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Committee flags service disruption after conflict-free case management and payment reforms

House Appropriations Committee · January 16, 2026
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House Human Services Chair Teresa Wood reported disruptions in developmental/intellectual disability services after simultaneous changes to eligibility/needs assessment, conflict-free case management and payment reform; providers reported payment delays, staffing moves and risk of designation loss.

Teresa Wood told the Appropriations Committee that multiple, near-simultaneous system changes'eligibility and needs assessment, conflict-free case management, and payment reform'are producing significant disruption across the developmental and intellectual disability service system.

Wood summarized testimony from providers who said case management responsibilities…

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