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Volume 42 - Issue 44 - November 2, 2023

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment
Division of Health Care Finance

Request for Comments

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health Care Finance (KDHE-DHCF) in partnership with Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), requests approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend the Technology Assisted (TA) 1915(c) home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver, to allow for a change in Medicaid authority for mandatory managed care enrollment from the section 1115 waiver to a section 1915(b) waiver.

There will be no impact to beneficiaries and their coverage as the amendment is changing the Medicaid authority under which mandatory managed care enrollment is authorized.

The Autism, Brain Injury, Frail Elderly, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Physical Disability, and Serious Emotional Disturbance 1915(c) HCBS waiver authority amendments were submitted to CMS on September 28, 2023 and are currently under review by CMS.

The proposed effective date of the amendment is January 1, 2024.

Comment Process

The full public notice statement and a draft of the proposed amendment are available for review at https://www.kancare.ks.gov/home.

Draft copies of the proposed amendments can also be found at a Local Health Department (LHD) or at the front desk of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health Care Finance, at the address below. Locate the nearest LHD by visiting https://www.kancare.ks.gov/.

Question or comments may be addressed to Amy Gajda, KDHE/Division of Health Care Finance, 900 SW Jackson St., Room 900-N, Topeka, KS 66612-1220, or email KanCareRenewal@ks.gov.

Those needing accessibility assistance in order to understand the documents as posted in order to review or respond to the proposed amendment may also contact Amy Gajda at the email above.

Comments may be submitted from November 2, 2023, until 12:00 a.m. December 2, 2023.

Christine Osterlund
Interim Medicaid Director
Deputy Secretary of Agency Integration and Medicaid
Division of Health Care Finance
Department of Health and Environment

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