Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF0473

1E Relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to
establish a process with centers for independent living allowing a person
residing in a state nursing facility to receive needed information, consultation
and assistance from the centers regarding available community support options to
enable the person to relocate to the community under certain conditions;
requiring transition assistance to include information about the centers for
independent living; requiring the commissioner to provide the centers for
independent living with substantive changes to the disabilities services
provider manual prior to the effective date; providing for medical assistance
(MA) reimbursement for independent living skills services under the home and
community based waiver for persons with traumatic brain injury and the community
alternatives for disabled individual waivers under certain conditions
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