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Category Archives: Community Services and Supports
ASAN-Kentucky Comment on New HCBS Waiver Regulations
by Kristen Guin, ASAN-Kentucky I am writing on behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network regarding the recent proposed new administrative regulations (907 KAR 12:010) for Kentucky’s Supports for Community Living 1915(c) Medicaid waiver. We are pleased to support the following segment on employment for individuals with disabilities. Section 4(9)(b)(4)(e):...
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Joint Letter to Gov. Gregoire Urging Against Appealing M.R. v. Dreyfus to the Supreme Court
August 28, 2012 Dear Governor Gregoire: On behalf of the undersigned national disability rights and aging organizations representing millions of Americans with disabilities, we strongly urge you not to file a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of M.R. v. Dreyfus. 1 Filing a petition for...
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95 Disability Rights Groups Call on CMS to Issue HCBS Regulations
Regulations are needed to ensure that Home and Community Based Services are not delivered on the grounds of an institution, in a housing complex designed expressly around an individual’s diagnosis or disability, or in a setting that has the characteristics of an institution....
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ACTION ALERT: What Does Community Mean To You? Let Medicaid Know!
Public Comments Needed on Home and Community Based Services. Proposed rules will ensure that Medicaid community living funds go toward keeping people in the community and not in institutions. Your comments will help make this happen....
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ASAN’s Comments on Proposed Rulemaking on Home and Community Based Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are developing minimum standards for home and community based services settings. ASAN has prepared comments on the proposed rulemaking....
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Joint Report Issued on Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Standards
New Report on Home and Community Based Services Funding: Community living is the topic of a new report by ASAN and two other leading self-advocacy organizations, Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE), and the National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN). The report is intended to guide the Centers for Medicare and...
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