{"data":{"id":"us-vt/28-v.s.a.-903","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"28 V.S.A. § 903","heading":"Access to treatment pending appeal; rule","body":"Treatment, assessment, evaluation, screening, or programming shall not be restricted or denied to inmates on the basis of any anticipated or pending direct or collateral appeal of any criminal conviction, nor on the basis of any position taken by the appellant in any such action. The Commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 regarding the confidentiality of communications by an inmate made for the purposes of treatment, assessment, evaluations, screening, or programming while an appeal is pending. This provision neither expands nor contracts the duty of the Commissioner to adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25.","path":["Title 28: Public Institutions and Corrections","Chapter 011: Supervision of Adult Inmates at the Correctional Facilities","Subchapter 005: SPECIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/28/011/00903","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:08Z","sha256":"bc9e95b31c42f45ac39436983dda39ae5a1a96b7608cc00697c257b0eba88d30","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/28-v.s.a.-902","next":"us-vt/28-v.s.a.-904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}