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House Health Care Committee reviews 2025 health laws, urges close oversight of hospital transformation
Summary
The House Health Care Committee heard a detailed review of 2025 health legislation, including Act 68 health care delivery reforms directing reference‑based pricing and global hospital budgets, and was warned to monitor rapid implementation timelines to protect access and hospital viability.
The House Health Care Committee on Jan. 6 reviewed an overview of the health laws passed last year and their near‑term implications for hospitals, insurers and consumers.
Jen Carpe of the Office of Legislative Counsel summarized multiple acts passed in 2025, telling the committee that early actions included permanently unmerging the individual and small‑group insurance markets and clarifying prior authorization and claim‑edit standards for out‑of‑state services. "Very early on in the session, was to permanently unmerge the individual and small group health insurance markets," Carpe said during the briefing.
Carpe described Act 68 as the center of this year’s transformation work. The act requires the Green Mountain Care Board to…
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