Pennsylvania Office Of Developmental Programs Consolidated and P/FDS Waiver Renewal – Proposed Service Definition Changes: Community Participation Supports

The presentation was released in December 2016 by the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs (ODP). The presentation explains how the state plans to implement community participation supports in its two Medicaid 1915(c) home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD), the Consolidated waiver and the Person and Family Directed Support (P/FDS) waiver.

Both waivers already cover a variety of HCBS that promote community living, including self-directed service models and traditional, agency-based service models. For the next waiver term that begins on July 1, 2017, ODP plans to cover . . .