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: 18 V.S.A. § 202)
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§ 202. Clinical care of cancer patients; state aid
The Commissioner may furnish clinical care or diagnostic procedures for persons with
cancer or suspicion of cancer. The Commissioner may grant State aid for the care of
persons who have cancer or suspicion of cancer and are without means of providing
for themselves adequate care as required by their condition, provided that the aid
so granted shall not, in any individual case, exceed one-half the total bill. Notwithstanding
any provisions of law to the contrary, the names of persons receiving aid under this
section shall not be printed in any public report, and the Commissioner shall fix
the maximum amount to be paid in any given case not to exceed $500.00 in any patient
year. (Amended 1959, No. 123, § 2, eff. April 17, 1959; 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 2023, No. 53, § 37, eff. June 8, 2023.)