In re Appeal of D'Antonio

¶ 1. This appeal concerns a Human Services Board order requiring the Office of Vermont Health Access to provide petitioner Carol D’Antonio with Medicaid transportation reimbursement for out-of-state medical appointments for her disabled son. Petitioner argues that the Secretary of Human Services, who remanded the Board’s decision for further findings, had no legal basis for disturbing the Board’s order, and further asserts that the Secretary does not have authority to remand Medicaid decisions back to the Board. On cross-appeal, the Office claims that the Secretary has the statutory power to…