03/28/2025
1. I hereby direct the Commissioner of DCF to implement the following for the period April
1, 2025 to June 30, 2025:
Priority eligibility: DCF shall identify the households currently in the hotel/motel
program with custody of children under 19, and the most medically vulnerable as
of March 31, 2025 and reauthorize those households for the period April 1, 2025 to
June 30, 2025, subject to the terms of this Executive Order.
DCF shall immediately notify those households with priority eligibility that they
may remain in place through June 30, 2025, subject to the terms of this Executive
Order.
“Medically vulnerable” for purposes of priority eligibility shall mean an individual
who:
i.
ii.
meets the Medicare definition of “homebound,” such as someone who
relies on the medically necessary assistance of another person or medical
equipment such as a wheelchair for mobility and other essential functions;
who requires a lifesaving device that requires access to electricity, such as
an oxygen concentrator;
iii. is in active cancer treatment or treatment for severe kidney/renal disease, or
severe liver or heart conditions;
iv. is actively receiving Medicaid-eligible or Medicare-eligible “home-based”
nursing services (like VNA visits, or hospice); or
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v. is a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy or a woman who will enter
the third trimester of pregnancy during the period April 1, 2025 to June 30
2025.
This Executive Order shall take effect upon signing and shall continue in full force and effect until
midnight on June 30, 2025, at which time the Governor, in consultation with the Vermont Agency
of Human Services shall assess the hotel/motel program and determine whether to amend or extend
this Executive Order.
By the Governor:
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Jaye Pershing Johnson
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs
EXECUTIVE ORDER 03-25
WITNESS my name hereunto
subscribed and the Great Seal of the
State of Vermont hereunto affixed at
Montpelier this 28th day of March,
2025.
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Philip B. Scott
Governor
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