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.
§ 2501. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Gender-affirming health care readiness” means each institution’s preparedness to
provide gender-affirming health care services to students or assist students in obtaining
gender-affirming health care services, including having in place equipment, protocols,
patient educational materials, informational websites, and training for staff; provided,
however, that gender-affirming health care readiness may include the provision of
gender-affirming health care services.
(2) “Gender-affirming health care services” has the same meaning as in 1 V.S.A. § 150.
(3) “Institution” means the University of Vermont or a college in the Vermont State College
system.
(4) “Reproductive health care services” has the same meaning as in 1 V.S.A. § 150.
(5) “Reproductive health care readiness” means each institution’s preparedness to provide
reproductive health care services to students or assist students in obtaining reproductive
health care services, including having in place equipment, protocols, patient educational
materials, informational websites, and training for staff; provided, however, that
reproductive health care readiness may include the provision of reproductive health
care services.
(6) “Telehealth” has the same meaning as in 26 V.S.A. § 3052. (Added 2023, No. 15, § 12, eff. May 10, 2023.)
§ 2502. Gender-affirming health care and reproductive health care readiness; reports
(a) Each institution shall report to the Agency of Human Services annually, on or before
November 1, on the current status of its gender-affirming health care and reproductive
health care readiness, including:
(1) whether the institution has an operational health center on campus;
(2) whether the institution employs health care providers on campus;
(3) the types of gender-affirming health care services and reproductive health care services
that the institution offers to its students on campus and the supports that the institution
provides to students who receive those services;
(4) the institution’s efforts to assist students with obtaining gender- affirming health
care services and reproductive health care services from licensed health care professionals
through telehealth;
(5) the institution’s proximity to a hospital, clinic, or other facility that provides
gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services, or both,
that are not available to students on campus;
(6) the information that the institution provides regarding facilities that offer gender-affirming
health care services and reproductive health care services that are not available
to students on campus, including information regarding the scope of the services that
are available at each such facility; and
(7) the availability, convenience, and cost of public transportation between the institution
and the closest facility that provides gender-affirming health care services or reproductive
health care services, or both, and whether the institution provides transportation.
(b) On or before January 31 of each year, the Agency of Human Services shall compile the
materials submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and report to the House
Committees on Education, on Health Care, and on Human Services and the Senate Committees
on Education and on Health and Welfare on the status of gender-affirming health care
and reproductive health care readiness at Vermont’s institutions. (Added 2023, No. 15, § 12, eff. May 10, 2023.)