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Committee hears explanation of Medicaid waivers and why IDD wait lists exist
Summary
Agency staff told the Committee on Welfare Reform that Medicaid waivers are optional state programs designed to provide community-based services for special populations, that waivers permit limited enrollment (creating wait lists) and that recent legislative additions and waiver expansions contributed to rising Medicaid costs.
The Committee on Welfare Reform on Oct. 27 received an explanation of Medicaid waivers, how they differ from the state plan and why some waiver programs maintain wait lists.
Megan Leopold, fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Department, explained that waivers let the state ask the federal government to alter ordinary Medicaid rules so it can offer targeted community services to a select population. "Waiver services are programs that are put in place to provide services in the community for individuals that because of whatever they're experiencing, would likely…
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