The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 7254)
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§ 7254. Integration of the treatment for mental health, substance abuse, and physical health
(a) The Director of Health Care Reform and the Commissioners of Mental Health, of Health,
and of Vermont Health Access and the Green Mountain Care Board or designees shall
ensure that the redesign of the mental health delivery system established in this
chapter is an integral component of the health care reform efforts coordinated pursuant
to 3 V.S.A. § 3027. Specifically, the Director, Commissioners, and Board shall confer on planning efforts
necessary to ensure that the following initiatives are coordinated and advanced:
(1) any health information technology projects;
(2) the integration of health insurance benefits in the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange
to the extent feasible under federal law;
(3) the integration of coverage under Green Mountain Care;
(4) the Blueprint for Health;
(5) the reformation of payment systems for health services to the extent allowable under
federal law or under federal waivers; and
(6) other initiatives as necessary.
(b) The Department of Financial Regulation shall ensure that private payers are educated
about their obligation to reimburse providers for less restrictive and less expensive
alternatives to hospitalization. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 2, 2012; 2017, No. 85, § F.8, eff. June 28, 2017.)