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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to extending health care regulatory flexibility during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to coverage of health care services delivered by audio-only telephone"
description: "An act relating to extending health care regulatory flexibility during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to coverage of health care services delivered by audio-only telephone"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 117"
citation: "Vermont S 117 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Health and Welfare"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba88dbd2-4b55-475b-920f-b7843cb31c83"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/763"
source_hash: "84a8ae8754edfacb96dba2d99df68ffeeaf0edf2dfb1d6707f8c922fd0a3e8a9"
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 117 (2021-2022) — An act relating to extending health care regulatory flexibility during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to coverage of health care services delivered by audio-only telephone
## 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/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT006/ACT006%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT006/ACT006%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0117/S-0117%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-10** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons, Cummings, Hardy, Hooker, and Terenzini, text
- **2021-03-12** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2021-03-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-03-12** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-03-17** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Rep. Houghton of Essex reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2021-03-17** Amendment as offered by Rep. Strong of Albany agreed to
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-03-17** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-18** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-18** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2021-03-19** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-19** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-19** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Delivered to Governor on March 25, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** Signed by Governor on March 29, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Message, signed by Governor March 29, 2021 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba88dbd2-4b55-475b-920f-b7843cb31c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).