Idaho Medicaid Releases Plans For A New Resource Allocation Model For Its Adult Developmental Disabilities Program

On November 26, 2021, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) Division of Medicaid began seeking public comment on its plans for a new resource allocation model to determine individual budgets for home- and community-based services (HCBS) in its adult developmental disabilities waiver program. Comments will be accepted through December 31, 2021.

Since 2012, IDHW has been party to a class action lawsuit, K.W. v. Armstrong, in which the federal court concluded that the budget tool the state used at that time to allocate funding for HCBS for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) violated individuals . . .