# Vermont H.13: An act relating to Medicaid payment rates for community-based service providers Vermont H.13, An act relating to Medicaid payment rates for community-based service providers, is a 2025-2026 Session House bill sponsored by Theresa A Wood (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-14 (House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H13-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Vermont H.13 - State: Vermont - Session: 2025-2026 Session - Title: An act relating to Medicaid payment rates for community-based service providers - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-09 - Last action: 2025-05-14, House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2025 - Sponsor: Theresa A Wood (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Yearly payment reviews for Medicaid care providers: benefit, low. Effective May 13, 2025, Vermont requires reasonable, adequate payment rates for community-based Medicaid care providers. Covered services operate under Vermont’s Global Commitment to Health Medicaid demonstration or its successor. They include home and community care for older adults and adults wit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Theresa A Wood (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel A Noyes (Democratic), House ## Actions (40) - 2025-05-14: House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor on May 13, 2025 (House) - 2025-05-07: Delivered to Governor on May 7, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-30: House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment (House) - 2025-04-29: Senate proposal of amendment concurred in (House) - 2025-04-29: Action Calendar: Unfinished Business (House) - 2025-04-28: Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment (House) - 2025-04-25: Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment (House) - 2025-04-24: Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Gulick, Cummings, Douglass, Hart, and Lyons agreed to (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick (Senate) - 2025-04-23: New Business/Third Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-22: 3rd reading ordered (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Entered on Notice Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Read third time and passed (House) - 2025-02-19: Action Calendar: Third Reading (House) - 2025-02-18: Third Reading ordered (House) - 2025-02-18: Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to (House) - 2025-02-18: Rep. Yacovone of Morristown recommended for the Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-02-18: Rep. Noyes of Wolcott reported for the Committee on Human Services (House) - 2025-02-18: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-18: Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-02-14: Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment (House) - 2025-02-12: Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a) (House) - 2025-01-09: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services (House) ## Bill text - As Enacted (ACT 14)Opens in a new window, 2025-05-19: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT014/ACT014%20As%20Enacted.pdf) - As Passed by Both Chambers, 2025-05-05: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Passed by Both House and Senate Official.pdf) - As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial), 2025-05-05: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf) - Senate Proposal of Amendment, 2025-04-25: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 Senate proposal of amendment Official.pdf) - Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial), 2025-04-25: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 Senate Proposal of Amendment Unofficial.pdf) - As Passed by the House, 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As passed by the House Official.pdf) - As Passed by the House (Unofficial), 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf) - As Introduced, 2024-12-30: [PDF](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Introduced.pdf) ## Related bills - S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities (signed) - S.327: An act relating to economic development (signed) - S.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system (signed) - S.323: An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects (signed) - S.326: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws relating to motor vehicles (signed) - S.298: An act relating to voter protections (signed) ## Sources - [As Enacted (ACT 14)Opens in a new window (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT014/ACT014%20As%20Enacted.pdf) - [As Passed by Both Chambers (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Passed by Both House and Senate Official.pdf) - [As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Passed by Both House and Senate Unofficial.pdf) - [Senate Proposal of Amendment (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 Senate proposal of amendment Official.pdf) - [Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 Senate Proposal of Amendment Unofficial.pdf) - [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As passed by the House Official.pdf) - [As Passed by the House (Unofficial) (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Passed by the House Unofficial.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0013/H-0013 As Introduced.pdf) ## Related - [S.328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S328-2026) - [S.327: An act relating to economic development](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S327-2026) - [S.313: An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S313-2026) - [S.323: An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S323-2026) - [S.326: An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws relating to motor vehicles](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S326-2026) - [S.298: An act relating to voter protections](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-S298-2026) - [Vermont bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/vermont/bills) - [Vermont state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/vermont) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VT-H13-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).