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Bill would let Brattleboro Retreat keep calendar fiscal year, board seeks clarity on enforcement process
Summary
S.63 would align hospital budget deadlines to reflect the Brattleboro Retreat's calendar fiscal year and the Green Mountain Care Board asked the committee to clarify whether the board must use the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act contested-case process to enforce budget orders.
A provision in S.63 under review by the House Health Care Committee would let the Brattleboro Retreat, a psychiatric hospital not operated by the state, maintain its calendar fiscal year while keeping Green Mountain Care Board budget-review timelines aligned with that schedule. The board's general counsel told the committee the change is intended to reflect practice and avoid forcing the retreat to shift its fiscal year.
Michael Barber, general counsel for the Green Mountain Care Board, said the board has been issuing the retreat's budget decision on a…
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