Vermont H. 70: An act relating to Medicaid coverage for doula services

Bill Text

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VT LEG #379322 v.1
H.70 1
Introduced by Representatives Higley of Lowell, Bailey of Hyde Park, Burtt of 2
Cabot, Casey of Hubbardton, Demar of Enosburgh, Dickinson 3
of St. Albans Town, Dobrovich of Williamstown, Feltus of 4
Lyndon, Galfetti of Barre Town, Goslant of Northfield, Hango 5
of Berkshire, Howland of Rutland Town, Keyser of Rutland 6
City, Labor of Morgan, Lipsky of Stowe, Luneau of St. Albans 7
City, McFaun of Barre Town, Morgan, L. of Milton, Morgan, 8
M. of Milton, Morrissey of Bennington, Nelson of Derby, 9
Nielsen of Brandon, Oliver of Sheldon, Page of Newport City, 10
Parsons of Newbury, Powers of Waterford, Quimby of Lyndon, 11
Southworth of Walden, Tagliavia of Corinth, and Taylor of 12
Milton 13
Referred to Committee on 14
Date: 15
Subject: Conservation and development; community resiliency and 16
biodiversity protection; conserved land; use value appraisal; current 17
use 18
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to add land 19
enrolled in the Use Value Appraisal Program to be included in the definition of 20
conserved land for purposes of the conserved land inventory. 21

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An act relating to the inclusion of use value appraisal land in the conserved 1
land inventory 2
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 3
Sec. 1. 10 V.S.A. § 2801 is amended to read: 4
§ 2801. DEFINITIONS 5
As used in this section: 6
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(3) “Natural resource management area” means an area having 8
permanent protection from conversion for the majority of the area but that is 9
subject to long-term, sustainable land management or agricultural land or 10
forestland that is enrolled in the Use Value Appraisal Program pursuant to 32 11
V.S.A. chapter 124. 12
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(6) “Conserved” means permanently protected and meeting the 14
definition of ecological reserve area, biodiversity conservation area, or natural 15
resource management area as defined in this section for purposes of meeting 16
the 30 percent goal in subsection 2802(b) of this title. For purposes of meeting 17
the 50 percent goal of subsection 2802(b) of this title, “conserved” primarily 18
means permanently protected and meeting the definition of ecological reserve 19
area, biodiversity conservation area, or natural resource management area as 20
defined in this section, although other long-term land protection mechanisms 21
and measures that achieve the goals of Vermont Conservation Design that are 22

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enforceable and accountable and that support an ecologically functional and 1
connected landscape may be considered. 2
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 3
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 4