SB310: Medical Assistance Services, Department of; eligibility for services under waiver.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. The Department of Medical Assistance Services (Department) shall make recommendations to the General Assembly for legislative, regulatory, or policy changes that provide flexibility to an individual enrolled in a home and community-based waiver to choose his place of residence in the Commonwealth and that ensure such individual's informed choice of place of residence does not reduce, terminate, suspend, or deny services for which he is otherwise eligible. The Department shall report such recommendations to the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health by November 1, 2018.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. The Department of Medical Assistance Services (Department) shall make recommendations to the General Assembly for legislative, regulatory, or policy changes that provide flexibility to an individual enrolled in a home and community-based waiver to choose his place of residence in the Commonwealth and that ensure such individual's informed choice of place of residence does not reduce, terminate, suspend, or deny services for which he is otherwise eligible. The Department shall report such recommendations to the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health by November 1, 2018.
SENATE BILL NO. 310
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-325.04 as follows:
§ 32.1-325.04. Waiver services; place of residence.
The Department shall not reduce, terminate, suspend, or deny services for an individual enrolled in a waiver who is otherwise eligible for such services on the basis of such individual's informed choice of place of residence in the Commonwealth.