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| 1 | 1 | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.271 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2025 Page 1 of 2 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | VT LEG #380775 v.1 | |
| 6 | 6 | H.271 1 | |
| 7 | 7 | SHORT FORM 2 | |
| 8 | 8 | Introduced by Representatives Cordes of Bristol and Krasnow of South 3 | |
| 9 | 9 | Burlington 4 | |
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on 5 | |
| 11 | 11 | Date: 6 | |
| 12 | 12 | Subject: Health; health insurance; Medicaid; physical therapy 7 | |
| 13 | 13 | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to prohibit 8 | |
| 14 | 14 | health insurance plans and Vermont Medicaid from requiring a clinician’s 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | referral or a signed care plan in order to provide coverage of or reimbursement 10 | |
| 16 | 16 | for physical therapy services. The bill would prohibit a health insurance plan 11 | |
| 17 | 17 | from imposing a co-payment or coinsurance requirement on a covered 12 | |
| 18 | 18 | individual for services provided by a physical therapist or physical therapist 13 | |
| 19 | 19 | assistant that exceeds the co-payment or coinsurance requirement that would 14 | |
| 20 | 20 | apply if the covered individual received services from a primary care provider 15 | |
| 21 | 21 | for the same or a similar health condition. The bill would also increase 16 | |
| 22 | 22 | Medicaid reimbursement rates for physical therapy services by 10 percent over 17 | |
| 23 | 23 | the course of two years. 18 | |
| 24 | 24 | An act relating to health insurance and Medicaid coverage for physical 19 | |
| 25 | 25 | therapy services 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.271 | |
| 26 | 26 | 2025 Page 2 of 2 | |
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| 28 | 28 | ||
| 29 | 29 | VT LEG #380775 v.1 | |
| 30 | 30 | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 1 | |
| 31 | 31 | (TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS) 2 |