Senators scrap contentious surgical center bill

Amy Cooper manages the proposed Green Mountain Surgery Center project in Colchester. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
A Senate committee has dropped a controversial plan to regulate and tax Vermont’s independent surgical centers.
After weeks of debate, the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Thursday unanimously voted against S.278 and its proposed amendments.
Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison and the committee’s chairwoman, had been a strong supporter of regulating surgical center