Laws
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A state executive order created a Chief Racial Equity and Diversity Officer and a Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Equity Advisory Panel within the executive branch “to identify and work to eradicate systemic racism and racial, ethnic and other cultural disparities within State government.” Executive Order No. 3-87 (No. 04-18). The officer must:
“manage and oversee the collection of race-based data across the Executive Branch to determine the nature and scope of racial discrimination within all Executive Branch State government systems…[and] collaborate with Executive Branch agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to gather relevant existing data and records necessary to carry out the purposes of this Executive Order, and to develop best practices for remediating systemic racial, ethnic and other cultural disparities throughout the Executive Branch of State government…”
A 2021 law related to health equity requires state agencies and departments that collect health-related data to include “data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, primary language, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation. Data related to race and ethnicity shall use separate collection categories and tabulations, disaggregated beyond non-White and White, in accordance with the recommendation made by the Executive Director of Racial Equity, in consultation with the Advisory Commission.” 18 V.S.A. § 253