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DDSN requests $9.28 million for non‑Medicaid placements and $17.5 million in capital to open new residential beds
Summary
The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs told the Senate Finance subcommittee it needs recurring funds for people who cannot be served through Medicaid and nonrecurring capital grants to expand residential capacity; DDSN reported 281 people on the residential wait list and an average placement wait of 12.6 months.
The Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) told a Senate Finance subcommittee on March 19 that it needs both recurring and nonrecurring state funds to place people on its residential services wait list and to encourage provider capacity.
DDSN Director Constance Holloway said the agency’s first priority is $9,275,380 in recurring state funds to serve 48 individuals whose needs are not reimbursable through Medicaid. Holloway said Medicaid cannot cover some placements — for example, people judicially admitted after competency determinations or children who need intensive out‑of‑home treatment to reunify with family — and the state must use non‑Medicaid dollars in those cases.
Holloway said DDSN currently has 281 people on the…
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