Vermont · Bill 13 · 2025-2026 Session

An act relating to Medicaid payment rates for community-based service providers

H.13 Sponsored by Theresa Wood and Daniel Noyes Became law

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 9, 2025
  3. Passed the House Feb 19, 2025
  4. Passed the Senate Apr 23, 2025
  5. To the governor May 7, 2025
  6. Became law May 13, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This act requires the Secretary of Human Services to calculate payment rates for providers of community-based services in Vermont’s Medicaid program, including designated and specialized service agencies, that are reasonable and adequate to achieve the required outcomes for the populations they serve. It requires the Secretary to take certain factors into account when calculating the rates and to establish a…

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This act requires the Secretary of Human Services to calculate payment rates for providers of community-based services in Vermont’s Medicaid program, including designated and specialized service agencies, that are reasonable and adequate to achieve the required outcomes for the populations they serve. It requires the Secretary to take certain factors into account when calculating the rates and to establish a calculating methodology that includes a schedule for conducting Medicaid rate studies, sets forth a predictable timeline for redetermining base rates, and includes a process for calculating an annual inflationary rate adjustment. The act directs the Secretary to recalculate the payment rates for providers of community-based services at least annually and report those rates and the cost of funding them to the General Assembly annually as part of the Agency of Human Services’ budget presentation. It also directs the Secretary to establish a process for providers to request provider stabilization from the Agency if they are at imminent risk of closure. The act requires the Agency to provide an update on its implementation of the act to the General Assembly on or before January 15, 2026.

Every action

40 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 32 earlier steps
  1. CommitteeRead first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services · House Committee on Human Services
  2. CommitteePending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a) · House Committee on Appropriations
  3. HouseNotice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
  4. HouseAction Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
  5. HouseRead second time
  6. CommitteeRep. Noyes of Wolcott reported for the Committee on Human Services · House Committee on Human Services
  7. CommitteeRep. Yacovone of Morristown recommended for the Committee on Appropriations · House Committee on Appropriations
  8. HouseReport of Committee on Human Services agreed to
  9. HouseThird Reading ordered
  10. HouseAction Calendar: Third Reading
  11. HouseRead third time and passed
  12. CommitteeRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare · Senate Committee on Health & Welfare
  13. SenateEntered on Notice Calendar
  14. SenateSecond Reading
  15. SenateFavorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
  16. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31 · Senate Committee on Appropriations
  17. SenateEntered on Notice Calendar
  18. SenateSecond Reading
  19. SenateFavorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
  20. SenateFavorable report by Committee on Appropriations
  21. SenateSecond Reading
  22. SenateFavorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
  23. SenateFavorable report by Committee on Appropriations
  24. CommitteeRead 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare · Senate Committee on Health & Welfare
  25. CommitteeReported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations · Senate Committee on Appropriations
  26. SenateProposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
  27. Senate3rd reading ordered
  28. SenateNew Business/Third Reading
  29. SenateProposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick
  30. SenatePending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Gulick, Cummings, Douglass, Hart, and Lyons agreed to
  31. SenateRead 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
  32. HouseSenate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
  1. HouseNotice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
  2. HouseAction Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
  3. HouseAction Calendar: Unfinished Business
  4. HouseSenate proposal of amendment concurred in
  5. SenateHouse message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
  6. HouseDelivered to Governor on May 7, 2025
  7. GovernorSigned by Governor on May 13, 2025
  8. SenateHouse message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2025

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it.

From Vermont's official records (legislature.vermont.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.