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KDADS asks lawmakers to restore reappropriations and fund HCBS waiver expansions to avoid new wait lists
Summary
KDADS told the committee it needs restoration of about $133M in reappropriations (including $70.1M tied to South Central construction) and recommended funding for several HCBS waivers; without funding the agency would begin wait lists for frail elderly and brain injury waivers.
Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) leaders told the Human Services Subcommittee the agency faces time-sensitive reappropriation and waiver funding issues that could trigger new waiting lists for home-and-community-based services (HCBS).
Secretary Howard and agency staff outlined three main reappropriation buckets they asked the committee to restore: construction and early operating obligations for the South Central…
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