---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to social service integration with Vermont's health care system"
description: "An act relating to social service integration with Vermont's health care system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7"
citation: "Vermont S 7 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b12142f-abab-40a1-9383-d39304e1c8b1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/7"
source_hash: "15ea91bd4f8f9ac1fb592fb59f25e31d1c861388b6fbf33066ee6180698e45c6"
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 7 (2019-2020) — An act relating to social service integration with Vermont's health care system

## 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/S-0007/S-0007%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT052/ACT052%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT052/ACT052%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0007/S-0007%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0007/S-0007%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-20** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-20** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons, text
- **2019-03-20** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as moved by Senator Lyons
- **2019-03-20** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-03-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved that the bill be committed to the committee on Human Services which was agreed to.
- **2019-05-16** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Cordes of Lincoln reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Wood of Waterbury reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2019-05-16** Report of Committee on Health Care amended as offered by Committee on Human Services
- **2019-05-16** Report of Committee on Health Care as amended agreed to
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-17** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-20** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-21** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-22** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-22** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons, Cummings, Ingram, McCormack, and Westman
- **2019-05-22** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-22** Senator Lyons, Cummings, Ingram, McCormack, and Westman moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-22** House proposal of amendment concurred in with proposal of amendment, on motion of Senator Lyons, Cummings, Ingram, McCormack, and Westman
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-22** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-22** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 5, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b12142f-abab-40a1-9383-d39304e1c8b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).