Jeff Bridges
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 26
Primary
The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to seek federal authorization through an amendment to the state medical assistance plan to implement the community first choice option. The act requires the state plan amendment to include personal care services, homemaker services, health maintenance activities, personal emergency response systems and other emergency back-up services, and voluntary training on how to select, manage, and dismiss an attendant. The act authorizes the department to provide permissible services and supports that are linked to an assessed need or goal in an individual's person-centered service plan, including transition costs and expenditures relating to increasing an individual's independence or reducing reliance on human assistance. To be eligible for the community first choice option, an individual must: Be eligible for the state medical assistance program; Be in an eligibility group under the state medical assistance program that includes nursing facility services, or if in an eligibility group that does not include nursing facility services, have an income that is at or below 150% of the federal poverty level; or Receive an annual determination that in the absence of home- and community-based attendant services and supports, the individual would require the level of care furnished in certain care settings. The act makes conforming amendments to remove the services provided through the community first choice option from other long-term care waiver programs. APPROVED by Governor May 25, 2023 PORTIONS EFFECTIVE May 25, 2023 PORTIONS EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Signed by the President of the Senate
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (05/25/2023) | |
| Final Act (05/15/2023) | |
| Rerevised (05/06/2023) | |
| Revised (05/03/2023) | |
| Reengrossed (04/27/2023) | |
| Engrossed (04/26/2023) | |
| Introduced (04/18/2023) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (04/25/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (05/02/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (04/20/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (07/11/2023) |
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