---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment"
description: "An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 225"
citation: "Vermont S. 225 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6296526-bcfe-486f-96a6-2f4a179d2179"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1988"
source_hash: "f078af95e6074f0a61af310fc0a906d5376043c7c4f433f32aa63e656ae75958"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont S. 225 (2017-2018) — An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0225/S-0225%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0225/S-0225%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
3. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0225/S-0225%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Claire Ayer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sirotkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2018-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onHealth and Welfare
- **2018-03-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-14** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-03-14** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-03-14** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2018-03-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-03-15** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2018-04-13** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Pugh of South Burlington
- **2018-04-13** Rep. Pugh of South Burlington moved that the bill be committed to the committee on Health Care which was agreed to.
- **2018-04-24** Read Second Time
- **2018-04-24** Rep. Pugh of South Burlington reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2018-04-24** Rep. Cina of Burlington reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2018-04-24** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-04-25** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-27** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2018-04-27** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Delivered to Governor on May 15,2018
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor on May 21, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6296526-bcfe-486f-96a6-2f4a179d2179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).