SD3 - Status Report: Combine the Maximum Annual Allowable Amount for Assistive Technology and Electronic Home-Based Support Services (HB1963/SB945)


Executive Summary:

Report on the activities and progress towards amending the Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, and Building Independence waivers and implementing regulations to:  (i) combine the maximum annual allowable amount for assistive technology and electronic home-based support services for an individual receiving waiver services to provide for greater flexibility and better meet the needs of individuals receiving services and (ii) provide that a total of $10,000 shall be available to an eligible individual for assistive technology and electronic home-based support services each year, which may be divided among such services in the manner that best meets the needs of the individual; and (i) adding the operational design to the proposed Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, and Building Independence waiver amendments to be submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval; (ii) conducting a review of payment methodologies to maintain funding for the proposed changes to the Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, and Building Independence waivers in the future; and (iii) undertaking such other actions as many be necessary to implement the provisions of Chapter 701 and Chapter 702, 2023 Acts of Assembly.  [Reporting requirements of Chapter 701, Enactment Clause 1.B., 2023 Acts of Assembly, are identical.]