HB 17-1343 Summary

• Establishes conflict-free case management system for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities enrolled in Medicaid home- and community-based services waivers, requiring case management agencies to be separate from service providers.

• Creates new "case management agency" definition for public or private entities certified by the state department to provide case management services under contract, with state board authority to promulgate certification and decertification rules.

• Implements phased transition timeline: 25% of clients served through conflict-free case management by June 30, 2021, and 100% by June 30, 2022, with rural community-centered boards eligible to request federal exemptions.

• Authorizes persons eligible for home- and community-based services to select their case management agency through a third-party entity referral process, with community-centered boards retaining authority for other programs.

• Appropriates $75,000 to executive director's office and $36,398 to office of community living for 2017-18 fiscal year from intellectual and developmental disabilities services cash fund to implement the system changes.