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2024 SESSION

24102733D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1021
Offered January 10, 2024
Prefiled January 10, 2024
A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend their regulations to provide flexibility in waiver usage for local community services boards.
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Patron-- Wilt
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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall amend their regulations to allow local community services boards the discretion to convert allocated Community Living waivers to Family and Individual Support waivers and Building Independence waivers if the Community Living waivers are not being utilized and will not be utilized in the foreseeable future. DMAS shall seek any necessary federal approvals to effectuate this modification through the submission of an amendment to the state plan for medical assistance services to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.