1915(c) Home & Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; federal authority state plan amendments.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home andCommunity Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments;program rule modifications. Directs the Department of MedicalAssistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices to seek to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c)Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers to (i) eliminatethe requirement that, in order for a legally responsible individualto receive reimbursement for personal care services, no one elseis available to provide services to the member; (ii) modify the programrules to allow for respite services when the legally responsibleindividual is the unpaid caregiver; and (iii) modify the programrules to allow a legally responsible individual or stepparent tobe the employer of record. This bill was incorporated into SB 488.