---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes affecting the duties of the Department of Vermont Health Access"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes affecting the duties of the Department of Vermont Health Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 279"
citation: "Vermont H 279 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori Houghton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5b366cd-b312-4d5f-925d-b3132d1d21cc"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/874"
source_hash: "e659bc0613a99fbc561cf6f5b00079be2a28c162ac716bcbc4cebc10d3322659"
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 279 (2021-2022) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes affecting the duties of the Department of Vermont Health Access

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0279/H-0279%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT130/ACT130%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT130/ACT130%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0279/H-0279%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0279/H-0279%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lori Houghton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2022-03-10** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-11** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-11** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** Rep. Page of Newport City reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2022-03-11** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2022-04-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-04-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-29** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-29** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-02** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-03** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-03** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Reported favorably by Senator Kitchel for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-05-04** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-05** Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 18, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 24, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 24, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5b366cd-b312-4d5f-925d-b3132d1d21cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).