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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 707

  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 707. Participation by health care professionals and hospitals

(a) Hospitals shall participate in the Blueprint for Health by creating or maintaining connectivity to the State‘s Health Information Exchange Network as provided in this section and in section 9456 of this title.

(b) The Director of Health Care Reform or designee shall ensure hospitals have access to State and federal resources to support connectivity to the State’s Health Information Exchange Network.

(c) The Director of the Blueprint shall engage health care professionals and providers to encourage participation in the Blueprint, including by providing information and assistance. (Added 2009, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 2013, No. 79, § 33, eff. June 7, 2013; 2023, No. 6, § 106, eff. July 1, 2023.)