The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 8910)
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§ 8910. State aid; fees
(a) Upon application to the Commissioner by a designated community mental health and developmental
disability agency, the Commissioner of the appropriate Department may grant to the
agency funds to be used for carrying out its mental health and developmental disability
services. Such grant of funds shall be based on a program plan and program budget
developed by the agency and submitted to and approved by the Commissioner or Commissioners.
The budget plan must indicate cost per unit of service and anticipated fees for services
and must represent a balanced plan of anticipated receipts and expenditures.
(b) No State funds shall be distributed to a community mental health agency unless the
Commissioner determines that the agency has a reasonable cost per service unit and
has established a uniform and reasonable schedule of fees for services provided to
those persons who can afford to pay. A policy statement regarding fees, instructions
for payment of fees, and fee collection procedures to be used by the agency shall
be prepared and updated annually.
(c) Nothing in this section should be interpreted to preclude anyone from receiving the
services of the agencies due to inability to pay nor to preclude an agency from bringing
an action as provided by law to recover fees due. (Added 1979, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 47.)