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Tennessee Disability Coalition presents 2024 scorecard, outlines legislative priorities on caregiving, TennCare and housing
Summary
Jeff Strain of the Tennessee Disability Coalition presented the organization's 2024 disability scorecard, saying the state kept a grade of D and outlining eight legislative priorities including a two-part paid family caregiving plan, demand-side reporting for TennCare provider networks, housing and education proposals.
Jeff Strain, director of public policy for the Tennessee Disability Coalition, presented the coalition's 2024 Disability Scorecard and outlined policy priorities the group plans to pursue during the 2024 General Assembly session. Strain said the state retained an overall grade of D on the scorecard and said the coalition will advance a slate of bills addressing family caregiving, TennCare reporting, housing, education and other areas.
"This year again the state gets a D," Strain said. He said the coalition proposed 21 policy changes over the past two years and the state adopted about 10 of them, but the overall experience for people with disabilities had not improved enough to raise the grade.
Strain highlighted two top priorities for the current session. First, a two-part paid family caregiving initiative: part one would bar TennCare from writing rules that prevent provider agencies from hiring family caregivers…
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