SCOV Law: Independent elections
Essentially, this is a case about filing-petitions-for-candidate deadlines — but more specifically, it’s about the constitutionality of Vermont’s deadlines.
Shumlin taps Dupre as mental health commissioner
Moulton steps down after six months as interim chief.
Legislative Wrap-up: School lunch
Lawmakers make school lunch program free for all eligible students.
Legislative Wrap-up: Opiate abuse
The bill is an effort to revitalize the Vermont Prescription Monitoring System, the statewide online database that allows physicians and pharmacists to track prescriptions.
Legislative Wrap-up: Health insurance marketplace
The Legislature appropriated $4.35 million for FY 2014 for premium assistance and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income Vermonters. It also approved the continuation of an employer assessment to pay for the exchange’s operating costs.
Legislative Wrap-up: Education funding
The only provision in H.538 that is expected to have a concrete impact on school spending is a change to the excess spending threshold.
Legislative Wrap-up: Welfare reform
The Legislature took a softer approach than Shumlin pushed for; lawmakers decided to delay or waive the cap for families in certain situations.
Legislature approves exchange financing plan and health care reform bill
In a final-hour move, the Vermont House voted on Tuesday to strip a charge on health insurance premiums from Senate bill 152, and the Senate agreed.
Stripped-down school funding bill passes; pre-K bill held for next session
Senate President Pro-Tem John Campbell, D-Windsor, said he prioritized H.538 because property tax payers “need relief.”
Employer assessment and premium charges set to finance health insurance exchange
The estimated 118,000 Vermonters who will purchase insurance on the exchange will be charged 1 percent of their annual premium.
