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Committee hears bill to add nursing hours to CDCS waiver for Minnesotans with developmental disability and type 1 diabetes
Summary
Senate File 2356 would add nine hours of home nursing to the CDCS waiver for people who have both a developmental disability and type 1 diabetes, proponents told the committee, which laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the human services omnibus bill.
Lawmakers heard testimony on a narrowly focused bill to add home nursing hours for people with developmental disabilities who also have type 1 diabetes.
Senate File 2356, carried by Senator Croon, would amend the Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) waiver to provide an additional nine hours of nursing support (added to the existing three hours) for families whose children or dependents are both developmentally disabled and medically dependent on insulin. The bill’s sponsors said the change would address a gap in current waiver assessments that leave families responsible for 24/7 care needs…
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