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Department seeks increases for immunizations program and advanced-directive registry
Summary
The Health Department told appropriators it will seek $1.8 million additional special-fund authority for the statewide vaccine purchasing program and a $435,000 increase for the advanced-directive registry contract administered through the Vermont Ethics Network.
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, told the appropriations committee the department's immunization program is a universal vaccine program that purchases vaccines through CDC contracts and distributes them to providers statewide. He said the department is proposing a $1.8 million increase in special-fund spending authority tied to the insurer assessment-based vaccine purchasing fund; the increase includes about $770,000 in global-commitment funding for adult vaccines such as…
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