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Committee endorses broad KDADS HCBS and provider funding package including waiver increases and targeted one‑time grants
Summary
The committee approved a suite of KDADS recommendations: a 3% across‑the‑board HCBS waiver rate increase, targeted funding to avoid wait lists for brain‑injury and technology‑assisted waivers, funding for Inclusion Connections/Belong KC and Heartspring construction, $3M to reduce Meals on Wheels waiting lists, and provisos creating CCBHC oversight and salary reporting limits.
The Committee on Social Services Budget approved multiple KDADS recommendations and a package of targeted appropriations and provisos intended to stabilize services for people with disabilities, behavioral‑health needs and older Kansans.
Representative Rivas initially moved to increase IDD waiver funding to implement a 3% rate increase; Representative Carpenter offered a substitute motion to apply a 3% increase across all eight HCBS waivers to prevent imbalances among waivers. The substitute motion (around $31.3 million all funds and $16.1 million SGF) passed on a voice vote.
Representative Steens won committee approval to fully fund the HCBS brain‑injury waiver (the governor’s…
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