Senate concurrent resolution honoring Middlebury College Professor Jessica Holmes for her exemplary public service as a member and interim chair of the Green Mountain Care Board

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Phil Baruth and 34 co-sponsors

A formal commendation recognizing Jessica Holmes’s exemplary public service and leadership as a GMCB member and interim chair, highlighting her impact on Vermont health care regula

As adopted by Senate and House

Overview

This Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 13) honors Middlebury College Professor Jessica Holmes for exemplary public service as a member and interim chair of Vermont’s Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB). The measure recognizes her leadership, contributions to health care regulation, teaching, and public policy work, and directs the Secretary of State to transmit a copy of the resolution to Holmes.

Purpose and Intent

Acknowledges the GMCB’s important regulatory role over Vermont health care delivery.

Commends Jessica Holmes for exemplifying high standards of knowledge, effectiveness, and public service as a GMCB member and two-term interim chair.

Highlights Holmes’s impact on hospital wait times, sustainability, resource planning, public access to care, and overall health care quality and cost management.

Notes her academic credentials and leadership within Middlebury College, as well as teaching awards and scholarly contributions (including coauthoring a health care regulation text).

Key Provisions

Declares recognition by the General Assembly of Jessica Holmes’s exemplary public service in her GMCB role and as interim chair.

States the intent to honor her leadership and institutional contributions to Vermont’s health care regulatory framework.

Directs the Secretary of State to send a copy of the resolution to Jessica Holmes.

Who/What is Affected

Primary beneficiary of the resolution: Jessica Holmes (recognition and acknowledgment).

Indirect impact on the GMCB by publicly highlighting the board’s leadership and legacy of stable governance during leadership transitions.

No statutory or regulatory changes to GMCB powers, structure, or funding are proposed.

Procedural and Timeline Details

Status: Adopted and placed on the Consent Calendar (as of May 14, 2026).

Legislative vehicle: Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 13) in the 2025-2026 session for Vermont.

Sponsorship: Joint sponsorship by multiple Senators and Representatives; includes designated co-sponsors.

Effective date: No new laws or regulatory changes enacted; the resolution becomes a formal expression of commendation upon passage.

Potential Impact

Provides formal public recognition of Holmes’s service and leadership, potentially informing future acknowledgments of GMCB contributors.

Serves as a historical record of leadership during the GMCB’s periods of transition.

May positively influence public perception of the GMCB and Vermont’s approach to health care regulation by highlighting experienced, academically grounded leadership.

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