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Committee reviews plan to consolidate Medicaid school-based administration under Agency of Human Services
Summary
Legislative counsel told the committee a bill would transfer sole administrative authority for school‑based Medicaid services to the Agency of Human Services and create a special fund for federal reimbursements; the change would shift an estimated 5 percentage points more reimbursement to schools and adjust state administrative share.
Legislative counsel told the House committee on Feb. 20 that a proposed bill would move sole administrative responsibility for Medicaid school‑based services from a split arrangement to the Agency of Human Services, while keeping service delivery in schools.
The bill, discussed at a committee markup, would repeal an existing education‑title special reimbursement fund and create a new special fund under AHS and assign the Department of Vermont Health Access as the Medicaid school‑based services administrator, Jen Carby of the Legislative Council said. "It establishes the Agency of Human Services and through them, the Department of Vermont Health Access as the administrator of the Medicaid school…
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