SB 6267: DD parental caregivers

Summary

• Directs the Department of Social and Health Services Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) to submit a request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by October 1, 2024, for amendments to the Community First Choice Program and applicable DDA home and community-based waivers that would allow natural, adoptive, and stepparents who provide personal care services to their minor children with developmental disabilities to receive payment for providing those services.
• Directs DDA to submit a Section 1115 demonstration waiver to CMS, if the initial amendment is not accepted and cannot be cured, that would allow natural, adoptive, and stepparents who provide personal care services to their minor children with developmental disabilities to receive payment for providing those services.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6267), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗