Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Medicaid

Florida Medicaid Home and Community Based Settings Rule Statewide Transition Plan

The Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) is submitting the Statewide Transition Plan in compliance with the Home and Community-Based (HCB) Settings Rule CMS 2249-F to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Statewide Transition Plan includes the following information related to the State’s implementation activities: implementation plan, systemic assessment crosswalk, residential and non-residential assessment tools, residential and non-residential HCBS setting characteristics trends, and the list of presumptively institutional settings. The process used to solicit public input on Florida’s Statewide Transition Plan is described in this notice.

Description of the Final Statewide Transition Plan

The Statewide Transition Plan is designed to ensure individuals receiving home and community-based services 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 Statewide Transition Plan describes how the State will assess, determine compliance, remediate, and monitor HCB settings to ensure continued compliance with the requirements. This transition plan outlines the State’s process with time frames that will be used to ensure compliance with the HCB Settings Rule.

Public Notice Period

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 Statewide Transition Plan to solicit meaningful public input from recipients, providers, and all stakeholders prior to submitting the transition plan to CMS. The Agency will post the transition plan on its website for public comment beginning August 26, 2016 and ending September 25, 2016.

The draft Statewide Transition Plan can be viewed on the Agency’s website at the following link: http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/Policy_and_Quality/Policy/federal_authorities/federal_waivers/rule.shtml.

A copy of the transition plan is also available upon request. Requests can be made by telephone or email as specified below, or in person at any AHCA office.

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: Kaleema Muhammad 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).