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Senate Health & Welfare reviews bill requiring state approval for hospital service cuts
Summary
A Senate Health & Welfare committee presentation examined S.189, which would require Secretary of Human Services approval before hospitals reduce or eliminate services and add notice, public hearings and reporting requirements; the Green Mountain Care Board would review budget impacts if reductions are approved.
Speaker 2 (role not specified) told the Senate Health & Welfare committee that S.189 would prohibit a hospital from reducing or eliminating any service without approval from the Secretary of Human Services and would require hospitals to provide at least 60 days' notice before a proposed reduction or elimination.
The bill, as presented, would require hospitals to post a notice of intent on their websites, publish notice in a general-circulation newspaper serving the…
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