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Overview of the Community First Choice Option
05/01/2010 | Requests *Summary
Find a chart that summarizes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Community First Choice Option. This legislation amends 1915 of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide “Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports”. Information regarding financing, eligibility, scope of services, system design, quality management, evaluation and stakeholder involvement are included.
Author
Available Files
- Overview PDF (134K, 2 pages)
Keywords
Person Centered Planning; Medicaid; Eligibility; Community Inclusion; 1915c; Sec. 2401; Federal medical assistance; ADL; state expenditures; IADL; services and supports; Comprehensive Quality Assurance System
Topic
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Consumer/Participant Direction, Financing HCBS
Type/Tool
Comparison Table, Matrix or Chart, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
NRCPDS
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
05/19/2010
Contact
Elizabeth Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
617-552-0562
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
617-552-0562
Short URL
Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
Options
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)