HI SR93

Requests the Department of Health Developmental Disabilities Division to convene a task force to assess the feasibility of changing eligibility criteria for the Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waiver for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Task force membership to include the Director of Health (as chairperson), Director of Human Services, Attorney General, and any additional members designated by the Director of Health.

Current eligibility rules under Hawaii Administrative Rules section 11-88.1-5(a)(3) exclude individuals whose impairments are primarily from dementia, mental illness, emotional disorders, substance abuse, sensory impairment, learning disabilities, ADHD, spinal cord injury, or neuromuscular disorders.

Task force to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2022.