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.
Subchapter
001
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VERMONT HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1804)
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§ 1804. Qualified employers [Effective until January 1, 2026; see also 33 V.S.A. § 1804 effective January 1, 2026 set out below]
(a)(1) Until January 1, 2016, a qualified employer shall be an entity that employed an average
of not more than 50 employees on working days during the preceding calendar year,
and the term “qualified employer” includes self-employed persons to the extent permitted
under the Affordable Care Act. Calculation of the number of employees of a qualified
employer shall not include a part-time employee who works fewer than 30 hours per
week or a seasonal worker as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 4980H(c)(2)(B).
(2) An employer with 50 or fewer employees that offers a qualified health benefit plan
to its employees through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange may continue to participate
in the Exchange even if the employer’s size grows beyond 50 employees, as long as
the employer continuously makes qualified health benefit plans in the Vermont Health
Benefit Exchange available to its employees.
(b)(1) On and after January 1, 2016, a qualified employer shall be an entity that employed
an average of not more than 100 employees on working days during the preceding calendar
year, and the term “qualified employer” includes self-employed persons to the extent
permitted under the Affordable Care Act. The number of employees shall be calculated
using the method set forth in 26 U.S.C. § 4980H(c)(2).
(2) An employer with 100 or fewer employees that offers a qualified health benefit plan
to its employees through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange may continue to participate
in the Exchange even if the employer’s size grows beyond 100 employees, as long as
the employer continuously makes qualified health benefit plans in the Vermont Health
Benefit Exchange available to its employees.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2013, No. 79, § 28, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; 2015, No. 54, § 14, eff. June 5, 2015; 2015, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
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§ 1804. Qualified employers [Effective January 1, 2026; see also 33 V.S.A. § 1804 effective until January 1, 2026 set out above]
(a) [Repealed.]
(b)(1) A qualified employer shall be an entity that employed an average of not more than
100 employees on working days during the preceding calendar year, and the term “qualified
employer” includes self-employed persons to the extent permitted under the Affordable
Care Act. The number of employees shall be calculated using the method set forth in
26 U.S.C. § 4980H(c)(2).
(2) An employer with 100 or fewer employees that offers a qualified health benefit plan
to its employees through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange may continue to participate
in the Exchange even if the employer’s size grows beyond 100 employees, provided the
employer continuously makes qualified health benefit plans in the Vermont Health Benefit
Exchange available to its employees.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2013, No. 79, § 28, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; 2015, No. 54, § 14, eff. June 5, 2015; 2015, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2025, No. 2, § 2, eff. January 1, 2026.)