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Committee to track $11 million UVM–Green Mountain Care Board settlement; requests distribution report
Summary
Conference committee members said they would seek a report from the Green Mountain Care Board on how an $11 million settlement with UVM is distributed for primary care, to avoid duplication and allow flexible use during the Budget Adjustment Act.
Appropriators discussed May 6 a pending $11 million appropriation tied to a settlement between the University of Vermont (UVM) and the Green Mountain Care Board and agreed to ask the board to report back on distribution plans rather than immediately routing funds through Agency of Human Services (AHS).
A committee member said the current language in the budget is a placeholder that names AHS as a possible pass-through for the $11 million intended for primary care. "It probably makes more sense rather than have some bureaucratic process simply to have the board report back on how that money is being distributed for primary care," the member said, adding that a report would show whether the money duplicates existing primary-care funding and could free up funds for other priorities in the Budget Adjustment Act (BAA).
Why it matters: committee members said a board report would create transparency about distribution, help detect duplication with other primary-care funding, and — if distribution is already covered elsewhere — allow the committee to reallocate funds during the BAA to other health priorities.
Discussion and direction: staff said they would prepare revised language to require the Green Mountain Care Board to report on the distribution plan for the $11 million settlement, and that this change could allow the legislature to reallocate funds in the BAA if warranted.
Next steps: staff will circulate the revised section to the committee when available and confirm whether AHS remains a pass-through or whether the board should report directly to the legislature on distribution.
