Bill > H0524

This bill: - Requires Vermont residents to maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage, with some exceptions, and imposes reporting and documentation requirements related to coverage. - Directs the Department of Vermont Health Access to provide outreach to uninsured Vermont residents to help them enroll in affordable health coverage. - Establishes new requirements for group and individual health insurance policies, including prohibiting pre-existing condition exclusions, setting annual limits on cost-sharing, and eliminating annual and lifetime limits on essential health benefits. - Restricts the renewal and expansion of association health plans in Vermont. - Directs the Agency of Human Services to develop strategies for making health insurance more affordable for all Vermonters, explore requiring Medicaid enrollees to pay maximum co-payments, and explore creating a regional, publicly financed universal healthcare program. - Requires the Green Mountain Care Board to report on the impact of Medicaid and Medicare cost shifts on commercial insurance premiums. - The various provisions of the bill take effect on different dates, with most becoming effective on January 1, 2020.

Budget and Finance

Health Care (House)

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/H.524