| Rule Number: |
21-E03 |
| Title: |
Hospital Licensing Rule. |
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Type:
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Emergency |
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Status:
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Adopted |
| Agency: |
Department of Health, Agency of Human Services
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| Legal Authority: |
3 V.S.A. §801(b)(11); 18 V.S.A. Ch.42, 18 V.S.A. Ch.43 and 18 V.S.A. Ch. 43a. |
| Summary:
| This rule allows hospitals that have been granted waivers by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act (during an emergency as defined 42 U.S.C. 1320b-5)to be automatically granted waivers for their Vermont licenses. The 1135 waiver allows “the Secretary to ensure to the maximum extent feasible, in any emergency area and during an emergency period…that sufficient health care items and services are available to meet the needs of individuals…” In this instance, there is no need for Vermont to duplicate CMS's efforts. Additionally, two requirements for psychiatric hospitals were added to this rule as required by CMS to ensure compliance with agreements Vermont has made with CMS in the Serious Mental Illness Institution for Mental Disease (SMI IMD) waiver. |
| Persons Affected:
| Hospitals and patients. |
| Economic Impact:
| The rule itself imposes no economic impact. The fewer people get sick, or are treated in hospitals will mean less cost on the health care system, and the faster people can return to their daily lives, families, and loved ones. |
| Posting date: |
Mar 15,2021 |
