---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to patient financial assistance policies and medical debt protection"
description: "An act relating to patient financial assistance policies and medical debt protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 287"
citation: "Vermont H 287 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mari Cordes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86ded13-66bc-451c-a4b7-15bed786fcac"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/249"
source_hash: "9cbfb3110be8d8a352b8f3a32670ef22892d19d1898113ffa1429cb0d832e6d3"
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 287 (2021-2022) — An act relating to patient financial assistance policies and medical debt protection

## 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-0287/H-0287%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0287/H-0287%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0287/H-0287%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Mari Cordes — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Houghton — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Small — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved to postpone action until March 17, 2022 which was agreed to
- **2022-03-17** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-17** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Rep. Black of Essex reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2022-03-17** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2022-04-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-28** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-28** Reported favorably by Senator Hooker for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-29** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 13, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 19, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 19, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86ded13-66bc-451c-a4b7-15bed786fcac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).