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Lawmakers press DHS on plan to eliminate developmental‑disability waiver waiting list; sponsor pledges amendment
Summary
Representative Miller asked DHS to eliminate the developmental‑disability waiver waiting list for people on it as of the sponsor’s cutoff date within three years; DHS described gains from the PASS model and tobacco‑settlement funding but flagged workforce and provider constraints, and the sponsor agreed to amend language about "all available funding."
Representative Miller presented a bill directing the Department of Human Services (DHS) to eliminate the developmental‑disability waiver waiting list for individuals on the list as of a set cutoff date within three years. He told the committee the cost would be significant — “probably looking somewhere between $30 and $40 million” — and framed the bill as setting a goal and timeline to address a list that has left some families waiting for years.
DHS officials described recent…
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