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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont excludes veterans' disability benefits from income-based eligibility for public assistance and energy efficiency programs
Last action · January 28, 2025: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human ServicesSponsors: Woodman Page and 13 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Vermont H.104 requires state public assistance programs, health care programs, disability services, and energy efficiency programs to exclude veterans' disability benefits when calculating an individual's income for benefit eligibility determinations, effective July 1, 2025.
Veterans receiving disability compensation may qualify for state-administered assistance, health care, or energy programs that they were previously excluded from due to income thresholds counting disability payments.
- State public assistance and health programs typically calculate eligibility based on applicant income thresholds that may include various federal benefits unless specifically exempted by statute. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Veterans receiving disability benefits
Veterans will have their disability compensation excluded from income calculations when applying for state public assistance, health care, and energy efficiency programs.
Department for Children and Families
The Department must update its income eligibility determinations for administered programs and benefits to exclude veterans' disability benefits.
Department of Vermont Health Access
The Department must exclude veterans' disability benefits from income calculations for administered health programs.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 28, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services
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Cross-Departmental Alignment on Veteran Income Exclusions
The bill simultaneously amends statutes across multiple distinct human services and energy regulatory domains to standardize the treatment of veterans' disability benefits.
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legislature.vermont.gov
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