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Senate committee moves to refine Office of Health Care Advocate authority on rate reviews and certificate-of-need proceedings
Summary
On April 2 the Senate Health and Welfare Committee took up H.80, legislation that would revise the statutory authority of the Office of the Health Care Advocate to participate in rate reviews and certificate-of-need proceedings and to clarify confidentiality and consent requirements.
On April 2 the Senate Health and Welfare Committee took up H.80, legislation that would revise the statutory authority of the Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA) to participate in rate reviews and certificate-of-need (CON) proceedings and to clarify confidentiality and consent requirements.
The proposed amendment, presented by Jen Harvey of the Office of Legislative Council, would remove language allowing an interested party to ask questions of Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) employees in CON contested proceedings, preserve the HCA’s ability to submit written questions and comments and to provide testimony, and add a requirement that providers or insurers may require written consent from an individual or the individual’s guardian or legal representative before releasing records to the HCA.
The change to CON language came after stakeholders asked for compromise language. "So we are looking at H.80 and act relating to the Office of Health Care Advocate," Jen Harvey said while outlining a straight‑all amendment showing stakeholder‑recommended edits in context.
Why it matters: The HCA represents Vermonters in disputes about access and…
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