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Transit providers ask Senate Transportation for $800,000 to cover Medicaid NEMT losses
Summary
Caleb Grant of the Vermont Public Transportation Association told the Senate Transportation Committee that public transit providers are seeking an $800,000 Budget Adjustment Act allocation to cover realized 2025 losses in the Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation program; the funds would flow to 'DIVA' to increase payments to providers.
Caleb Grant, chair of the Vermont Public Transportation Association and a representative of Rural Community Transportation, told the Senate Transportation Committee that public transit providers are seeking an $800,000 line in the Budget Adjustment Act to cover realized losses in the Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) program for budget year 2025.
Grant said the payment would be routed to the program entity referenced in testimony as "DIVA," which would…
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