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.
Title 33 : Human Services
Chapter 019 : Medical Assistance
Subchapter 001 : MEDICAID
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1901o)-
§ 1901o. Low-intensity residential treatment for substance use disorder and co-occurring mental conditions
(a) The Agency of Human Services shall provide coverage for medically necessary low-intensity, clinically managed residential treatment episodes to Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorder and a co-occurring mental health condition when medically necessary low-intensity, clinically managed 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 care 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 levels of care within the substance use continuum of care. (Added 2025, No. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.)
