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Committee advances bill letting parents buy children into Medicaid waiver for nonmedical supports
Summary
The House committee voted to pass House Bill 881, which would allow parents of children with severe disabilities to pay a premium to enroll their children in a Medicaid waiver program that covers nonmedical community services not typically paid by private insurance.
House Bill 881, sponsored by Representative Mary Cafaro, would let parents of children with severe disabilities buy into a Medicaid waiver by paying a premium so the children can receive nonmedical community services not covered by private insurance. Representative Mary Cafaro introduced the bill to the House Appropriations Committee and described the provision as modeled on the Katie Beckett buy-in approach that has been used in other states.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee the waiver would cover services such as adaptive equipment, wheelchairs, therapies and personal care assistance — supports families say private insurance often does not pay for. “All this bill does is it allows parents whose children have…
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