Vermont § 3071 - Health care provider compacts; direction to Vermont representatives

§ 3071. Health care provider compacts; direction to Vermont representatives

• (a) The General Assembly finds that a state’s prohibition of or limitation on the provision
  of gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services, or
  both, as defined by 1 V.S.A. § 150, prohibits health care providers from following health care best practices and is
  a failure on the part of the state to provide health care services that are medically
  necessary and clinically appropriate for its residents. Therefore, it is the General
  Assembly’s intent to protect the ability of professionals licensed, certified, or
  registered in Vermont, and professionals from other member states seeking to practice
  a profession in Vermont pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement, to have the
  benefit of compacts and agreements while at the same time engaging in, providing,
  or otherwise facilitating, personally or professionally, gender-affirming health care
  and reproductive health care services. (b) Vermont’s representative or delegate for an interstate compact or agreement related
  to health care shall seek an amendment or exception to the language, rules, directives,
  or bylaws of the compact or agreement, as necessary, so that if a licensee is disciplined
  by another state solely for providing or assisting in the provision of gender-affirming
  health care services or reproductive health care services that would be legal and
  meet professional standards of care if provided in Vermont, the compact or agreement
  does not require that Vermont take professional disciplinary action against the licensee. (Added 2023, No. 15, § 10a, eff. May 10, 2023.)