30:6D-42.2 Report issued upon approval of waiver; contents, public hearing.
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2. a. Upon approval of the waiver by the federal government, the Commissioner of Human Services, in conjunction with the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities, shall issue a report to the chairmen of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee one year after the approval that contains, but is not limited to, the following information:
(a)a list of all waiver-eligible services that were provided by the division in the year prior to the date of the waiver application, indicating if any of the services were covered by an existing waiver and, for each service, the average daily cost of the service per consumer, the percentage of the cost that included non-Medicaid reimbursable costs and the number of consumers who received the service and the number who received the service under an existing waiver;
(b)the number of individuals who received State-funded-only services;
(c)a discussion of any impediments to expanding existing waiver services including, but not limited to, funding and availability of service providers; and
(d)the total administrative cost for the division to implement each waiver, and the percentage of that cost for which federal matching funds are available; and
(2)for each service under the new waiver, the average daily cost of the service per consumer, the percentage of the cost that includes non-Medicaid reimbursable costs, the number of consumers receiving the service and the number who receive the service under the waiver.
b. Each subsequent year, the Commissioner of Human Services, in conjunction with the Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities, shall issue a report which contains, but is not limited to, updates of the information specified in subsection a. of this section. In addition, the report shall specify the amount of funds that were allocated for each service under the waiver and the proportion that funding represents to the total amount spent for all community-based services.
c. Within 60 days after issuance of each report required by this section, the department shall hold a public hearing, in different regions of the State each year, to encourage community discussion of the division's waivers and the provision of community-based services.
d. The department shall post on its official Internet web site the reports required pursuant to this section.
L.2005, c.252, s.2.