Bill Text: VA HB127 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: DMAS & DBHDS; modification of rules for 1915 (c) Home & Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - Left in Health and Human Services [HB127 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB127-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 127 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 1, 2024 A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to submit state plan amendments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to seek to modify the program rules for 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers. ---------- Patron-- Watts ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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 (DBHDS) shall submit state plan amendments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to seek to modify the program rules for the 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waivers. DMAS and DBHDS shall submit state plan amendments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting that Social Security Disability Insurance be completely disregarded in calculating eligibility for 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waivers.