H.F. 2195 Section 1. MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES 1 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY WAIVER BENEFITS —— STANDARDIZATION AND 2 EQUALIZATION RELATIVE TO OTHER WAIVERS. The department of 3 health and human services shall standardize and equalize the 4 benefits available under the Medicaid home and community-based 5 services (HCBS) intellectual disability waiver relative to the 6 HCBS health and disability and the HCBS physical disability 7 waivers to meet the needs of persons with an intellectual 8 disability. The standardization and equalization shall 9 include, at a minimum, eliminating the lifetime maximum cap 10 for home and vehicle modifications under the HCBS intellectual 11 disability waiver and instead establishing an annual maximum 12 cap per waiver member at the same amount as the amount for 13 the Medicaid HCBS health and disability and the HCBS physical 14 disability waivers. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill requires the department of health and human 19 services to standardize and equalize the benefits available 20 under the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) 21 intellectual disability waiver relative to the HCBS health and 22 disability and the HCBS physical disability waivers to meet 23 the needs of persons with an intellectual disability. The 24 standardization and equalization shall, at a minimum, include 25 eliminating the lifetime maximum cap for home and vehicle 26 modifications under the HCBS intellectual disability waiver 27 and instead establishing an annual maximum cap per waiver 28 member at the same amount as the amount for the HCBS health and 29 disability and HCBS physical disability waivers. 30 -1- LSB 5198YH (3) 90 pf/ko 1/ 1