House File 2898 Summary

• Prohibits the commissioner from placing limits on the number of adult recipients of home and community-based waivered services receiving assisted living plus or customized living services in one building without express legislative approval.

• Requires counties to convert waiver-eligible clients from group residential housing services to community alternatives for disabled individuals waiver or traumatic brain injury waiver with the commissioner's cooperation and assistance.

• Establishes that any legislatively established limits on community alternatives for disabled individuals or traumatic brain injury waivered service slots do not apply to slots established under the conversion requirements.

• Caps the nonfederal share of waivered service costs for persons converted from group residential housing at no more than ten percent above the group residential housing supplementary service cost for that person.

• Maintains existing limits on the number of recipients who may reside in one living unit as of May 1, 2001, and prohibits denial of medical assistance enrollment based on building capacity.