Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont S189: An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services
Status: Signed into law, May 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services. (S.189) It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.
From the chaptered text, June 16, 2026:
An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services. (S.189) It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. § 9405d is added to NOTICE REQUIRED (a)(1)(A) A hospital that is considering eliminating any of the following services shall provide a preliminary notice of intent to the Agency of Human Services, the Green Mountain Care Board, and the Office of the Health Care Advocate as set forth in subdivision (B) of this subdivision (1): (i) emergency department services; (ii) primary care services, including closing a site at which primary care services are provided; (iii) obstetrics; (iv) perinatal care; (v) inpatient psychiatric services; (vi) treatment for substance use disorder, including medication for opioid use disorder; (vii) dialysis, including closing a site at which dialysis services are provided; or (viii) inpatient pediatric services. VT LEG #390230 v.1 No. 146 Page 2 of 7 (B) The information to be provided by the hospital in its preliminary notice of intent shall (ii) the financial impacts on the hospital both of maintaining the service and of eliminating the service; and (iii) a description of all possible alternatives to the proposed elimination that were considered and the reasons they were not pursued. (2) The Agency of Human Services shall evaluate the information provided …
Sponsors
- Virginia Lyons (D, Chittenden-Southeast District) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate Message: Signed by Governor [June 16, 2026]
- : Signed by Governor on [June 16, 2026]
- : Delivered to Governor on [June 10, 2026]
- : Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in
- : Title amended
- : As passed by Senate and House
- : House proposal of amendment concurred in
- : House proposal of amendment; text
- : Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- : New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
Common questions
- What is S189?
- S189 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services.
- What does S189 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services. (S.189) It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.
- What is the status of S189?
- Signed into law as of May 29, 2026. Latest action: Senate Message: Signed by Governor [June 16, 2026] (May 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored S189?
- Virginia Lyons (D, Chittenden-Southeast District).
- Where is the official record for S189?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.189
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