-Establishes Green Mountain Care as a publicly-funded health care program for which all Vermont residents would be eligible and that provides benefits including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 4):
-Primary care;
-Preventive care;
-Chronic care;
-Acute episodic care; and
-Hospital services.
-Prohibits Green Mountain Care from limiting coverage of preexisting conditions (Sec. 4).
-Authorizes individuals to maintain health coverage other than Green Mountain Care (Sec. 4).
-Establishes the Green Mountain Care Board, beginning July 1, 2011, to consist of a chair and 5 members with duties including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 3):
-Oversee and evaluate the development and implementation of health care payment and delivery system changes;
-Enhance the patient experience of care, including quality, access, and reliability;
-Reduce or control the total cost of health services;
-Recommend the Green Mountain Care benefit package and budget; and
-Set "reasonable" rates for health care professionals, health care provider bargaining groups, manufacturers of prescribed medical products, and medical supply companies.
-Requires Green Mountain Care to take effect 90 days after certain conditions are met including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 4):
-Receipt of a federal waiver authorizing the state to suspend the operations of the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange; and
-The Green Mountain Care Board makes a determination that certain conditions will be met including, but not limited to, the following:-Green Mountain Care will not have a negative impact on the Vermont economy;
-The rate of growth of Vermont's per-capita health care expenses will be reduced;
-Each resident covered by Green Mountain Care will receive benefits that will cover at least 80 percent of the total average costs of covered benefits; and
-Health care professionals will be reimbursed at levels that will allow the state to recruit and retain "high-quality" individuals.
-Establishes the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange and requires it to provide "qualified individuals" with health benefit plans and to begin enrolling individuals by November 1, 2013 (Sec. 4).
-Authorizes the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange to provide health benefit plans to individuals including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 4):
-Those people who are not "qualified individuals";
-Medicaid beneficiaries, provided that their enrollment would not reduce their Medicaid benefits;
-Medicare beneficiaries, provided that their enrollment would not reduce their Medicare benefits;
-State and municipal employees; and
-Injured employees, in lieu of medical benefits provided under workers' compensation laws.
-Defines a "qualified individual" as a Vermont resident who is not incarcerated and is a United States citizen or legal immigrant (Sec. 4).
-Requires the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange to meet several duties and responsibilities including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 4):
-Creating a process for enrolling individuals in health benefit plans;
-Collecting premium payments from employers and individuals;
-Determining eligibility for and enrolling individuals in Medicaid;
-Assigning a "quality and wellness rating" to each health plan offered through the exchange; and
-Determining enrollee premiums and subsidies.
-Requires the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange to establish a navigator program to assist individuals and employers in enrolling in a health benefit plan offered under the exchange (Sec. 4).