HF1532 Summary

• Community First Services and Supports (CFSS): Establishes a participant-controlled program allowing individuals with disabilities to choose how services are delivered through agency-provider or budget models, with financial management services support.

• Public Guardianship Reforms: Changes terminology from "ward" to "person subject to public guardianship," emphasizes less restrictive alternatives like supported decision-making, and requires inclusion of the person in the guardianship process.

• Children's Mental Health Screening: Requires screening for children in child protective services, out-of-home placement, or juvenile justice system; classifies screening results as private data.

• Housing Stabilization Services: Provides assistance with housing transitions and tenancy support for individuals with disabilities at risk of homelessness, including tenant screening and eviction prevention.

• Terminology and Administrative Changes: Changes "consolidated chemical dependency treatment fund" to "behavioral health fund," "housing support services" to "housing stabilization services," and updates various definitions related to developmental disabilities and guardianship.