18 V.S.A. § 9372: Purpose

It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an independent board to promote the general good of the State by:

(1) improving the health of the population;

(2) reducing the per-capita rate of growth in expenditures for health services in Vermont across all payers while ensuring that access to care and quality of care are not compromised;

(3) enhancing the patient and health care professional experience of care;

(4) recruiting and retaining high-quality health care professionals; and

(5) achieving administrative simplification in health care financing and delivery.