---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous health care provisions"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous health care provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 960"
citation: "Vermont H 960 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Health Care"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-29"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce65158e-5aff-4295-bde5-173e88dc5a01"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2401"
source_hash: "0e4a1f9732bb2bf84c602608b84ead4f15c51f039ff921b97a34858bec16d96b"
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 H 960 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous health care provisions

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0960/H-0960%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT140/ACT140%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT140/ACT140%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0960/H-0960%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0960/H-0960%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Health Care — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-29** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on June 1, 2020
- **2020-06-05** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-05** Rep. Donahue of Northfield spoke for the committee on Health Care
- **2020-06-05** Amendment as offered by Rep. Donahue of Northfield agreed to
- **2020-06-05** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-09** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-06-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-06-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-25** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-25** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-25** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2020-06-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-26** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney. `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on June 30, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 6, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 6, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce65158e-5aff-4295-bde5-173e88dc5a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).