Vermont Statutes
Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration
§ 9431. Policy and purpose

§ 9431. Policy and purpose
(a) It is declared to be the public policy of this State that the general welfare and protection of the lives, health, and property of the people of this State require that all new health care projects be offered or developed in a manner that avoids unnecessary duplication and contains or reduces increases in the cost of delivering services, while at the same time maintaining and improving the quality of and access to health care services, and promoting rational allocation of health care resources in the State; and that the need, cost, type, level, quality, and feasibility of providing any new health care project be subject to review and assessment prior to any offering or development.
(b) [Repealed.] (Added 1979, No. 65, § 1; amended 1997, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 29, 1998; 2003, No. 53, § 8; 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 14a, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; 2017, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 18 - Health

Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration

§ 9401. Policy

§ 9402. Definitions

§ 9404. Administration

§ 9405. State Health Improvement Plan; Health Resource Allocation Plan

§ 9405a. Public participation and strategic planning

§ 9405b. Hospital community reports and ambulatory surgical center quality reports

§ 9405c. Notice of acquisition

§ 9408. Common claims forms and procedures

§ 9408a. Uniform provider credentialing

§ 9409. Health care provider bargaining groups

§ 9410. Health care database

§ 9411. Interactive price transparency dashboard

§ 9412. Enforcement

§ 9413. Health care quality and price comparison

§ 9414. Quality assurance for managed care

§ 9414a. Annual reporting by health insurers

§ 9416. Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care

§ 9417. Tax-advantaged accounts for health-related expenses; administration; rulemaking

§ 9418. Payment for health care services

§ 9418a. Processing claims, downcoding, and adherence to coding rules

§ 9418b. Prior authorization

§ 9418c. Fair contract standards

§ 9418d. Contract amendments

§ 9418e. Most favored nation clauses prohibited

§ 9418f. Rental network contracts

§ 9418g. Enforcement

§ 9419. Charges for access to medical records

§ 9420. Conversion of nonprofit hospitals

§ 9421. Pharmacy benefit management; registration; insurer audit of pharmacy benefit manager activities

§ 9422. Credit card payments optional for providers

§ 9431. Policy and purpose

§ 9432. Definitions

§ 9433. Administration

§ 9434. Certificate of need; general rules

§ 9435. Exclusions

§ 9437. Criteria

§ 9439. Competing applications

§ 9440. Procedures

§ 9440a. Applications, information, and testimony; oath required

§ 9440b. Information technology; review procedures

§ 9441. Fees

§ 9442. Bonds

§ 9443. Expiration of certificates of need

§ 9444. Revocation of certificates; material change

§ 9445. Enforcement

§ 9446. Home health agencies; geographic service areas

§ 9451. Definitions

§ 9453. Powers and duties

§ 9454. Hospitals; duties

§ 9456. Budget review

§ 9457. Information available to the public

§ 9461. Quality measures

§ 9462. Quality improvement projects

§ 9471. Definitions

§ 9472. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to health insurers

§ 9472. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to health insurers and covered persons

§ 9473. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to pharmacies

§ 9473. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to pharmacies

§ 9474. Enforcement

§ 9481. Definitions

§ 9482. Financial assistance policies for large health care facilities

§ 9483. Implementation of financial assistance policy

§ 9484. Public education and information

§ 9485. Prohibition on sale of medical debt

§ 9486. Prohibition of waiver of rights

§ 9487. Enforcement