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Committee approves attendant‑care/CHOICE modernization bill to restore ombudsman oversight and improve reporting
Summary
House Bill 1689 would restore ombudsman coverage for certain BDS-administered waivers, improve Medicaid HCBS reporting, and require stakeholder engagement on services for people with extraordinary care needs. Committee adopted a narrow agency-request amendment and passed the bill unanimously.
The committee advanced House Bill 1689 (as amended), a package of changes intended to address oversight, transparency and stakeholder engagement for home- and community‑based services administered through the Bureau of Developmental Services (BDS).
Main elements
- Ombudsman coverage: The bill restores statutory access to BDS ombudsman services for individuals served by the health-and-wellness and traumatic‑brain‑injury waivers that moved to BDS. Sponsors said the statutory omission when waivers were transferred left some waiver populations without independent advocacy and that HB1689 corrects…
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