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Senate advances bill requiring notice, public hearings before hospitals cut services
Summary
The Senate amended and ordered third reading of S189, which would require hospitals to give 60 days’ notice, publish a notice of intent, hold public engagement (including hearings), and notify the Agency of Human Services and the Green Mountain Care Board before reducing or eliminating services; the bill also directs savings from reductions to benefit Vermonters.
The Senate on the floor advanced S189, a bill that would create a formal approval and notice process for hospitals proposing to reduce or eliminate services.
Senator Lions, reporting for the Health and Welfare Committee, said the bill requires hospitals that intend to cut services to provide a 60-day notice of intent to the Agency of Human Services and the Green Mountain Care Board, publish that notice, conduct public engagement (including one or more hearings), and submit a summary of community responses to the agency. The agency would then analyze the proposed reduction…
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