Vermont S 328: An act relating to housing and common interest communities

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No. 179. An act relating to housing and common interest communities.
(S.328)
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
* * * Common Interest Community Resources * * *
Sec. 1. 3 V.S.A. § 119 is added to read:
§ 119. COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY RESOURCES
The Secretary of State shall provide on its website or otherwise distribute to
the public information about Vermont’s common interest communities. This
information shall include the governing statutes.
* * * Service-Supported Housing * * *
Sec. 2. 3 V.S.A. § 3098 is added to read:
§ 3098. SERVICE-SUPPORTED HOUSING ADVISORY COUNCIL
(a) The Service-Supported Housing Advisory Council is created for the
purpose of identifying opportunities for increased alignment between human
services programs and policies serving individuals who receive Medicaid-
funded Developmental Disability Services and housing capital and support
services programs.
(b) The Advisory Council shall be overseen by the Department of
Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living and shall be composed of the
following individuals:
(1) one member, appointed by the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board;

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(2) the Secretary of Human Services or designee;
(3) the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living or
designee;
(4) the State Treasurer or designee;
(5) the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development or
designee;
(6) two members, appointed by the Developmental Disabilities Housing
Initiative;
(7) the Executive Director of the Vermont Developmental Disabilities
Council or designee;
(8) two members, appointed by Green Mountain Self-Advocates; and
(9) one member, appointed by Vermont Care Partners.
(c)(1) The Advisory Council shall meet at least monthly.
(2) The Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living
shall convene the first meeting of the Advisory Council, during which the
Advisory Council shall elect a chair from among its members.
(d) The Advisory Council shall have the administrative, technical, and legal
assistance of the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living.
(e) When requested by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, the
Advisory Council shall provide advice to the Board regarding the expenditure
of funds for the production of permanently affordable housing for individuals

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who are eligible to receive Medicaid-funded Developmental Disability
Services.
(f)(1) The Advisory Council shall report annually on or before November
15 to the House Committees on General and Housing and on Human Services
and the Senate Committees on Economic Development, Housing and General
Affairs and on Health and Welfare regarding:
(A) administrative and programmatic reforms carried out to better
align support-services and housing development programs and policies,
including examples of projects or progress enabled by those changes;
(B) a housing needs assessment for individuals served by the
Developmental Disabilities Services System of Care, including a summary of
the number of units and an overview of the types of housing needed to support
this population;
(C) activities undertaken pursuant to this section; and
(D) recommendations for future legislative action and funding
sources, including actionable recommendations for changes in State laws or
policies that are obstacles to the creation of housing needed by individuals who
are eligible to receive Medicaid-funded Developmental Disability Services.
(2) The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports)
shall not apply to the annual report to be made under this subsection.
(g) Members of the Advisory Council who are not otherwise compensated
for their time shall be entitled to per diem compensation as permitted under

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32 V.S.A. § 1010 for meetings of the Advisory Council. Payments to
members of the Advisory Council authorized under this subsection shall be
made from monies appropriated to the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and
Independent Living’s base budget.
* * * Vermont State Treasurer Credit Facility * * *
Sec. 3. 10 V.S.A. § 10 is amended to read:
§ 10. VERMONT STATE TREASURER; CREDIT FACILITY FOR LOCAL
INVESTMENTS
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of 32 V.S.A. § 433(a) to the contrary,
the Vermont State Treasurer shall have the authority to establish a credit
facility of up to 10 12.5 percent of the State’s average cash balance on terms
acceptable to the Treasurer and consistent with prudent investment principles
and guidelines pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 433(b)–(c)(b) and (c) and the Uniform
Prudent Investor Act, 14A V.S.A. chapter 9.
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(c) Notwithstanding any provision of 32 V.S.A. § 433(a) to the contrary,
and in addition to the provisions of subsection (a) on of this section, the
Vermont State Treasurer shall have the authority to establish a credit facility of