Vermont § 1954 - Nursing home assessment

§ 1954. Nursing home assessment

• (a) Beginning July 1, 2011, each nursing home’s annual assessment shall be $4,509.57,
  and beginning October 1, 2011, $4,919.53 per bed licensed pursuant to section 7105 of this title on June 30 of the immediately preceding fiscal year. The annual assessment for each
  bed licensed as of the beginning of the fiscal year shall be prorated for the number
  of days during which the bed was actually licensed and any overpayment shall be refunded
  to the facility. To receive the refund, a facility shall notify the Commissioner in
  writing of the size of the decrease in the number of its licensed beds and dates on
  which the beds ceased to be licensed. (b) The Department shall provide written notification of the assessment amount to each
  nursing home. The assessment amount determined shall be considered final unless the
  home requests a reconsideration. Requests for reconsideration shall be subject to
  the provisions of section 1958 of this title. (c) Each nursing home shall submit 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 nursing home 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 the late-payment
  assessment provided for in this subsection for good cause shown by the nursing home. (Added 1991, No. 94, § 1; amended 1991, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1993, No. 56, § 1, eff. June 3, 1993; 1995, No. 5, § 27, eff. March 9, 1995; 1995, No. 14, § 3, eff. April 12, 1995; 1999, No. 49, § 202; 2001, No. 65, § 14; 2001, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 120a; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 49, eff. June 21, 2002; 2003, No. 66, § 307; 2003, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2005, No. 71, § 286; 2007, No. 76, § 9, eff. June 7, 2007; 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 50, eff. June 6, 2008; 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § I.54; 2011, No. 45, § 25, eff. May 24, 2011.)