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CMS State Medicaid Directors Letter: Implementation of section 6087 of DRA - Section 1915(j)
11/19/2009 | Requests *Summary
Guidance is offered on the implementation of section 6087 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) Public Law Number 109-171. Section 6087, the “Optional Choice of Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services (PAS) (Cash and Counseling)” amended section 1915 of the Social Security Act by adding subsection (j). Guidance also applies to section 1915(c) HCBS waiver programs when states offer the self-direction opportunity and permit participants to purchase “individual directed goods and services.”
Author
Mann, Cindy
Available Files
- SMD Letter PDF (77K, 5 pages)
Keywords
Individualized Budget; Independence Plus; Cash and Counseling; 1915c; Section 6087; Federal Register (73 Fed. Reg. 57,854); 1915(j)(4)(B)(ii); 1915(j) self-directed PAS State plan option; Individual Directed Goods and Services; 1915j
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Deficit Reduction Act (DRA)
Type/Tool
State Medicaid Director's letters
Source
CMS
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
11/23/2009
Contact
Terry Pratt
Acting Director
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
410-786-9499
Acting Director
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
410-786-9499
Short URL
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)