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Committee requests DHS report on funding and services for community support providers
Summary
A letter of intent was adopted requesting the Department of Human Services to detail funding provided to Community Support Providers (CSPs) and services delivered under Choices waiver programs over the last five fiscal years; committee noted a $1 million appropriation to Choices waivers in the current bill.
The Joint Committee on Appropriations adopted a letter asking the Department of Human Services to report in November on Community Support Provider (CSP) services and funding, especially those services not required by federal law, and to provide a five-year funding breakdown for each CSP.
Representative Kolbeck introduced the LOI and noted the legislature included an additional $1,000,000 in the current appropriations to the Choices waivers program. "CSP services currently provided that are required by unfunded federal mandates, and DHS will write a breakdown of funding provided to each CSP for each of the 5 previous fiscal years," Kolbeck said. The report is intended to give the committee context for how the extra appropriation is used and any issues providers are facing.
Nut graf: The LOI seeks transparency on how state funds are used within CSPs and Choices waiver residential services, asking the Department to report back to the committee in November to inform future appropriation decisions.
The LOI was moved by Representative Kolbeck, seconded by Senator Howard, and adopted on a recorded vote: 17 yeas, 1 excused. The committee did not record a request for programmatic changes at this meeting; it requested data and a program-level funding breakdown.
Ending: DHS is to report funding breakdowns and program information for CSPs and Choices services at the November committee meeting.
