Legislation

This is a PowerPoint presentation from the Regional Housing Conference. The presentation gives an overview of Medicaid including information on home and community based service waivers.

This is the revised bill that was passed by the Maryland General assembly in the 2003 session. This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from denying an individual access to a home- and community-based services waiver due to a lack of funding for the waiver services for several different circumstances.

This document provides a bill that was enacted in the North Dakota legislation. The act provides a choice of options for individuals eligible for home and community-based living called Choice of Options.

This transmittal from the Office of Health Services serves to update nursing home administrators on HB 752. This bill requires that social workers in nursing homes present residents with information on home and community-based services waivers and other programs that might help them live in the community.

Maryland Money follows the person legislation

This is a Kentucky bill that was passed when a parent/advocate took her son onto the floor of the Senate and lobbied for its passage - this parent is one of the members of the Real Choices Consumer Advisory Committee. The bill defines self-determined funding and allows for a pilot project for individualized and self-determined funding.