner and the Attorney General may bring a joint enforcement action against any person or entity for a violation of this subchapter. (Added 2007, No. 80, § 8; amended 2007, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2013, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 27, 2014; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 110.)
18 V.S.A. § 9491
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 222 - Access to Health Care Professionals|§ 9491. Health care workforce; strategic plan

§ 9491. Health care workforce; strategic plan|(a) The Director of Health Care Reform in the Agency of Human Services shall maintain a current health care workforce development strategic plan that continues efforts to ensure that Vermont has the health care workforce necessary to provide care to all Vermont residents.(b)(1) The Director or designee shall consult with an advisory group composed of the following 11 members, at least one of whom shall be a nurse, to develop and maintain the strategic plan:   (A) one representative of the Green Mountain Care Board's primary care advisory group; (B) one representative of the Vermont State Colleges; (C) one representative of the Area Health Education Centers' workforce initiative; (D) one representative of federally qualified health centers; (E) one representative of Vermont hospitals; (F) one representative of physicians; (G) one representative of mental health professionals; (H) one representative of dentists; (I) one representative of naturopathic physicians; (J) one representative of home health agencies; and (K) one representative of long-term care facilities.  (2) The Director or designee shall serve as the chair of the advisory group.   (c) The Director of Health Care Reform shall ensure that the strategic plan includes recommendations on how to develop Vermont's health care workforce, including:  (1) the current capacity and capacity issues of the health care workforce and delivery system in Vermont, including the shortages of health care professionals, specialty practice areas that regularly face shortages of qualified health care professionals, issues with geographic access to services, and unmet health care needs of Vermonters; (2) how State government, universities and colleges, the State's educational system, entities providing education and training programs related to the health care workforce, and others may develop the resources in the health care workforce and delivery system to educate, recruit, and retain health care professionals to achieve Vermont's health care reform principles and purposes; and (3) assessing the availability of State and federal funds for health care workforce development. (Added 2011, No. 48, § 12a; amended 2017, No. 85, § E.300.3, eff. June 28, 2017; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 111; 2017, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2019, No. 14, § 59, eff. April 30, 2019; 2019, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; 2021, No. 20, § 74.)
18 V.S.A. § 9492
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 222 - Access to Health Care Professionals|§ 9492. Non-emergency walk-in centers; nondiscrimination

§ 9492. Non-emergency walk-in centers; nondiscrimination|(a) A non-emergency walk-in center shall accept patients of all ages for diagnosis and treatment of illness, injury, and disease during all hours that the center is open to see patients. A non-emergency walk-in center shall not discriminate against any patient or prospective patient on the basis of insurance status or type of health coverage.(b) As used in this section, "non-emergency walk-in center" means an outpatient or ambulatory diagnostic or treatment center at which a patient without making an appointment may receive medical care that is not of an emergency, life threatening nature. The term includes facilities that are self-described as urgent care centers, retail health clinics, and convenient care clinics. (Added 2013, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 27, 2014.)
18 V.S.A. § 9493
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 223 - Reproductive Rights|§ 9493. Purpose and policy

§ 9493. Purpose and policy|(a) The State of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of every individual to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization.(b) The State of Vermont recognizes the fundamental right of every individual who becomes pregnant to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to have an abortion. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 9494
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 223 - Reproductive Rights|§ 9494. Interference with reproductive choice prohibited

§ 9494. Interference with reproductive choice prohibited|(a) A public entity as defined in section 9496 of this title shall not, in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, deny or interfere with an individual's fundamental rights to choose or refuse contraception or sterilization or to choose to carry a pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to obtain an abortion.(b) No State or local law enforcement shall prosecute any individual for inducing, performing, or attempting to induce or perform the individual's own abortion. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 9496
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 223 - Reproductive Rights|§ 9496. Definitions

§ 9496. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Health care provider" means a person, partnership, or corporation, including a health care facility, that is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by law to provide professional health care services in this State to an individual during that individual's medical care, treatment, or confinement. (2) "Public entity" means:  (A) the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial Branch of State Government, or any agency, department, office, or other subdivision of State government, or any elective or appointive officer or employee within any of those branches; or (B) any municipality, or any agency, department, office, or other subdivision of municipal government, or any elective or appointive officer or employee within municipal government. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 9497
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 223 - Reproductive Rights|§ 9497. Abortion; restricting access prohibited

§ 9497. Abortion; restricting access prohibited|A public entity shall not:  (1) deprive a consenting individual of the choice of terminating the individual's pregnancy; (2) interfere with or restrict, in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, the choice of a consenting individual to terminate the individual's pregnancy; (3) prohibit a health care provider, acting within the scope of the health care provider's license, from terminating or assisting in the termination of a patient's pregnancy; or (4) interfere with or restrict, in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information, the choice of a health care provider acting within the scope of the health care provider's license to terminate or assist in the termination of a patient's pregnancy. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 9498
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 223 - Reproductive Rights|§ 9498. Enforcement

§ 9498. Enforcement|(a) An individual injured as a result of a violation of this chapter shall have a private right of action in Superior Court against a public entity for injunctive relief arising from the violation.(b) In addition to any injunctive relief awarded, the court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to an injured person who substantially prevails in an action brought under this section. (Added 2019, No. 47, § 2, eff. June 10, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 9501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 225 - Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Control|§ 9501. Definitions

§ 9501. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) [Repealed.] (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Human Services. (3) "Agency" means the Agency of Human Services, unless the context requires otherwise. (4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Health. (5) "Department" means the Department of Health, unless the context requires otherwise. (6) "Eligible activity" means any activity that will carry out either or both of the dual purposes of freeing Vermonters from addiction to tobacco, and ensuring that the youth of Vermont in this generation and in generations to come are free from tobacco addiction. Eligible activities include the following:  (A) establishing anti-addiction programs that are accessible to all Vermonters; (B) creating and fostering anti-tobacco educational programs for use in Vermont schools; (C) creating and fostering anti-tobacco advertising; (D) establishing community outreach programs; (E) supporting tobacco control enforcement activities; (F) evaluating the effectiveness of tobacco cessation, prevention, and control programs.  (7) "Litigation Settlement Fund" means the Vermont Tobacco Litigation Settlement Fund established by 32 V.S.A. § 435a. (8) "Program" means the Vermont tobacco prevention and treatment program established under this chapter. (9) "Tobacco litigation settlement" means the Master Settlement Agreement between members of the tobacco industry and the State of Vermont, approved by the Vermont Superior Court on December 14, 1998 and finalized in Vermont on January 13, 1999. (10) "Trust Fund" means the Tobacco Trust Fund established by this chapter. (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. May 29, 2000; amended 2019, No. 82, § 4.)
18 V.S.A. § 9502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 225 - Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Control|§ 9502. Tobacco Trust Fund

§ 9502. Tobacco Trust Fund|(a)(1) The Tobacco Trust Fund is established in the Office of the State Treasurer for the purposes of creating a self-sustaining, perpetual fund for tobacco cessation and prevention that is not dependent upon tobacco sales volume.  (2) The Trust Fund shall comprise:  (A) appropriations made by the General Assembly; (B) transfers from the Litigation Settlement Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section; and (C) contributions from any other source.  (3) The State Treasurer shall not disburse monies from the Trust Fund, except upon appropriation by the General Assembly. In any fiscal year, total appropriations from the Trust Fund shall not exceed seven percent of the fair market value of the Fund at the end of the prior fiscal year. (4) The Trust Fund shall be administered by the State Treasurer. The Treasurer may invest monies in the Fund in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 434. All balances in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward. Interest earned shall remain in the Fund. The Treasurer's annual financial report to the Governor and the General Assembly shall contain an accounting of receipts, disbursements, and earnings of the Fund.   (b) Unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2000, and on June 30 of each subsequent fiscal year, any unencumbered balance in the Litigation Settlement Fund shall be transferred to the Trust Fund. (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. May 29, 2000.)
18 V.S.A. § 9503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 225 - Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Control|§ 9503. Vermont tobacco prevention and treatment

§ 9503. Vermont tobacco prevention and treatment|(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, the tobacco prevention and treatment program shall be administered and coordinated statewide by the Department of Health, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The program shall be comprehensive and research-based.(b) The Department shall establish goals for reducing adult and youth smoking rates, including performance measures for each goal in conjunction with the Substance Misuse Prevention Oversight and Advisory Council established pursuant to section 4803 of this title. The services provided by a quitline approved by the Department of Health shall be offered and made available to any minor, upon his or her consent, who is a smoker or user of tobacco products as defined in 7 V.S.A. § 1001.(c) The Department of Liquor and Lottery shall administer the component of the program that relates to enforcement activities.(d) The Agency of Education shall administer school-based programs.(e) The Department shall pay all fees and costs of the surveillance and evaluation activities, including the costs associated with hiring a contractor to conduct an independent evaluation of the program.(f) [Repealed.]  (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. May 29, 2000; amended 2007, No. 26, § 1; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 258, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2019, No. 73, § 26; 2019, No. 82, § 4.)
18 V.S.A. § 9505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 225 - Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Control|§ 9505. General powers and duties

§ 9505. General powers and duties|The Department shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this section, and shall:  (1) Establish the selection criteria for community grants and review and recommend the grants to be funded. (2) Select a contractor responsible for countermarketing activities. (3) Perform ongoing evaluations of tobacco cessation efforts and publish the evaluation measures on the Department's website. (4) Execute a memorandum of understanding developed with the Agency of Education for school-based programs funded through the Tobacco Program Fund. (5) Consult with the Department of Liquor and Lottery concerning enforcement activities administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (6) Propose strategies for program coordination and collaboration with other State agencies, health care providers and organizations, community and school groups, nonprofit organizations dedicated to anti-tobacco activities, and other nonprofit organizations. (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. May 29, 2000; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 260, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 122; 2019, No. 73, § 27; 2019, No. 82, § 4.)
18 V.S.A. § 9506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 225 - Tobacco Prevention, Cessation, and Control|§ 9506. Allocation system

§ 9506. Allocation system|In determining the allocation of funds available for the purposes of this chapter, the Department shall consider all relevant factors, including:  (1) the level of funding or other participation by private or public sources in the activity being considered for funding; (2) what resources will be required in the future to sustain the program; (3) geographic distribution of funds; and (4) the extent to which the goals of the project can be measured by reductions in adult or youth smoking rates. (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. May 29, 2000; amended 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 123; 2015, No. 11, § 23; 2019, No. 82, § 4.)