Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Medicaid

Florida’s Statewide Transition Plan for Implementing the Home and Community-Based Settings Rule Requirements

The Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) is submitting to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a statewide transition plan in compliance with the Home and Community-Based (HCB) Settings Rule CMS 2249-F. The statewide plan includes the following Section 1915(c) home and community based waivers and Section 1915(i) state plan program: the Long-term Care Managed Care Waiver (FL.0962), the Developmental Disabilities Individual Budgeting Waiver (FL.0867), the Familial Dysautonomia Waiver (FL.40205), the Project AIDS Care Waiver (FL.0194), the Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Waiver (FL.0342), the Adults Cystic Fibrosis Waiver (FL.0392), the Model Waiver (FL.40166) and the Redirections program (SPA13-013). The public process used to solicit public input on Florida’s draft statewide transition plan is described in this notice.

Description of the Draft Statewide Transition Plan

The Agency is submitting to CMS a statewide transition plan for the waivers and state plan program listed above in compliance with the Home and Community-Based (HCB) Settings Rule CMS 2249-F. The draft statewide transition plan is designed to ensure that individuals receiving home and community-based services in the listed waivers and state plan program are integrated in, and have access to, supports in the community, including opportunities to seek employment, work in competitive integrated settings, engage in community life, control personal resources and maintain the rights of privacy, dignity, respect and freedom. The draft statewide transition plan describes how the State will assess, determine compliance, remediate and monitor the waivers and state plan program to ensure continued compliance with the HCB settings requirements. This draft transition plan outlines the State’s process with time frames for the waivers and state plan program that will be used to ensure compliance with the HCB Settings Rule.

The HCB Settings Rule requires public notice and a 30-day public comment period to solicit meaningful public input for consideration in the development of the transition plan prior to submission to CMS. The Agency is providing public notice on the draft statewide transition plan to solicit meaningful public input from recipients, providers and all stakeholders prior to submission of the transition plan to CMS. The Agency will post the draft transition plan on its website for public comment beginning February 13, 2015 and ending March 14, 2015. The draft statewide transition plan can be viewed on the Agency’s website at the following link: http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/hcbs_waivers/index.shtml.

When submitting written comments by postal service or email, please have “Statewide Transition Plan” contained in the subject line. Mail comments and suggestions to: Agency for Health Care Administration, Attention: HCBS Waivers, 2727 Mahan Drive, MS 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. Email your comments and suggestions to: [e-mail].

For more information, you may contact: Nicholas Warner at [phone] or email: [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact us using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).