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2015 SESSION


CHAPTER 671
An Act to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend waiver eligibility criteria to allow dependents of active duty military members to remain on waiting lists for services when stationed outside the Commonwealth.
[S 1036]
Approved March 27, 2015

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend eligibility criteria for waivers supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to allow the dependent of an active duty member of the military who was added to the waiting list for services through such waivers while he was a resident of the Commonwealth to maintain his position on the waiting list following a transfer of the active duty military member to an assignment outside of the Commonwealth, so long as the active duty military member maintains the Commonwealth as his legal residence to which he intends to return following completion of military service.