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It's so heart wrenching to be rejected over and over. That means compared to other systems, you may have to do extra advocacy and resist persistent brush-offs.
~Advocate and ex-patient, Taking Charge |
New Bills of Interest
2011 Vermont Legislative Reveiw - Bills Introduced - House
H.215: AN ACT RELATING TO PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
This bill proposes to require the department of corrections to conduct a feasibility study and cost-savings analysis for creating a system to provide comprehensive health care services to inmates housed within the state and eliminate the need to contract out for these services.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-215.pdf
H.205 - AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
This bill proposes to provide additional protections for psychiatric patients requiring transportation with physical restraints.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-205.pdf
H.204 AN ACT RELATING TO PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS IN SCHOOLS, REDUCING THE USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, AND PROHIBITING THE USE OF OTHER BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS
This bill proposes to promote positive behavioral intervention and supports in schools, reduce the use of physical restraint, and prohibit the use of mechanical, chemical, and prone physical restraint and seclusion as methods of addressing challenging student behavior.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-204.pdf
H.203 AN ACT RELATING TO PROBABLE CAUSE HEARINGS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADMISSIONS
This bill proposes to require a probable cause hearing after a person is admitted to a hospital involuntarily as a person in need of mental health treatment.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-203.pdf
H.198 AN ACT RELATING TO A TRANSPORTATION POLICY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL USERS
Proposes to modify Vermont’s transportation policy to require that the needs of all users of Vermont’s transportation system—including motorists, bicyclists, public transportation users, and pedestrians of all ages and abilities—be considered and accommodated in state and locally managed transportation projects.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-198.pdf
H.180 AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING MOTOR VEHICLE USE ON STATE LANDS FOR HUNTING BY SENIOR CITIZENS OR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY
This bill proposes to allow the use of motor vehicles on state forest or park roads in order to allow hunting or fishing by a person who is 65 years of age or older or who has a handicap or disability.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-180.pdf
H.179 AN ACT RELATING TO REQUIRING THE STATE TO PAY FOR 100 PERCENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
Proposes to require that 100 percent of special education expenditures be paid at the state level from the education fund.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-179.pdf
H.129 AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
This bill proposes to allow an advanced practice registered nurse to participate in the admission and examination of an individual for mental health treatment.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-129.pdf
H.82 AN ACT RELATING TO A VERMONT HOSPITAL SECURITY PLAN
This bill would provide access to and coverage for health services provided in hospitals. It would establish a global hospital budget for the state and an individual hospital budget for each hospital in the state and create a Vermont hospital security trust fund from which a negotiated payment would be made to each hospital for health services provided. The bill would require health insurers to disclose to the department of banking,insurance, securities, and health care administration the rates they negotiate with providers and would direct the department to post the information on its website. It would make medical malpractice claims subject to arbitration, establish a loan repayment program for primary care providers and for health professionals practicing exclusively in Vermont hospitals, and direct the secretary of human services to seek waivers and exemptions from federal law as necessary to implement the Vermont hospital security plan
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-082.pdf
H.79 AN ACT RELATING TO UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION
This bill proposes to enact the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act in Vermont. The act establishes which state has jurisdiction to make the initial guardianship decision, provides for transfer of guardianship cases between jurisdictions, and allows recognition of an out-of-state guardian’s authority to deal with issues in the state on a limited basis.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-079.pdf
H.59 AN ACT RELATING TO UNFAIR HOUSING PRACTICES
Proposes to prohibit discrimination in land use decisions or the permitting of developments because a proposed development contains affordable housing units.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-059.pdf
H.46 AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH ATHLETES WITH CONCUSSIONS PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
This bill proposes to ensure that a youth athlete suffering or suspected to be suffering from a concussion or other head injury does not participate in school athletic activities until the student has received an examination by and written permission to participate from a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of concussions and other head injuries
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=H.0046&Session=2012
H.39 AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR SERVICE MEMBERS
Proposes to recognize a U.S. Department of Defense document as an acceptable advance directive for service members
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-039.pdf
H.37 COVERAGE FOR TELEMEDICINE SERVICE
Proposes to require all health plans, including Medicaid, to cover telemedicine services
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-037.pdf
H.7 AN ACT RELATING TO APPOINTMENTS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
This bill proposes to require that the mental health oversight committee be composed of members from both chambers and that appointments be made by the standing committees having jurisdiction over mental health legislation.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-007.pdf
H.4 AN ACT RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
This bill proposes to clarify the definitions of inpatient and residential hospitalization for the purpose of mental health hospital admissions and require that a clinical determination of the need for either inpatient or residential hospitalization occur prior to admission
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-004.pdf
H.3 AN ACT RELATING TO PROHIBITING USE OF TASERS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED TRAINING FOR INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
This bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from carrying or using an electronic control device, commonly known as a Taser, until the officer has completed the Vermont criminal justice training council’s “Act 80” training for interacting with people experiencing a mental health crisis
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-003.pdf
H.1 AN ACT RELATING TO CHALLENGES FOR CHANGE OUTCOMES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
This bill proposes to amend the challenges for change agency of human services outcomes so that an outcome that applies to elders and families will also apply to persons with disabilities, mental health needs, or substance abuse issues
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/H-001.pdf
2011 Vermont Legislative Review- Bills Introduced- Senate
S.30 AN ACT RELATING TO ENHANCING THE PENALTY FOR ASSAULT OF A NURSE
This bill proposes to increase the penalty for assault of a nurse so that the offense is always a felony rather than a misdemeanor
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/S-030.pdf
S.19 AN ACT RELATING TO INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS
This bill proposes to increase the property tax exemption for disabled veterans from $10,000.00 to $40,000.00
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/S-019.pdf
S.17 AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES
Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to permit the establishment of two nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries in the state for the purpose of providing medical marijuana for symptom relief to registered patients who have a debilitating medical condition. The dispensaries will be licensed and regulated by the department of public safety
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/S-017.pdf
S.12 AN ACT RELATING TO ADDING A MEMBER FROM THE AREA AGENCIES ON AGING TO THE GOVERNOR’S COMMISSION ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS
This bill proposes to add a member from the area agencies on aging to the governor’s commission on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/S-012.pdf
S.4 AN ACT RELATING TO EXPANDING THE REVIEW POWER OF THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN SERVICES
This bill proposes to expand the power of the secretary of the agency of human services to review and, when called for, modify or reverse human services board decisions
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Intro/S-004.pdf
