Conference committee approves amended HB 2240 requiring legislative approval for certain federal waivers and IDD service changes

At a conference committee meeting, members approved a conference committee report on House Bill 2240 as amended, which would require the Legislature to expressly consent to and approve certain federal waivers, authorizations and specified changes affecting services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The bill, as described by David, a committee revisor, would bar state agencies, on and after July 1, 2025, from seeking or implementing any public-assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal government that would expand eligibility for public-assistance programs to additional individuals or classes or that would increase any cost to the state unless the Legislature “expressly consents to and approves of such a waiver or other authorization by an act of the legislature.” The draft also places a legislative approval requirement on changes to funding structures, day services or target case management services for…