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Quarterly BDS wait‑list report: department funded all current developmental disability requests; Medicaid eligibility delays slowed starts
Summary
The DHHS division that manages long‑term supports told lawmakers it funded all 75 developmental disabilities waiver requests in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 but that Medicaid eligibility and family decisions delayed some service starts.
The Division of Long‑Term Supports and Services briefed the House Health and Human Services Oversight Committee on April 25 about second‑quarter fiscal year 2025 wait‑list activity for developmental and related waivers. Melissa Hardy, Division Director, said the department allocated funding for all requests submitted in the quarter but that eligibility and family decisions delayed some service starts.
Hardy said 75 individuals requested services under the Developmental Disabilities (DD) waiver in the quarter and the department funded all 75 allocations; 29 people later withdrew their requests. “Out of that, the remaining 46 individuals that were funded, 42 of them projected to start their services. … Out of those 42, 30…
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