The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5208)
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§ 5208. Department of Health; report on statistics
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d), beginning October 1, 2011 and every two years thereafter, the Vermont Department
of Health shall report to the House Committees on Human Services and on Health Care
and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare regarding the number of persons who
died during the preceding two calendar years in hospital emergency rooms, in other
hospital settings, in their own homes, in a nursing home, in a hospice facility, and
in any other setting for which information is available, as well as whether each decedent
received hospice care within the last 30 days of his or her life. Beginning with the
2013 report, the Department shall include information on the number of persons who
died in hospital intensive care units, assisted living facilities, or residential
care homes during the preceding two calendar years.
(b) [Repealed.] (Added 2009, No. 25, § 16; amended 2013, No. 75, § 18a; 2017, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b, eff. May 21, 2018.)