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Rule on Agency Designation.

Vermont Proposed Rule: 26P012

AGENCY: Agency of Human Services

CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule sets the requirements for the Agency of Human Services (AHS) to designate nonprofit agencies (“Designated Agencies”) to deliver community mental health and intellectual/developmental disability services in specific geographic areas of Vermont. It also outlines the responsibilities of “Specialized Service Agencies,” which AHS assigns to provide either community mental health or intellectual/developmental disability services statewide. This rule updates rule 24-020 by incorporating provisions from the Provider Agreement applicable to Designated and Specialized Service Agencies which specifies administrative and operational responsibilities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ashley Johns, Agency of Human Services, 280 State Drive Center Building Waterbury, VT, 05676 Tel: 1-802-585-9884 E-Mail: ashley.johns@vermont.gov URL: https://humanservices.vermont.gov/rules-policies.

FOR COPIES: Conor O’Dea, Agency of Human Services, 280 State Drive- Center Building Waterbury, VT, 05676 Tel: 1-802-798-9890
E-Mail: conor.odea@vermont.gov.