AHS tells lawmakers it supports Sections 8–9 of statewide health care delivery bill; signals timeline, collaboration with GMCB

Bridal Krause, Director of Healthcare Reform at the Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS), and Sarah Rosenblum, Deputy Director of Healthcare Reform, told a legislative committee that AHS is "generally ... very supportive of the content in both sections 8 and 9" of H.126/S.126 and that the proposal aligns with work the agency is already doing.

Krause and Rosenblum framed the bill’s statewide health care delivery plan as an inclusive, iterative exercise that should span hospitals, designated agencies, primary care, home health and hospice and other parts of the system rather than focus only on hospital regulation. Rosenblum told lawmakers that the bill’s timeline includes an interim reporting milestone: "the intention of the date that's there, which is 11/15/2025, was from this, like, AHS should be reporting back sooner rather than later," and that the advisory role described in section 9 is intended to monitor and evaluate benchmarks and measures.

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