SPONSOR: Shields
This bill requires the Department of Social Services and the Department of Mental Health to jointly apply for a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to provide services for persons who:
(1) Are institutionalized or at risk of institutionalization;
(2) Are under 18 years of age;
(3) Have a physical disability with a co-occurring developmental disability; and
(4) Meet the financial eligibility criteria established by the waiver.
Services and access to services under the waiver are limited and based on available funding and program capacity.
This bill is the same as HB 659 (2019).
Statutes affected: