In this report, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) traces the budget issues that states confronted in 2002 and examines how they addressed those issues. The report also describes long-term care legislation enacted in 2002 and long-term care planning work that is under way in many states. 

Coleman, Barbara; Fox-Grage, Wendy; Folkemer, Donna 

Nursing Facility Transition; Medicaid; Individualized Budget; Human Services; Expenditures; Cash and Counseling; long term care; state budgets 

Consumer/Participant Direction, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Olmstead, State/Agency Information 

Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports 

Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, National Conference of State Legislators 

Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 

10/09/2003 

Bob Mollica

rmollica@nashp.org
207-874-6524