2011 Vermont Code
Title 18 Health
Chapter 13 CHRONIC CARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PREVENTION MEASURE
§ 707 Participation by health care professionals and hospitals
§ 707. Participation by health care professionals and hospitals
(a) No later than July 1, 2011, hospitals shall participate in the Blueprint for Health by creating or maintaining connectivity to the state's health information exchange network as provided for in this section and in section 9456 of this title. The director of health care reform or designee and the director of the Blueprint shall establish criteria by rule for this requirement consistent with the state health information technology plan required under section 9351 of this title. The criteria shall not require a hospital to create a level of connectivity that the state's exchange is not able to support.
(b) The director of health care reform or designee shall ensure hospitals have access to state and federal resources to support connectivity to the state's health information exchange network.
(c) The director of the Blueprint shall engage health care professionals and providers to encourage participation in the Blueprint, including by providing information and assistance. (Added 2009, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), { 13.)
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