Policy Council for Children and Families (PCCF)

February 10, 2021

Full Committee Meeting

9:00 AM

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Meeting Overview (1 of 2)

Main Objectives

• Welcome and introductions

• Review and approval of meeting minutes from November 16, 2020 meeting

• STAR Kids initiative update

• Durable medical equipment pilot project update

• COVID-19: Lessons learned by Texas Education Agency

• Legislative briefing and update

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Meeting Overview (2 of 2)

Main Objectives

• Workgroup reports:

• Legislative report and educational activities

• 2021 planning

• Public Comment

• Action items and topics for staff or member follow-up

• Adjourn

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Welcome and Introductions

Staff and Council Member Introductions

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Review and Approval of meeting minutes from November 16, 2020 meeting

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Policy Council for Children and Families Meeting: STAR Kids Update

February 2021

Today’s Focus

• MCS COVID-19 Flexibilities

• STAR Kids Legislative Update

• STAR Kids MCO Transition: CMC to Aetna

• DME Administrative Simplification Pilot Project

• STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee Recommendations

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Medicaid/CHIP COVID-19 Flexibilities

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STAR Kids Legislative UpdateOverview and Implementation Status

HB 4533, SB 1096, SB 1207

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STAR Kids and MDCP (1 of 6)Topic Overview

Eligibility

SB 1207• Requires consideration of compassionate allowances conditions and Medicaid hospice or palliative care service receipt in MDCP and DBMD eligibility.

• Ensures children do not have to stay in a nursing facility for an extended period of time before being determined eligible for MDCP.

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STAR Kids and MDCP (2 of 6)Topic Overview

Interest List

SB 1207• Allows a child denied MDCP the option to:

a) Be placed at the top of the interest list in the first position and/or

b) Join another waiver interest list using the MDCP request date, if that date is earlier.

• Allows a child enrolled in MDCP who becomes ineligible for services under MDCP due to their age, join another waiver interest list using the MDCP request date, if that date is earlier.

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STAR Kids and MDCP (3 of 6)

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OverviewTopic

SK-SAI

SB 1207• Streamlines the SK-SAI and reassessment process.

•MCOs must ensure STAR Kids service coordinators provide results of MDCP assessment to parent/LAR and offer an opportunity for a peer-to-peer with a physician of the member’s choosing.

STAR Kids and MDCP (4 of 6)

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OverviewTopic

Service Delivery

SB 1207• Develop policy for provision of wrap around services when a child has private coverage.

• Create a Medicaid escalation helpline for individuals in MDCP and Deaf, Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) waivers.

HB 4533• Expands the availability of the Consumer Directed

Services (CDS) option in the MDCP waiver program.SB 1096• Limited the ability of MCOs in the STAR Kids program

to impose drug-related prior authorizations.• Explore feasibility of adopting a private duty nursing

assessment.

STAR Kids and MDCP (5 of 6)

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OverviewTopic

Oversight

SB 1207• Conduct annual surveys of MDCP caregivers, annual focus groups, and measure performance of MCOs.

SB 1096• Conduct a utilization review on a sample of cases for children enrolled in the STAR Kids managed care program.

STAR Kids and MDCP (6 of 6)

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Administration

HB 4533• Extends the STAR Kids Advisory Committee through December 31, 2023

• Requires HHSC issue a Request for Information process to get feedback on the feasibility of providing Medicaid benefits to children enrolled in STAR Kids through an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or other proposed alternative model

OverviewTopic

STAR Kids MCO Transition:

Children's Medical Center to Aetna Better Health of Texas

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DME Administrative Simplification Pilot Project

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STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee Recommendations, Jan. 2020 and Jan. 2021

STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee Report,

January 2020

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Questions and Answers?Thank you!

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COVID-19: Lessons Learned by Texas Education Agency

February 2021

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Legislative Briefing and Update

February 2021

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T RA NSI T I ONH I G H E R E D U C A T I O N A N D E M P L OY M E N T

F O R S T U D E N T S W I T H N E U R O D E V E L O P M E N T A L D I S A B I L I T I E S

Linda Logan, MPAff

TCDD Senior Public Policy Analyst

Policy Council for Children and Families

February 10, 2021

A Little Bit about TCDDState of the StateTwo Bills Walking, Around the Campfire

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The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities (TCDD), which is established in state and federal law, is governed by 27 Governor-appointed board members, 60 percent of whom are individuals

with developmental disabilities or family members of individuals with disabilities.

The Council's purpose in law is to encourage policy

change so that people with disabilities have

opportunities to be fully included in their communities

and exercise control over their own lives.

TCCD

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In October, the Council approved its Public Policy Priorities for the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature.

The TCDD priorities include 7 main issue areas:➢ Personal and Civil Rights

➢ Accessibility➢ Early Childhood and Inclusive Education

➢ Employment➢ Health and Safety

➢ Maintaining and Expanding Funding for Services➢ Attendant Wages

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Ensure children with disabilities ages 0-22 receive necessary services to promote

healthy growth and development to support long-term success and independence.

Children with disabilities in Texas deserve access to quality care and education such as

inclusive childcare, therapy and case management services, special education services,

and transition planning, which meet or exceed federal standards to increase childhood

and long-term outcomes

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Services

Special Education Services

Transition Planning

Early Childhood and Inclusive Education

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Ensure Texans with disabilities have access to

competitive and integrated employment opportunities.

Texans with disabilities deserve access to competitive and

integrated employment opportunities. Texas should strictly

adhere to the state-adopted Employment First Policy by

addressing barriers to community-based employment by

expanding training, supported employment, and opportunities

for advancement, including funding Medicaid waivers that

offer employment supports.

Examples of TCDD grant-supported projects include

Project HIRE, Project HIGHER, Project SEARCH, and

Project CASE.

Higher Education

Ensure Texans with disabilities who seek higher

education have equal access to and are proactively

included in using all community resources that are

responsive to their educational desires and needs.

Texans with disabilities who seek higher education deserve

inclusion in programs culminating in bachelor’s and advanced

degrees that are available, accessible, and affordable, and that

are responsive to their desires and educational needs.

The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities

(TCDD) disseminates information to promote

opportunities to access higher education, through the

following materials: The Next Step DVD and the annual

Resource Guide on Higher Education for Students with

Disabilities.

EMP LOYMENT

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TEXAS COUNCILThe Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities currently funds three highly‐successful projects to develop, demonstrate, and evaluate inclusive models of post‐secondary education through which students receive needed supports to succeed in post‐secondary education programs designed for students without disabilities.

Bridge to Career in Human Service | Texas A&M

University

Project CASE | Texas Tech University

Project HIRE | Texas Department of Assistive and

Rehabilitative Services

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Regular Session (2019)

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) will:

• review the policies and practices that increase access to higher education opportunities,

• distribute educational outreach marketing materials, and

• establish an advisory council on postsecondary education for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including autism

S E N A T E B I L L 1 0 1 7 , 8 6 T H T E X A S L E G I S L A T U R E

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• Texas Tech University• Texas Education Agency • Students and Graduates from Texas Tech University• Student and Graduate from South Texas College• The Arc of Texas • Texas Workforce Solutions, Vocational Rehabilitation• Texas Parent to Parent Network• New Caney ISD, Crisis & Behavior Counselor • Houston Community College. VAST Program• Austin Community College, STEPS Program • Coalition of Texas with Disabilities• Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities • University of Texas at Austin • Texas A&M University • CAC for Special Education• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

A DV I SORY COUN CI L ON P OST SECONDA RY

EDUCAT I ON FOR P ERSONS WI TH I NTELLECTUAL AND

DEV ELOP MENTA L DI SA B I L I T I ES ( I DD)

MEMB ERS

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▪ Historic and current higher

education data

▪ Recommendations for changes to

support success in accessing higher

education

✓ Data collection

✓ Readiness

✓ Recruitment and Admission

✓ Funding

✓ Retention

✓ Graduation

R E P O R T T O T E X A S L E G I S L A T U R E

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Disability Subtotal Percentage

Autism 83,238 20%

Intellectual Disability 62,968 15%

Other Health Impairment* 82,239 20%

Specific Learning Disability 183,181 45%

Total 411,626 100%

Source: TEA * Note: TEA codes AD/HD within Other Health Impairment (OHI); however, OHI is a broad category that includes short-term physical disabilities (such as a broken arm) and medical issues (such as asthma).

Number of Students by Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ages 3-21) for the 2019-2020 School Year

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Disability Percentage

Specific Learning Disability 56%

Other Health Impairment* 16%

Autism 11%

Intellectual Disability 2%

Source: TEA * Note: TEA codes AD/HD within Other Health Impairment (OHI); however, OHI is a broad category that includes short-term physical disabilities (such as a broken arm) and medical issues (such as asthma).

Percentage of Students with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder Who Exited Special Education with Subsequent College Enrollment for School Years 2015-2016 through 2017-2018

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• 88% of people with disabilities are unemployed

• If employed, 92% work in segregated settings; some make lower than federal

minimum wage, which is currently $7.25/hour

• The new federal administration is promising a new federal minimum wage of

$15.00/hour. The District of Columbia and 29 states have adopted a minimum wage

that is higher than the current federal minimum wage

• In 2000, 50% of waiver participants had supported employment in their service plan;

in 2019, only 1.7% did.

Students with a Neurodevelopmental Disorder Who Exited Special Education into Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE)—or Any Employment

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Representative Mary González’ bill would require

TEA and THECB to study and report on the transition

of public school students with disabilities to higher

education by September 1, 2022, by identifying:

(1) the percentage of students who graduate high

school;

(2) the percentage who graduate and enroll in a

public/private institution of higher education;

(3) for each IDEA disability category, appropriate

supports and services for transition to higher

education and whether students currently receive

those supports and services;

(4) barriers that exist for students with

disabilities to transition to higher education;

(5) whether services and accommodations in

public/private institutions are accessible; and

(6) whether students with disabilities currently

receive sufficient and accurate information regarding

their civil rights.

Employment Bill: Senate Bill 50Senator Judith Zaffirini’s bill from the 86th Session

(SB 1818, 2019) would have required that Medicaid

HCBS waiver programs more fully provide

employment assistance and supported employment

services to individuals expressing the desire for

employment. It is believed the original bill did not pass

because it required at least 50% of individuals seeking

employment to receive these employment services.

The argument was for flexibility in setting

performance standards.

At the time the bill was first proposed, only 1.7%

of Medicaid waiver recipients were employed,

although significantly more expressed a desire for

employment. This figure has not changed and the new

bill no longer asks for a 50% baseline measure of

acceptable performance.

T R A N S I T I O N B I L L : H B 8 5 5

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Representative Terry Meza’s bill would direct the

Texas Workforce Commission to establish and

administer a low-interest loan program to support

entrepreneurship among persons with physical and

mental disabilities.

HUB Disability Qualification: HB 676

Representative Ana Hernandez’ bill would add

persons with a disability to the list of economically

disadvantaged persons for the purposes of state

contracting with historically underutilized businesses.

E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P L OA N S : H B 4 1 2

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Transition

• Transition planning helps individuals with disabilities set goals and receive services to prepare for life after high school

• Services must be provided by an outside organization, not the school, so it is critical that the IEP team includes community partners

• Under federal law, student must begin transition planning by age 16, but can be middle school

• Planning should cover higher education, employment, and life skills needed to become independent adult

• https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/programs-and-services/state-guidance/secondary-transition-guidance

Transition from School toSchool, to Work, to Life

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Children’s Mental Healthin the 87th Legislative Session

Presentation to the Policy Council on Children and Families

February 10, 2021

Josette Saxton, MSSW

Director of Mental Health Policy

Texans Care for Children38

We drive policy change to improve the lives of Texas children today for a stronger Texas tomorrow.

Texans Care for Children

Our Areas of Focus

Child HealthChild ProtectionMental Health

Early ChildhoodYouth Justice

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Updates on these issues:

• Early childhood intervention (ECI)

• School-based mental health and school climate

• Children’s mental health services

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Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Funding

• Texas is currently providing less ECI funding per child compared to 2012-2015

• Legislature will need to increase ECI funding to bring the program into compliance with federal law and finish restoring the funding that cut in previous sessions.

• Starting House budget maintains per child funding levels

• Starting Senate budget reduces per child funding levels

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ECI Funding

• House budget maintains per child funding levels for Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)

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ECI Legislation

• Ensuring more insurance plans cover ECI services - HB 908, HB 843 • Increasing ECI access to children in child care and registered family

homes - HB 168• Reimbursement for telemedicine medical and telehealth services - HB

974; SB 412

Also includes reimbursement for telemedicine/health services in:• Children with Special Health Care Needs program• School and Health Related Services• Physical, occupational, and speech therapy• Targeted case management• Nutritional counseling services• Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver programs

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Student Mental Health

• Increasing of signs of anxiety, depression, thoughts of suicide among school-age kids - - and school staff.

• Safe and supportive school climates buffer students from learning learn loss and trauma• Trauma informed practices at district, school, and classroom level

• Positive discipline, restorative practices

• School Mental Health Services• School counselors, social workers, LSSPs

• Community mental health providers in school settings (including telemedicine/telehealth)

• Referrals to community-based services

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School-Based Mental Health Education & Services Legislation

• Social emotional learning programs - HB 332

• Healthy relationships, SEL education – HB 972, SB 123

• Mental health education course – SB 405

• Access to school based mental health services – HB 1114, SB 325, SB 78, SB 96

• School-based social work services – HB 28, HB 226, SB 325

• Funding for Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) project – Increased funding in SB 1 (not House)

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School Climate Legislation (1 of 2)

Trauma Informed Schools• Trauma informed education training for school board and superintendents-

SB 406• Trauma-informed active shooter drills – HB 1016, SB 168• Campus improvement plan goals related to providing safe and nurturing

school environments, relationships – HB 1417

School Discipline• District, open-enrollment charter school reporting of bullying,

cyberbullying incidents through PEIMS - SB 407• Restorative discipline practices – HB 62• Reporting on use of restraints, tasers, pepper spray – HB 1194

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School Climate Legislation (2 of 2)

Education Practices

• Educator training to effectively serve all students – HB 159, SB 180

• Annual review of behavior improvement plans, use of functional behavior assessments – HB 785

Miscellaneous

• Disabilities studies as part of required enrichment curriculum – HB 82

• UIL participation of students who reside in an in-patient mental health facility – HB 319

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Children’s Mental Health Services Legislation

• Level funding for behavioral health

• Increased funding for Child Psychiatry Access Network in SB 1 - but not in House budget

• Private insurance coverage for Social Emotional Disturbance (SED) –HB 240, SB 51

• Medicaid reimbursements to LMSWs, LMFTs, and LPCs – HB 706

• Youth peer services – HB 1413

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Josette Saxton, MSSWDirector of Mental Health Policy

jsaxton@txchildren.org

www.txchildren.org

@PutKids1st

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Policy Council for Children

and Families

Health Care and Community Supports and Services

By Susan Murphree, Sr. Policy Specialist, Disability Rights Texas

February 10, 2021

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Big Picture Policy Topics

Initiatives, Proposed Bills, Funding - Highlights

Health Care – “The most pressing health priority is to help Texans recover from the

pandemic. As we continue to combat the pandemic we do so with better tools,

more knowledge, plus medical improvements that are helping us move beyond

this challenge.” Governor Abbott

Community Supports and Services – Competing with COVID/Disaster Planning

and Response, Vaccines, Therapeutic Medicine, Broadband, Public and Higher

Education, Voting, etc.

Budget - Texas economy has grown so big that if Texas was its own country we

would have the ninth largest economy the entire world.

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Policy Issue: Improve Access to Medicaid

Insurance for Children with Disabilities

Medicaid Expansion: Will legislators prescribe Medicaid expansion this year?

Estimated 1.3 million mostly uninsured Texans would become eligible for Medicaid if the state adopted the expanded eligibility. Federal government paying 90% , state government 10%

HB 143 relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in certain counties under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

HB 171 all persons who apply for that assistance and for whom federal matching funds are available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No.16 111-152), to provide that assistance.

HB 590 Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to all persons for whom federal matching funds are available.

HB 389 - Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

HB 154 provides premium assistance to purchase health benefit plan coverage for a child in the private market

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Medicaid Buy-in

HB 131 relating to the creation of a Medicaid buy-in program for certain

low-income individuals through the expansion of Medicaid under the

federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

provide children whose family's income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty

level the ability to buy into the state Medicaid program; and

create a sliding-scale premium for families whose income is between 133% and

200% of the federal poverty level.

HB 510, HB 511 Relating to a Medicaid buy-in program for Medicaid

recipients with increased household income from employment or with a

small business

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Medically Fragile Children

HB 165 relating to a supporting medically fragile children program for the

provision of certain necessary health care services to those children that

have been delayed or denied under Medicaid, including care that has

been denied pending appeal. Financial assistance under the program

must be provided in the form of direct reimbursements to health care

providers and is applicable to those children in MDCP, HCS, DBMD, CLASS,

TxHmL, or Star Kids. Creates a general revenue fund that can use

appropriations, gifts, grants, donations.

HB 410 relating to preauthorization of certain benefits by certain health

benefit plan issuers by those outside the scope of their applicable license.

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Medicaid Continuous Eligibility/

Coverage of Autism Benefit

HB 290 relating to the period of continuous eligibility for the medical assistance program to 12 months continuous Medicaid eligibility for children

Access to Medicaid Autism Benefit Coverage – EPSDT

Delayed movement toward implementation

Policies

Rates

87th Texas Legislature Funding

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Policy Issue: Ensure Children with Disabilities

Grow Up in Families instead of Institutions

Interest Lists Waivers Requested

224 CLASS – 5,383 receiving services, waiting 76,326

13 DBMD – 338 receiving services, waiting 995

2,057 HCS – 26,184 receiving services, waiting 107,927

220 MDCP – 6,499 (subject to change) receiving services, waiting 7,441

812 STAR+PLUS HCBS – receiving services, waiting 23,334

182 TxHmL – 4,547 receiving services, waiting 92,541

Promoting Independence - zero requested, access to vacant “attrition” slots only

Aging out of Children’s Protective Services

Crisis – at risk due to family or individual circumstance

Transition/Diversion – SSLC, ICF, NF/PASRR/MFP, GRO, SH

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Medicaid Waiver Interest List Studyhttps://hhs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/laws-regulations/reports-

presentations/2020/medicaid-waiver-programs-interest-list-study-sept-2020.pdf

HHSC Potential Strategies

Addressing gaps in real-time information about the needs of individuals currently on waiver interests lists to better understand and manage timely access to services thereby addressing risks to health and safety or institutionalization.

Prioritizing certain populations and individuals with the highest level of service needs, similar to what other states have implemented.

Considering any interest list reduction allocations and targeting additional funding for priority populations.

Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee (IDD SRAC) Systems Adequacy Subcommittee Recommendations

Process to Assess Unmet Needs

Strategies to Reduce or Eliminate the Interest List HHSC to get individuals in services in the most integrated setting and to sustain current processes that are effective in meeting individual needs

HHSC to improve existing processes and programs to better meet the needs of individuals on waiver Interest Lists

HHSC to develop and implement new processes to better manage the waiver Interest List process

Strategies to Address the Cost of Reducing or Eliminating the Interest List

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Policy Issues: Changes to MDCP and

Other Waivers during COVID-19

Individual Plan of Care – Extensions, Renewals

Prior Authorization

Medicaid Eligibility/Scope of Services (Children’s Medicaid)

Transition to Adult Medicaid Programs

Telehealth, Telemedicine

Paused/Remote Enrollment, service planning, assessments

Complaints, Appeals, Fair Hearings

Communication and Involvement for Families Utilizing Medicaid During COVID-19

Payment for In-home Services – CFC PAS/HAB, day programs/day hab

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Policy Issue: Increase Access to Respite

Medicaid Waivers –

limited number of hours,

long waiting lists, unduplicated count across all six Interest Lists is: 170,097

Future Star Plus Pilot Program (9/30/23) will include respite,

MCO Value Added Services

CSHCN – Family Support Services, disability-related support, resources, or

other assistance and may be provided to the family of a client with special

health care needs (24 served of 2205 eligible)

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MDCP Interest List SB 1207

Member becomes ineligible for MDCP services because the member no longer meets the level of care (LOC) criteria to request:

To be returned to the MDCP interest list, in the first position; or

If the member is or has previously been on another 1915(c) waiver program interest list, the member may request to apply the date of their initial MDCP interest list request to the other program interest list, if it is earlier; or

If the member is not on, nor previously was on, another 1915(c) waiver program interest list, the member may request to be placed on a 1915(c) interest list but will not be given a placement priority.

Member becomes ineligible for services under MDCP due to their age the following options:

If the member is or previously has been on another 1915(c) waiver program interest list, the member may request to apply the date of their initial MDCP interest list request to the other program interest list, if it is earlier; or

If the member is not on a 1915(c) waiver program interest list, nor has previously been on another 1915(c) waiver program interest list, may 26 request to be placed on a 1915(c) interest list and will not be given a placement priority. This provision was originally planned to implement in March 2020. HHSC is currently evaluating a new implementation date for this provision considering federal maintenance of eligibility requirements during the PHE.

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Policy Issue: Continuity of Member Care

Emergency Response during COVID-19

“From medicine to education to business, broadband access is not a luxury—it

is an essential tool that must be available for all Texans. That’s why I am

making the expansion of broadband access an emergency item this session. --

Looking beyond just COVID, there is more we can do this session to ensure that

Texans have better access to healthcare. That includes ensuring that Texans

with pre-existing conditions have access to healthcare coverage without

being forced into the Affordable Care Act.” Governor Abbott

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Policy Issue: Expansion of Telemedicine

during COVID-19 “One healthcare tool that proved very helpful during the pandemic was the use of

telemedicine. It’s convenient for both the patient and the doctor. We should seize the opportunity this session to permanently expand telemedicine so that every Texan in every region of the state can benefit.” Governor Abbott

HB 280 relating to an action plan to expand telemedicine medical services and telehealth services and increase access to critical medical care and health care services in this state

HB 515, HB 522, HB 887, HB 990, HB 228

Visitation – in- person and remotely (Hospitals, Institutions, Group/Host Homes)

HB 892, HB 1354, HJR 46, SB 267, SJR 19

Reimbursement for telemedicine medical and telehealth services - HB 974; SB 412 as noted by Josette Saxton earlier in this presentation

Also noted: 24/7 mental health support line, provided crisis counseling, and established virtual access for behavioral services.

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Disability Rights TexasSusan Murphree smurphree@drtx.org

Disability Rights Texas (DRTx)

https://www.disabilityrightstx.org

If you are a person with a disability in the state of Texas and you are experiencing a legal problem or are having difficulty obtaining disability services, call our intake line at 1-800-252-9108 Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, or you can apply online at anytime at intake.DRTx.org

Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can call our toll-free video phone at 1-866-362-2851 or our Purple 3 video phone at (512) 271-9391.

Reports of Interest

Promoting Independence Report

https://hhs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/laws-regulations/reports-presentations/2020/sb-367-revised-tx-promoting-ind-plan-dec-2020.pdf

IDD Long Term Plan

https://hhs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/laws-regulations/reports-presentations/2021/final-ltc-plan-idd-related-conditions-dec-2020.pdf

MDCP Transition to Star Kids 12.2020

https://hhs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/laws-regulations/reports-presentations/2020/sb7-transition-mdcp-waiver-recip-starkids-dec-2020.pdf

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Workgroup reports:

• Legislative report and educational activities

• 2021 planning

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Legislative report and educational activities

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2021 Planning and Next Steps

1. Identifying potential recommendation topics for the next report and creating workgroup

2. Monthly workgroup calls to continue the discussion on important topics, and identifying supportive resources

3. Tentative Meeting Dates:

• 4/12/2021

• 8/31/2021

• 11/17/2021

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Public Comment

Public Comment Opportunity:

• Written comments are encouraged

• Registration and call-in process for oral public comment

• All speakers must identify themselves and the organization they are representing before speaking

• Rules of conduct apply to public comments made by teleconference.

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Staff Action Items for Follow-up

Viral Khakkar will present action items for

follow-up

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Thank youFor more information contact:

Viral Khakkar, Program Specialist V

Health Quality Institute

Medicaid and CHIP Services

Council Website:

https://hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/leadership/advisory-

committees/policy-council-children-families

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