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HOUSE BILL NO. 1064 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 10, 2024 A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek authority to establish a neurobehavioral science unit and to submit an amendment to the state plan for medical assistance services to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a waiver for individuals with traumatic brain injury and neurocognitive diagnoses; work group. ---------- Patron-- Willett ---------- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) shall seek authority through the state plan for medical assistance services to implement a neurobehavioral science unit to support individuals with traumatic brain injuries and neurocognitive disorders by January 1, 2025. The neurobehavioral science unit shall be considered as an alternative institutional placement for individuals requiring traumatic brain injury waiver services. The Department shall set service definitions, administrative structure, eligibility criteria, and reimbursement rates in administration of the neurobehavioral science unit.

§ 2. That the Department shall submit an amendment to the state plan for medical assistance services to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to modify its existing 1915(c) waiver or seek a new 1915(c) waiver as appropriate to receive federal approval to administer neurorestorative and rehabilitative services for qualifying individuals with traumatic brain injury and neurocognitive diagnoses no later than January 1, 2026. The Department shall set service definitions, administrative structure, eligibility criteria, and reimbursement rates in administration of the waiver.

§ 3. That the Department shall have authority to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the neurobehavioral science unit and the traumatic brain injury services and neurocognitive diagnoses waiver upon approval.

§ 4. That the Department shall convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to provide updates on the progress and the implementation of the neurobehavioral science unit and the traumatic brain injury services waiver.