2011 Vermont Code
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 19 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
§ 1955 ICF/MR assessment
§ 1955. ICF/MR assessment
(a) Beginning October 1, 2011, each ICF/MR's annual assessment shall be 5.9 percent of the ICF/MR's total annual direct and indirect expenses for the most recently settled ICF/MR audit.
(b) The department shall provide written notification of the assessment amount to each ICF/MR. The assessment amount determined shall be considered final unless the facility requests a reconsideration. Requests for reconsideration shall be subject to the provisions of section 1958 of this title.
(c) Each ICF/MR shall remit its assessment to the department according to a schedule adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner may permit variations in the schedule of payment as deemed necessary.
(d) Any ICF/MR that fails to make a payment to the department on or before the specified schedule, or under any schedule of delayed payments established by the commissioner, shall be assessed not more than $1,000.00. The commissioner may waive this late-payment assessment provided for in this subsection for good cause shown by the ICF/MR. (Added 1991, No. 94, { 1; amended 1993, No. 56, { 1, eff. June 3, 1993; 2005, No. 71, { 287; 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), { 48, eff. June 6, 2008; 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), { I.55; 2011, No. 45, { 26, eff. May 24, 2011.)