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: 8 V.S.A. § 4122)
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§ 4122. Fees for covered dental services
(a) No dental insurer, health insurer, or other similar entity that covers dental services
and is subject to regulation by the Department of Financial Regulation, and no contract
or participating provider agreement with a dentist, shall require, directly or indirectly,
that a dentist who is a participating provider provide dental services to a covered
individual at a fee set by, or subject to the approval of, the insurer or other regulated
entity unless the dental services are covered services.
(b) No person providing third-party administrator services shall make available to any
customers a plan that sets dental fees for providers in its provider network for any
dental services other than covered services.
(c) Fees for covered services shall be set in good faith and shall not be nominal.
(d) The Commissioner of Financial Regulation shall enforce the provisions of this section
pursuant to the Commissioner’s authority under this title. (Added 2021, No. 25, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)