Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 709
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 709
- Blueprint: means the State's program for integrating a system of health care for patients, improving the health of the overall population, and improving control over health care costs by promoting health maintenance, prevention, and care coordination and management. See
- Chronic care: means health services provided by a health care professional for an established clinical condition that is expected to last a year or more and that requires ongoing clinical management attempting to restore the individual to highest function, minimize the negative effects of the condition, prevent complications related to chronic conditions, engage in advanced care planning, and promote appropriate access to palliative care and pain and symptom management. See
- Health care professional: means an individual, partnership, corporation, facility, or institution licensed or certified or authorized by law to provide professional health care services. See
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
§ 709. Annual report
(a) The Director of the Blueprint shall report annually, on or before January 31, on the status of implementation of the Vermont Blueprint for Health for the prior calendar year and shall provide the report to the House Committee on Health Care, the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, and the Health Reform Oversight Committee.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall include the number of participating insurers, health care professionals, and patients; the progress made in achieving statewide participation in the chronic care management plan, including the measures established under this subchapter; the expenditures and savings for the period; the results of health care professional and patient satisfaction surveys; the progress made toward creation and implementation of privacy and security protocols; information on the progress made toward the requirements in this subchapter; and other information as requested by the Committees. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under subsection (a) of this section. (Added 2009, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 2011, No. 63, § G.102; 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 41c; 2013, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 55.)