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House amends H.611 to delay Medicaid doula coverage and approves technical DVHA changes
Summary
The Vermont House amended H.611, a technical bill for the Department of Vermont Health Access, to postpone steps needed for Medicaid doula coverage, adjust VPharm eligibility and other administrative changes; the House ordered third reading after committee recommendations and a reported lack of state fiscal impact.
Representative Powers, speaking for the Health Care Committee, presented H.611 as a technical, housekeeping bill for the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) that includes a mix of administrative clarifications and short-term policy delays. "This will allow the Agency of Human Services an additional year to best determine how to seek the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approval," Powers said, describing the compromise to delay full implementation of Medicaid coverage for doula services.
The bill would: repeal a requirement that DVHA publish annual lists of prescription drugs with large recent price increases and the timing language about 340B pricing (a provision currently in litigation); align Medicaid and…
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