Virginia Senate Bill 149 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-01 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to seek to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers to (i) eliminate the requirement that, in order for a legally responsible individual to receive reimbursement for personal care services, no one else is available to provide services to the member; (ii) modify the program rules to allow for respite services when the legally responsible individual is the unpaid caregiver; and (iii) modify the program rules to allow a legally responsible individual or stepparent to be the employer of record.

1915(c) Home & Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; federal authority state plan amendments.

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-01	Senate	Incorporated by Education and Health
2024-01-18	Senate	Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
2024-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103632D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB149
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB149+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB149F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0076+SB0149