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Rep. Ella Chapin files bill to allow freestanding birth centers, create facility licensing
Summary
Representative Ella Chapin introduced H40 to exempt freestanding birth centers from certificate-of-need review and to create a Department of Health licensing structure for such facilities; the bill sponsor said the change would expand low-cost birth options and help retain midwives in Vermont.
Representative Ella Chapin, of East Montpelier, told the House Health Care Committee she is sponsoring H40, a bill to enable freestanding birth centers in Vermont by exempting such centers from the certificate-of-need process and by establishing a licensing framework for the facilities within the Department of Health.
Chapin defined a freestanding birth center as a non-hospital facility,…
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