Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed 73 bills into law during the recent legislative session, many of them going into effect or beginning to go into effect this summer.

Several new laws signed this year address issues related to Vermont’s healthcare crisis, including medical debt, exorbitant drug price hikes, insufficient affordable access to certain medical professionals and the lack of a contingency plan for local health insurers.

Below are explanations on four healthcare-related laws that took effect or began to take effect earlier this summer.

The bill to law process begins anew next January when Vermont lawmakers reconvene at the Statehouse in Montpelier.

Medical debt relief, exclusion from credit reports

What it does : Act 21 allocates $1 million toward purchasing and wiping away

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