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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the provision of mental health supports"
description: "An act relating to the provision of mental health supports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 197"
citation: "Vermont S 197 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2163507-9172-452f-ada1-857e51982a43"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1575"
source_hash: "86b953d7636353a9234c8b084983038463c01d0829a3639db73d9c185f4f63a2"
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 197 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the provision of mental health supports
## 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-0197/S-0197%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0197/S-0197%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0197/S-0197%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2022-03-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-03-24** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2022-04-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-04-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-04-20** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-04-21** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-04-21** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Rep. Austin of Colchester reported for the Committee on Education
- **2022-04-21** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-04-21** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-04-22** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-22** Read Third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2022-04-27** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Delivered to Governor on May 5, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** Allowed to become law without signature of Governor on May 11, 2022 `became-law`
- **2022-05-11** Senate Message, allowed to become law without Governor's signature on May 11, 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2163507-9172-452f-ada1-857e51982a43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).