2005 Vermont Code - § 9403. — Division of health care administration; purposes

§ 9403. Division of health care administration; purposes

The division of health care administration is created in the department of banking, insurance, securities, and health care administration. The division shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the policies of the state regarding health care delivery, cost and quality, by providing oversight of health care quality and expenditures through the certificate of need program and the unified health care budget for the state or with respect to Vermont residents, establishment and maintenance of consumer protection functions, and oversight of quality assurance within the health care system. The division shall also establish and maintain a data base with information needed to carry out the commissioner's duties and obligations under this chapter and Title 8. (Added 1991, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 11, 1992; amended 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)