§ 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.)