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HI SCR119
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/31/2021
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Fevella
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AI Summary
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Requests the Department of Health Developmental Disabilities Division to convene a task force to evaluate changing eligibility criteria for the Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waiver for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
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Identifies current rule section 11-88.1-5(a)(3) as unfairly excluding individuals whose primary impairments stem from dementia, mental illness, emotional disorders, substance abuse, sensory impairment, learning disabilities, ADHD, spinal cord injury, or neuromuscular disorders.
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Task force membership to include the Director of Health (as chairperson), Director of Human Services, Attorney General, and other members designated by the Director of Health.
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Requires the task force to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2022.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Health Developmental Disabilities Division To Convene A Task Force To Determine The Feasibility Of Changing Its Eligibility Criteria For The Home And Community-based Services Medicaid Waiver For Individuals Having Intellectual Or Developmental Disabilities, Or Mental Illnesses.
Medicaid
Last Action
Referred to HHH, FIN, referral sheet 32
4/1/2021