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: 3 App. V.S.A. ch. 18, § 1)
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Executive Order No. 18-1 (No. 35-79) [State Center for Health Statistics]
WHEREAS, the planning and development of an improved health care delivery system in
Vermont requires data on health status and the availability of health manpower, facilities,
and other health resources; and
WHEREAS, the problems of inadequate information, lack of comparability, and duplication
of data collection efforts in these areas have been addressed by the Health Services
Research, Health Statistics, and Medical Libraries Act of 1974 (PL 93—353), the National
Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (PS 93—641), the Health Professionals
Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (PL 94—484) and the Health Services Research, Health
Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act of 1978 (PL 95—623); and
WHEREAS, the Health Services Research, Health Statistics and Health Care Technology
Act of 1978 establishes the Cooperative Health Statistics System and requires that
states participating in the system designate a state agent to administer statistical
activities under the system; and
WHEREAS, the Vermont Department of Health, through its Division of Public Health Statistics,
is both the primary and coordinating agency for Cooperative Health Statistics System
activities within Vermont;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Richard A. Snelling, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
Governor, in order to carry into effect the action referred to above, do hereby designate
the Vermont Department of Health as the Official State Center for Health Statistics
in Vermont.
Dated July 18, 1979.