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The Statutes below now include the actions of the 2026 session of the General Assembly.

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Statutes› Title 33› Chapter 019› § 1904a

Title 33 : Human Services

Chapter 019 : Medical Assistance

Subchapter 001 : Medicaid

(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1904a)

  • § 1904a. School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Fund

    (a) The School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Fund is established as a special fund to receive federal reimbursements for medically related services delivered pursuant to the Medicaid School-Based Services Program described in section 1904 of this chapter. Monies received by the State pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Fund, which shall be administered by the Agency of Human Services, and Fund receipts shall be allocated in accordance with this section.

    (b) The Department of Vermont Health Access shall pay 55 percent of the federal reimbursement monies generated by the medically related services delivered in each supervisory union pursuant to the Medicaid School-Based Services Program to the supervisory union based on the Medicaid cost reports, service claims, and Medicaid administrative costs submitted by the supervisory union.

    [Subdivision (c)(1) effective until July 1, 2027; see also subdivision (c)(1) effective July 1, 2027, set out below.]

    (c)(1) Up to 25 percent of the federal reimbursement monies generated by services delivered pursuant to the Medicaid School-Based Services Program shall be available for the administrative costs of the Agencies of Education and of Human Services related to the collection, operations, and reporting of school-based medical assistance programs and statewide programs.

    [Subdivision (c)(1) effective July 1, 2027; see also subdivision (c)(1) effective until July 1, 2027, set out above.]

    (1) Up to 20 percent of the federal reimbursement monies generated by services delivered pursuant to the Medicaid School-Based Services Program shall be available for the administrative costs of the Agencies of Education and of Human Services related to the collection, operations, and reporting of school-based medical assistance programs and statewide programs.

    (2) The Agencies shall enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth the processes by which Medicaid reimbursement monies available for administrative costs and statewide programs are allocated to the Agencies.

    (3) The Secretaries of Education and of Human Services shall expend monies from the Fund only as appropriated by the General Assembly. The provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 511 shall not apply to this Fund.

    (d) At the close of each fiscal year, the Commissioner of Finance and Management shall transfer to and deposit any unencumbered available cash balance remaining in the School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement Fund net of accounts payable into the Education Fund. (Added 2025, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § E.307.3, eff. October 1, 2026; amended 2025, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § E.307.4, eff. July 1, 2027.)