---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to reimbursement parity for health care services delivered in person, by telemedicine, and by audio-only telephone and extending time for flood abatement reimbursement"
description: "An act relating to reimbursement parity for health care services delivered in person, by telemedicine, and by audio-only telephone and extending time for flood abatement reimbursement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 861"
citation: "Vermont H 861 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Health Care"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2176ed3-49a5-405a-93f2-c127aa8f27d5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/4038"
source_hash: "3c661d5e79232b25d11c0695e6ca2bf1ba092dccf954151bcba3ece76311c039"
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 861 (2023-2024) — An act relating to reimbursement parity for health care services delivered in person, by telemedicine, and by audio-only telephone and extending time for flood abatement reimbursement

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT108/ACT108%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT108/ACT108%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0861/H-0861%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Health Care — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on 2/21/24
- **2024-02-21** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rep. Carpenter of Hyde Park spoke for the Committee on Health Care
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-04-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-04-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-22** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23** Rep. Carpenter of Hyde Park moved to postpone action until 4/24/2024, which was agreed to
- **2024-04-24** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-24** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-25** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Delivered to the Governor on May 7, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 13, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2176ed3-49a5-405a-93f2-c127aa8f27d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).