E2SHB 1188 — Concerning individuals with developmental disabilities that have also received child welfare services.

What this bill does

Requires that Medicaid waiver services administered by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (waiver services) are provided to eligible individuals who have received certain specified child welfare services, and that these waiver slots are forecasted and budgeted as maintenance level costs. Requires the Caseload Forecast Council to forecast the number of individuals who are functionally and financially eligible for waiver services who have also received specified child welfare services. Provides that services through the Children's Intensive Behavior Support Services waiver may: supplement the child welfare services that a child may be receiving; be provided to children in out-of-home placement; and be provided even if the family is subject to an unresolved child protective services referral.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 10, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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