Act No. 134 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 134 (S.98). An act relating to Green Mountain Care Board authority over
prescription drug costs and the Green Mountain Care Board nomination and
appointment process
Subjects: Health; prescription drugs; Green Mountain Care Board
This act directs the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), in consultation with others,
to explore and create a framework and methodology for implementing a program to
regulate prescription drug costs in Vermont. The GMCB’s preliminary plan is due to the
General Assembly on or before January 1, 2025, with a final plan due on or before
January 1, 2026. The act creates two new positions at the GMCB to lead the exploration,
development, and implementation of the prescription drug regulation program and adds
the GMCB’s prescription drug cost regulation initiatives as allowable uses of monies in
the Evidence-Based Education and Advertising Fund. The act appropriates $245,000
from that Fund for the new positions and an additional $250,000 from the Fund for
contracts with experts on prescription drug-related issues to help the GMCB with its
work.
The act also amends several provisions relating to the nomination, appointment, and
reappointment of members of the GMCB, including allowing the Governor to reappoint
members to additional terms without carrying out the full nomination and appointment
process and establishing timelines and processes for the nomination and appointment
processes when a Board member is resigning early or does not want to be reappointed, or
when the Governor does not want to reappoint a member whose term is expiring.
Multiple effective dates, beginning on May 30, 2024
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 18-9375, 18-4635
As Passed By the Senate -- Official: 18-9375, 18-4635, 33-2004, 33-2004a
As Passed By the Senate -- Unofficial: 33-2004, 33-2004a
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 18-9375, 18-4635, 33-2004, 33-2004a, 18-220
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 33-2004, 33-2004a, 18-220
As Enacted: 33-2004, 33-2004a, 18-220