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.
Subchapter
001
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MEDICAID
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1901n)
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§ 1901n. High-intensity residential treatment for substance use disorder and co-occurring mental
conditions
(a) The Agency of Human Services shall provide coverage for medically necessary high-intensity,
medically monitored residential treatment episodes to Medicaid beneficiaries with
substance use disorder and a co-occurring mental health condition when medically necessary
high-intensity, medically monitored residential treatment episodes are prescribed
by a health care professional employed by a residential treatment program who is practicing
within the scope of the health professional’s license and the residential treatment
program is participating in Vermont’s Medicaid program.
(b) Coverage provided under this section shall be for the entire length of stay prescribed
by a health care professional employed by a residential treatment program, who shall
take into account current best practices for each level of care within the substance
use continuum of care. (Added 2025, No. 22, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)