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It is responsible for administering services to older adults, managing the four state hospitals and institutions, and directing health occupations credentialing. The agency was formed on July 1, 2012, as a result of Governor Sam Brownback's executive order that merged the Department of Aging with divisions of the Department for Social and ...
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability reported 5,347 people were on a waitlist for a comprehensive intellectual and developmental disability services, a Medicaid program that provides ...
The House, meanwhile, allocated around $46 million to add 500 slots to each waiver program and placed language in the budget requiring the Kansas Department on Aging and Disabilities to provide ...
I/DD and PD waivers are Medicaid-supported programs allowing people with intellectual or physical disabilities to access medical and support services. I/DD waivers include things like adult day ...
Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915(c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915(c), are a type of Medicaid waiver.HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid.
Medicaid Waiver programs help provide services to people who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital to receive long-term care in the community. Prior to 1991, the Federal Medicaid program paid for services only if a person lived in an institution.
Kelly’s latest Medicaid expansion proposal would require hospitals to provide funding and also enact a work requirement, a provision long pushed for by Republicans.
Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled legislation to expand Medicaid in Kansas after five failed attempts. Though some Republicans are on board, leadership isn't.