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Lawmakers set reporting deadlines and effective dates for health‑care reform provisions
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During markup, committee staff and members adjusted reporting schedules and effective dates: a special Green Mountain Care Board report is due Feb. 15, 2026; additions to the board's annual report will take effect for the Jan. 15, 2027 report; other sections take effect on passage with one change effective July 1, 2026.
During a House Health Care Committee markup session, members revised reporting requirements and effective dates in the health‑care reform draft.
The committee kept a one‑time Green Mountain Care Board implementation update due on or before Feb. 15, 2026 that must include work on reference‑based pricing and consideration of global hospital budgets. Committee staff explained that language added to the board’s annual report will not take effect until the board’s Jan. 15, 2027 annual report so the February 2026 special report and the 2027 annual report do not duplicate each other.
The Agency of Human Services was assigned an annual reporting requirement to the committee on or before Feb. 15 each year regarding status of developing, updating, and implementing the statewide health care delivery strategic plan and activities of the health care delivery advisory committee. Committee members also discussed effective dates: changes to the Green Mountain Care Board annual report could take effect July 1, 2026 so they would apply to the Jan. 15, 2027 report; remaining sections were discussed as taking effect on passage.
Members emphasized they wanted regular updates on reference‑based pricing implementation and other transformation work so the legislature can alter timelines or directives if boards or agencies report operational difficulties.
