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Relating to the standardization and equalization of benefits under the Medicaid home and community-based services intellectual disability waiver relative to other waivers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Department of Health and Human Services must make the benefits for people with intellectual disabilities the same as those for people with physical or health disabilities. This change includes removing the lifetime limit on money used for home and vehicle improvements. Instead, people with intellectual disabilities will get an annual limit on these improvements that matches the other programs.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires the department of health and human services to standardize and equalize the benefits available under the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) intellectual disability waiver relative to the HCBS health and disability and the HCBS physical disability waivers to meet the needs of persons with an intellectual disability. The standardization and equalization shall, at a minimum, include eliminating the lifetime maximum cap for home and vehicle modifications under the HCBS intellectual disability waiver and instead establishing an annual maximum cap per waiver member at the same amount as the amount for the HCBS health and disability and HCBS physical disability waivers.
Lobbying
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