[Week 1] Legislative Update
This Week’s Highlights

• Key Legislative Actions:
• FEDERAL – Family Personal Care Services Program:
  On December 20, 2024, Idaho submitted a request to amend its Idaho Behavioral Health Transformation demonstration. The demonstration currently includes an expenditure authority to allow “Use of Legally Responsible Individuals (LRI) to Render Personal Care Services (PCS).” The state requests to remove this expenditure authority from the demonstration. The federal comment period will be open from January 2, 2025, through January 31, 2025.

What This Means for You

• Termination of this program will end parents and spouses as paid caregivers. This does not end the Personal Care Services program. It only discontinues the allowability of a legally responsible adult (parent or spouse) to be paid as the provider. This was the case prior to the pandemic. Flexibilities were made during the pandemic that would have expired but were continued under the waiver amendment.

Get Involved!

• Opportunities to advocate or provide feedback – Public Comment is being Accepted through January 31, 2025.
  To view the pending application and current comments, and to submit comments click here: https://1115publiccomments.medicaid.gov/jfe/form/SV_bDftFC87R3ENDPE
  

Looking Ahead

• Upcoming Legislative Actions:
• Not available at this time – May be available after the public comment period.

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