Medicaid's Home and Community-Based Services State Plan Option : Section 6086 of the Deficit Reduction Act.

Outlines requirements of the new Medicaid home and community-based (HCBS) State services benefit option, established by Section 6086 of P.L. 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to allow States to cover HCBS long-term care services for Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities or chronic condi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Medicaid. Community health services. State governments. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Outlines requirements of the new Medicaid home and community-based (HCBS) State services benefit option, established by Section 6086 of P.L. 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to allow States to cover HCBS long-term care services for Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities or chronic conditions without requiring a HCBS waiver. Compares key features of this benefit with other Medicaid State plan benefits and the Section 1915(c) waiver program.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.