Vermont Medicaid covers intensive residential care for people with both conditions

The Agency of Human Services provides Medicaid coverage for medically needed, intensive residential treatment. This applies to Medicaid members with substance use disorder and a co-occurring mental health condition. A health care professional employed by the residential program must prescribe the treatment while practicing within the scope of the professional’s license. The residential program must participate in Vermont Medicaid. The act took effect on passage; the Governor signed it on April 30, 2026.

School districts and supervisory unions allow employees to set aside part of their after-tax wages in district-held accounts. This applies to employees of school districts and supervisory unions. Employees choose the amount or percentage withheld and may request money from the account. For union employees, the district or supervisory union implements the choice through negotiations; for other employees, it decides how to implement it. Any remaining money, including interest, must be paid at the end of the school year, over the period until the next school year if the employee chooses, or when employment ends.

School boards may choose to mail annual meeting ballots to voters across their district. This applies to a school board’s annual meeting election in a multi-town district. The legislative body of each town in the school district must approve the mailing. Town clerks and election officials mail the ballots, and the school district pays the mailing costs. Ballots must be mailed at least 20 days before the election, or as soon as they are available.