Bill > S0211

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This bill proposes to transfer certain duties from the Green Mountain Care Board to the Director of Health Care Reform in the Agency of Human Services and to modify or eliminate other Board duties. It bill would specify that the Board’s review, consideration, and approval of hospital budgets and of certification and budgets of accountable care organizations (ACOs) are the deliberations of a public body in connection with a quasi-judicial proceeding. The bill would direct the Board to adopt rules to establish processes for certifying Medicare- only ACOs and would direct the Board of Nursing to adopt rules establishing a student nurse apprenticeship program. The bill would require insurers to participate in multipayer alternative payment models and would require nonbinding mediation conducted by the Green Mountain Care Board prior to the termination of a contract between a health care provider and a health plan. The bill would require alignment of certain health insurer credentialing practices, quality measures, and data collection. It would revise aspects of the S.211 Green Mountain Care Board’s hospital budget review processes and require the Secretary of State to provide training for the Board’s members and staff. The bill also would require reports on population-based hospital budgeting; on realignment of the timing of the Green Mountain Care Board’s regulatory processes; on review and approval of mergers, affiliations, and divestments involving Vermont-based health care providers; and on designating a single State agency for coordination of clinical health care data.

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Ginny Lyons (D)*,  Alison Clarkson (D),  Jane Kitchel (D), 

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing (00:00:00 1/24/2024 ) (on 01/24/2024)

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