Pennsylvania’s Statewide Transition Plan Available For Public Comment

Pennsylvania’s Statewide Transition Plan Available For Public Comment

The Department of Human Services (Department) is making available for public review and comment Pennsylvania’s proposed statewide transition plan for Home and Community-Based Settings. Comments must be submitted by Feruary 16, 2016.

On September 16, 2015 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter regarding the statewide transtion plan sumitted by the Department on April 1, 2015. The Department has revised the statewide transition plan to address the recommendations contained in the CMS letter and provde updated inofrmation on the progress the Department has made in implementing the plan.

The proposed statewide transition plan for all nine 1915(c) Medicaid HCBS waivers is available at http://www.dhs.pa.gov/citizens/hcbswaiver.

The CMS letter is available at https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid-chip-program-information/by-topics/long-term-services-and-supports/home-and-community-based-services/downloads/pa/pa-cmia.pdf.

The Department will hold two webinars to receive verbal comments on the revised proposed transition plan.  Dates and times to participate in the webinars:

 

• Friday, January 22, 2016 at 9am – 11am.
• Monday, February 1, 2016 at 2pm – 4pm.

 

Dial-in information for the webinars is available by visiting www.dhs.pa.gov/citizens/hcbswaiver or by contacting the Department at 717-783-2203.

 

The Department will also accept written comments submitted to one of the following addresses:

• Mail – Caitlin Palmer, Department of Human Services, Office of the Secretary, P.O. Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA  17105-2675.
• Email – ra-pwhcbsfinalrulepl@pa.gov

 

Comments must be submitted by February 16, 2016.  Comments received by this date will be used to formulate the Statewide Transition Plan that will be submitted to CMS in March 2016.

If you have questions regarding this email, or would like to receive a hard copy of the statewide transition plan or a copy of the statewide transition plan in an alternate format, please contact 717-783-2203.  Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid or service may submit comments using the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

Thank you,

Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Office in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh
1-800-692-7443
www.drnpa.org