Home and Community Bases Services (HCBS) provides oversight for a system of community based supports and services for persons in Kansas with disabilities. Information about HCBS waiver programs can be found at the corresponding links for each program listed below. Providers include a variety of not-for-profit and for-profit organizations as well as governmental entities. These services are provided through 10 HCBS waiver programs:
Kansas is renewing its proposed Brain Injury (BI) Waiver and Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) Waiver with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This means Kansas must resubmit the waivers with any changes to CMS. You can view the proposed waivers, a summary of the proposed changes and how to provide public comment in the documents below.
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) is seeking feedback from Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) stakeholders as the agency begins planning for upcoming HCBS waiver renewals in 2019: Frail Elderly (FE), Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD), Physical Disability (PD), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI.
KDADS recently hosted regional in-person meetings across Kansas and by conference call as an opportunity for stakeholders to hear about possible future changes to certain HCBS Waivers. Participants were able to share feedback on what they think is going well and what could be improved.
View the Public Forum Presentation (PowerPoint file) handed out at the sessions.
KDADS also videotaped both the consumer and provider session in Wichita September 12, 2018. You can watch those sessions below: