Senate defeats amendment on age cutoff but passes H.237 expanding prescribing by doctoral psychologists The Senate rejected an amendment that would have imposed an age-based barrier to prescribing by doctoral psychologists, then approved H.237 in concurrence after debate about protections for elderly patients and collaborative clinical protocols.

The Vermont Senate just passed H.237, allowing doctoral psychologists to prescribe medications while fiercely debating the importance of safeguards for elderly patients.

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