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Committee reviews H.585 governance changes and new executive‑compensation reporting for nonprofit hospital insurers
Summary
Lawmakers and regulators examined proposed H.585 changes that would add governor‑appointed public representatives to hospital‑service corporation boards and require hospitals’ insurers to file detailed executive‑pay benchmarking and bonus criteria with the state regulator before approving pay changes.
The committee on H.585 reviewed new governance and executive‑compensation provisions aimed at increasing oversight of nonprofit hospital service corporations, the kind of entity that includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
Jen Harvey of the Office of Legislative Council laid out the revisions, including a new statutory definition of "representative of the public," rules setting initial staggered terms for governor‑appointed members, and a requirement that compensation committees include at least two voting representatives of the public. The bill moves existing board‑composition rules into a new section (45‑13) and requires existing corporations to amend bylaws and file them with the commissioner of Financial Regulation (DFR) by 2026‑09‑01.
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