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.
§ 2201. Furnishing supervision to home health agencies; contracts
The Department may furnish supervision to any public agency or private organization
engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, or to
any subdivision of such an agency or organization, for the purpose of enabling the
agency or organization to qualify as a “home health agency” under Title I of Pub.
L. No. 89-97, the Health Insurance for the Aged Act, at the request of the agency
or organization. The Department may enter into agreements with any person, firm,
corporation, association, agency, or organization, public or private, for the purpose
of furnishing or coordinating supervisory services for a home health agency under
this section, and may collect fees for the services rendered under the terms of such
agreements. “Supervision” or “supervisory services” as used in this section, shall
mean supervision by a physician or a registered professional nurse as required for
a home health agency under the Health Insurance for the Aged Act. (Added 1969, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 27, 1970.)
§ 2202. Contracts for departmental programs and services
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 13, the Department may enter into
agreements with a private or public organization for such organization to provide
services or conduct programs for the benefit of the public that the Department by
law is authorized to provide or conduct if the Department of Health finds that the
organization is properly equipped and qualified for this purpose.
(b) This section shall apply to all services and programs that the Department conducts
under this chapter, including the initiation of new combinations of public health
and home health nursing services. (Added 1969, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 27, 1970; amended 1977, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 28, 1978.)
§ 2203. Collection of fees
The Department may provide home health care services, including public health nursing
and other therapeutic services, to the public in geographical areas where such services
are not otherwise available through public or private organizations, and may collect
fees for such services where such service is of the type authorized under Pub. L.
No. 89-97, the Social Security Amendments of 1965. (Added 1969, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 27, 1970.)