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2014 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Committee Approved)

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Care Coordination for ID/DD Waiver Recipients (language only)

Item 301 #8h

Item 301 #8h

Health and Human Resources
Medical Assistance Services, Department of

Language
Page 264, after line 26, insert:
"FFFF.  The Department shall, in cooperation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and in collaboration with stakeholders such as the ARC of Virginia, the Virginia Network of Private Providers, the Virginia Association of Community Services Boards, the Virginia Association of Health Plans, the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and others, develop and implement improved care coordination models for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and Developmental Disabilities (DD), including those individuals who receive services through the ID and DD Waivers and in public and private Intermediate Care Facilities.  Improved care coordination models may include the voluntary Commonwealth Coordinated Care Program, health homes, PACE Programs, or other models that better manage medical, behavioral and long-term services and supports.  Development of these managed models of care shall be in collaboration with ID and DD Waiver studies and reforms unde
rway, however, implementation shall begin no later than July 1, 2016."


Explanation
(This amendment adds language to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to work with the Department of Behavioral Health and Development and stakeholders to develop and implement improved care coordination models for individuals with receiving publicly funded ID and DD services in community and institutional settings no later than July 1, 2016.)