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SB 1501 Mental Retardation Medicaid Waiver, etc.; elimination of waiting lists.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Medicaid; eliminate MR and IFDDS Waiver waiting lists. Expresses the intent of the General Assembly to eliminate the waiting lists for the Mental Retardation Medicaid Waiver and the Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities and Support Medicaid Waiver. Beginning July 1, 2010, and each year thereafter, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall add at least 400 funded slots for MR Waivers, and at least 67 funded slots for IFDDS Waivers, until the waiting lists for both have been eliminated. This bill is identical to HB 2674.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Medicaid; eliminate MR and IFDDS Waiver waiting lists. Expresses the intent of the General Assembly to eliminate the waiting lists for the Mental Retardation Medicaid Waiver and the Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities and Support Medicaid Waiver. Beginning July 1, 2010, and each year thereafter, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall add at least 400 funded slots for MR Waivers, and at least 67 funded slots for IFDDS Waivers, until the waiting lists for both have been eliminated.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Medicaid; eliminate MR and IFDDS Waiver waiting lists. Requires that the waiting lists for the Mental Retardation Medicaid Waiver and the Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities and Support Medicaid Waiver be eliminated by the end of the 2016-2018 biennium. Any reduction required during the current biennium is contingent upon an increase in the percentage in federal Medicaid funding received as part of a federal stimulus package.