HB1812: DMAS; waiver eligibility criteria, dependents of foreign service members.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend waiver eligibility criteria to allow dependents of foreign service members to remain on waiting lists for services when assigned outside the Commonwealth.
[H 1812]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend eligibility criteria for the Community Living waiver and the Family and Individual Support waiver to allow the dependent of a foreign service member who was added to the waiting list for services through such waivers while he was a resident of the Commonwealth to maintain his position on the waiting list following a transfer of the foreign service member to an assignment outside of the Commonwealth, so long as the foreign service member maintains the Commonwealth as his legal residence to which he intends to return following completion of the assignment.


HOUSE BILL NO. 1812
House Amendments in [ ] -- January 25, 2019
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend waiver eligibility criteria to allow dependents of foreign service members to remain on waiting lists for services when assigned outside the Commonwealth.
Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Hope
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend eligibility criteria for the [ Intellectual Disability Community Living ] waiver and the [ Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities Family and Individual ] Support waiver to allow the dependent of a foreign service member who was added to the waiting list for services through such waivers while he was a resident of the Commonwealth to maintain his position on the waiting list following a transfer of the foreign service member to an assignment outside of the Commonwealth, so long as the foreign service member maintains the Commonwealth as his legal residence to which he intends to return following completion of the assignment.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1812

Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled December 30, 2018
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend waiver eligibility criteria to allow dependents of foreign service members to remain on waiting lists for services when assigned outside the Commonwealth.
Patron-- Hope
Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend eligibility criteria for the Intellectual Disability waiver and the Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities Support waiver to allow the dependent of a foreign service member who was added to the waiting list for services through such waivers while he was a resident of the Commonwealth to maintain his position on the waiting list following a transfer of the foreign service member to an assignment outside of the Commonwealth, so long as the foreign service member maintains the Commonwealth as his legal residence to which he intends to return following completion of the assignment.