HB 1083 Summary

• Transfers final order authority for Medicaid program hearings to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, with the Department of Children and Family Services conducting the hearing and submitting a recommended order.

• Establishes a direct-support organization for the Agency for Persons with Disabilities as a nonprofit corporation to obtain funds and provide assistance to the agency and persons with developmental disabilities.

• Requires the direct-support organization board of directors to consist of at least five members appointed by the agency director, with 3-year terms and staggered initial terms, and mandates annual financial audits and certification of compliance.

• Requires direct-support organizations to operate under written contract specifying property reversion, donor disclosure requirements, and equal employment opportunity provisions.

• Requires unlicensed direct service providers who administer medications to be assessed annually for competency in all medication administration routes before assisting with each route, except topical, transdermal, and otic routes which may be validated through simulation.