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30-day public comment period for updated federal waiver plan amendments
Following a 30-day public comment period, DHS plans to submit federal waiver plan amendments
to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the following
waivers:
- Brain Injury (BI)
- Community Alternative
Care (CAC)
- Community Access for
Disability Inclusion (CADI)
- Developmental
Disabilities (DD).
In August 2015, DHS sent a package of
amendments (PDF) out for public comment. However, we were not able to
submit at that time because a previous amendment package was awaiting CMS approval.
After reviewing the comments received in August, we made changes and updated some
of the amendments.
Current waiver
plan amendments to review
We seek comments on the updated federal
waiver plan amendments (PDF). These amendments are either new, or ones that have changed since August.
DHS plans to submit these amendments following the public comment period and request
an effective date of April 8, 2016, for these as well as the ones that went out
for public comment in August.
Please note: We still are awaiting CMS approval on
a prior amendment package for two waivers, which may delay this submission.
Amendments
being withdrawn
Based on comments received during the August 2015 public
comment period, we have withdrawn the proposed changes to the following amendments:
5. Pricing of services
8. Day training and habilitation (DTH) services
9. Prevocational services
10. Supported employment
11. Employment exploration services
12. Employment development services
We will submit these amendments to CMS in the
future after a viable payment rate has been established for the new employment
services listed above.
Amendments
being submitted, but not requiring public comment at this time
DHS is not reissuing the following amendments for
public comment. The language in these amendments has not changed since August
2015. We will submit these amendments to CMS at the same time as the ones being
sent out now for public comment.
1. Waiver priorities
2. Lead agency spending requirements
3. Exception to the CDCS budget methodology
4. Rate stabilization schedule
6. Home care nursing (HCN) hardship waiver in conjunction with consumer
directed community supports (CDCS)
7. Paying parents for CDCS participants
13. Frequency of services
14. Case management
15. Case management – Qualification for social workers
16. Behavioral support services
17. Specialist services
20. Family training and counseling
21. Functional behavioral assessments
24. Residential habilitation
27. 245D qualifications
29. Specialized supplies and equipment
30. Verifying entity for Tier 2/Tier 3 non-enrolled providers
31. Vehicle modifications
34. In-home family support services
37. Environmental accessibility adaptations
38. Adult day care/adult day care bath
40. Maximum-age limitation
How to submit
a public comment
Submit comments to DSD.PublicComments@state.mn.us no later than 4 p.m. Central Time Wednesday, March 9,
2016.
We also will accept comments by U.S. mail. Mail
written comments to:
ATTN: Waiver Amendments
Minnesota Department of Human
Services
Disability Services Division
P.O. Box 64967
St. Paul, MN 55164-0967
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