In Re Appeal of Rumsey

¶ 1. Petitioner Charlotte Rumsey appeals from a decision of the Vermont Human Services Board denying her Choices for Care (CFC) Services on a tie vote of the Board. The issue before the Board was whether petitioner met the eligibility requirements for either highest need or high need services. We hold that the Board decision fails to meet the requirements of the authorizing statute and was not a decision under V.S.A. § 172. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

¶ 2. Petitioner was seventy-four years of age at the time of the Board’s evidentiary hearing and lives alone. She suffers from chronic…