Medicaid
Until recently, the Medicaid regulations were found in the Medicaid Policy Manual and had an “M” prefix, e.g. the citizenship requirement for eligibility was found at M212. However, last year, the Agency of Human Services, which includes both DAIL and ESD/DCF, began a major reorganization of its rule numbering systems, along moving to a computer-based document management system. DCF Bulletin Number 08-20F, dated September 21, 2008 describes the changes and contains a list showing the where to find the old rules in the new numbering system.
Hard copies of the new Rules are available for purchase from DCF for $150. The hard copies will be re-issued yearly. The updates to the rules during the year will only be available online. You can sign up to receive notification of rule updates via e-mail through http://dcf.vermont.gov/esd/rules. This is the web address for Proposed, Adopted and Expedited Rules. On this page, under Adopted Rules, if you click B09-26, you will access Bulletin No. 09-26, which contains the new value for the average cost of nursing home care in Vermont, at P-2420, effective 10/1/09. Further down on the page, you can access Archived Rules by year, such as the useful 2008 Bulletin No. 08-20F, mentioned above. Look at pages 39-44 in Bulletin 08-20F for the rules that used to be found at M200, pages 49-51 for the M400 rules, and pages 62-63 for some useful M100 rules. If you get tired of keyboarding, you can also telephone DCF in Waterbury at (802) 241-2100 for more information.
Judicial Reorganization
Under the new court structure created by Act 154, there is a Superior Court with criminal, civil, probate, family, and environmental divisions. The effective date for the criminal, civil, family, and environmental divisions is July 1, 2010. The effective date for the probate division is February 1, 2011. The captions for court documents should be changed to reflect the new court structure. The sample for the probate court documents has not been distributed yet.
To offset some of the cost of running the courts, a surcharge has been added to all fees, except some for adoptions.
THE SURCHARGES WENT INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2010.
There is a chart of fees and surcharges on the Vermont Judiciary's website. Fees and Surcharges