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: 33 V.S.A. § 404)
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§ 404. State agencies to furnish information
(a) Any governmental official or agency in the State, when requested by the Department
of Vermont Health Access, shall furnish to the Department information in the official’s
or agency’s possession with reference to aid given or money paid or to be paid to
any person or person’s spouse who is applying for or is receiving assistance or benefits
from the Department of Vermont Health Access.
(b) The Commissioner of Taxes, when requested by the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access,
and unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, shall compare the information furnished
by an applicant or recipient of assistance with the State income tax returns filed
by such person and shall report his or her findings to the Commissioner of Vermont
Health Access. Each application for assistance shall contain a form of consent, executed
by the applicant, granting permission to the Commissioner of Taxes to disclose such
information to the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access.
(c) On the first day of each month, each unit of the Superior Court shall provide to the
Commissioner of Vermont Health Access a list of all estates, including testate, intestate,
and small estates, opened during the previous calendar month within the jurisdiction
of that unit’s Probate Division. The list shall contain the following information
for each estate:
(1) the decedent’s full name;
(2) the decedent’s date of birth;
(3) the decedent’s date of death;
(4) the docket number;
(5) the date on which the estate was opened; and
(6) the full name and contact information for the executor or administrator or his or
her legal representative. (Added 2017, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 1, 2018 (subsec. (c) eff. October 1, 2018).)