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Vermont Senate gives first readings to five bills, sends each to committee
Summary
During a Montpelier session the Vermont Senate read five bills into the record — covering medical debt, access to protected health care, chloride contamination, health insurance statute reorganization and a temporary ambulance-provider tax suspension — and referred each to a standing committee for further consideration.
The Vermont Senate in Montpelier gave first readings to five bills and referred each to a standing committee during its session. The measures include a proposal to exclude medical debt from credit reports and a temporary suspension of the ambulance agency provider tax; all five were read into the record and sent on for committee review.
The introduced bills address consumer protection, health-care access, environmental contamination, state insurance statutes and a temporary tax suspension affecting ambulance agencies. Each bill received only a first reading on the floor and was referred to the committee named in the record for additional study and possible hearings.
S 27, introduced by Senator Lyons, is “an act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports.” The presiding officer read the bill into the record and the Senate referred it to the Committee on Judiciary for further consideration.
S 28, introduced by Senator Hardy and others, is “an act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services.” The bill was given a first reading and was referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
S 29, introduced by Senator Watson, is “an act relating to establishing the chloride contamination reduction program at the Agency of Natural Resources.” The Senate gave the bill a first reading and referred it to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
S 30, introduced by Senator Lyons, is “an act relating to updating and reorganizing the health insurance statutes in 8 V.S.A. chapter 107.” The first reading was completed and the measure was referred to the Committee on Finance.
S 31, introduced by Senator Chittenden and Senator Ingalls, is “an act relating to a temporary suspension of the ambulance agency provider tax.” The bill received its first reading and was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Floor discussion on these items was limited to the formal first readings and referrals recorded on the floor; no floor debates or recorded roll-call votes on the bills occurred in this segment of the session. After the bill introductions the Senate heard several brief committee announcements and adjourned until 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, according to the floor record.
