House Health Care - 2026-04-15 - 2:15PM

Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee · April 15, 2026

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Opening remarks and agenda preview

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Meeting opened with light banter and the chair previewed agenda items including S.64 (optometry scope bill) and a hospital transformation update. The committee set S.64 as the first substantive item for the afternoon.

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Lawmakers heard divided testimony on S.64, a bill to expand optometrists' scope of practice to include certain laser, injection and minor eyelid procedures. Witnesses included the Vermont Board of Medical Practice (opposed), optometrists (pro), ophthalmologists (opposed) and AHS staff who later briefed the committee on hospital transformation work.

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