House backs nursing home oversight bill

Brookside Nursing Home residents relax outside the facility in White River Junction in June. File photo by James M. Patterson/Valley News
Vermont’s nursing home regulations may be headed for an overhaul.
The House has approved bill H.921, which orders an in-depth look at how state officials regulate nursing homes. There’s a particular emphasis on increasing financial transparency and accountability.
The bill also ends the Green Mountain Care Board’s oversight of nursing home ow