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Senate committee defers resolution on foster-family homes accepting IDD Medicaid waiver participants
Summary
SCR13 SR9, which would incentivize community care foster family homes (CCFFHs) to accept individuals eligible under the state’s Medicaid IDD waiver, was deferred after testimony identified federal and state regulatory barriers and questions about capacity on neighbor islands.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services deferred SCR13 SR9, a resolution asking the Department of Human Services and Department of Health to establish incentives for community care foster family homes (CCFFHs) to accept people eligible under the state’s Medicaid intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) waiver, after testimony identified regulatory limits and capacity issues.
Mary Brogan of the Department of Health said the department "think[s] that there are regulatory barriers to enacting…
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