Department of Medical Assistance Services
Board of Medical Assistance Services
General Notice: Notice of Public Comment Period: 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers
CLOSED Opened on 8/6/2024 and Ended on 9/6/2024
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238 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| LRI | Virginia parents | 9/6/24 11:07 pm |
| Home and Community services waiver | Joyce Bumbray-graves | 9/6/24 9:28 pm |
| LRI's deserve better | SEIU Va 512 Homecare provider | 9/6/24 9:25 pm |
| LRI's should be Extended the full scope of services under CDC | SEIU VA 512 Concerned Home Care Member | 9/6/24 9:04 pm |
| I vehemently oppose ongoing justification | Anonymous (227721) | 9/6/24 8:55 pm |
| The proposed amendments (LRI) | Anonymous (227720) | 9/6/24 8:52 pm |
| Parents and caregivers of minors and Spouses deserve better | SEIU VA 512 | 9/6/24 8:42 pm |
| Do you want me to post an “advertisement” for a stranger to care for my child? | Anonymous (227718) | 9/6/24 8:38 pm |
| Caregivers and Parents are Essential to Quality Care | LaNoral Thomas, SEIU Virginia 512 | 9/6/24 8:33 pm |
| The endless justification, the need to prove my worth as my child’s caregiver—it’s too much | Anonymous (227716) | 9/6/24 8:33 pm |
| Eliminate DMAS OWD ongoing justification | Anonymous (227715) | 9/6/24 8:27 pm |
| OWD - Advertisements - Please remove | Anonymous (227714) | 9/6/24 8:24 pm |
| Persistent and unjust requirement to justify eligibility as paid caregivers | Anonymous (227713) | 9/6/24 8:20 pm |
| Object to the dismissive tone by DMAS!!!!!!!!! | Anonymous (227712) | 9/6/24 8:18 pm |
| strong disappointment | Anonymous (227711) | 9/6/24 8:16 pm |
| 1915(c) HCBS Waiver: Draft VA.004.05.03 | Anonymous (227710) | 9/6/24 6:19 pm |
| Service Facilitator Education Requirement | Service Facilitator | 9/6/24 5:14 pm |
| LRI Respite/SF education | Anonymous (227708) | 9/6/24 4:56 pm |
| Edits | Anonymous (227705) | 9/6/24 1:18 pm |
| combining service limits/delay enrollment/ SSDI disregard/ LRI as paid caregivers | Virginia Autism Project | 9/6/24 12:59 pm |
| Waiver Amendments - COMMENTS | Tonya Milling, The Arc of Virginia | 9/6/24 12:53 pm |
| Amendments to HB909/SB488 | Kevin Stevenson | 9/6/24 12:50 pm |
| LRI/Respite | Anonymous (227701) | 9/6/24 12:36 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227700) | 9/6/24 11:36 am |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227699) | 9/6/24 11:33 am |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227698) | 9/6/24 11:31 am |
| LRI - Remove OWD | Anonymous (227697) | 9/6/24 11:30 am |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227696) | 9/6/24 11:28 am |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227695) | 9/6/24 10:55 am |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227694) | 9/6/24 10:52 am |
| Importance of LRI as First Option | Anonymous (227693) | 9/6/24 10:51 am |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227692) | 9/6/24 10:48 am |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227691) | 9/6/24 10:46 am |
| LRI | Anonymous (227690) | 9/6/24 10:45 am |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227689) | 9/6/24 10:44 am |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227688) | 9/6/24 10:43 am |
| LRI - HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227687) | 9/6/24 10:42 am |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227686) | 9/6/24 10:41 am |
| Removing education requirements for workers who work with Medicaid recipients | Christopher Scott Wassell Virginia Medicaid waiver recipient | 9/6/24 9:02 am |
| Waiver amendment response | DePaul Community Resources | 9/6/24 7:51 am |
| Don't Remove the Degree Requirement | Anonymous (227682) | 9/6/24 6:02 am |
| LRI | SEIUVA512 | 9/5/24 11:00 pm |
| Please implement these wise strategies | Caregiver | 9/5/24 10:03 pm |
| Lri pay needs to be retroactive | Anonymous (227678) | 9/5/24 9:55 pm |
| LRI - Respite | Dana Hecht; Jill's House | 9/5/24 7:10 pm |
| Comments on proposed changes to Medicaid Waivers from Hope House Foundation | Grey Persons | 9/5/24 5:07 pm |
| FIS Application - restriction on MT, telehealth for SF, definition of EOR | Moms In Motion | 9/5/24 5:01 pm |
| CL Application - New restriction in MT units, SF Education needs removed, definition of EOR, Med Adm | Moms In Motion | 9/5/24 4:57 pm |
| CCC+ Application - SF Education Requirement is still in it and Changing the definition of EOR | Moms In Motion | 9/5/24 4:50 pm |
| Parents should be paid Medicaid Waiver Attendants | Sarah B. / Caregiver | 9/5/24 4:01 pm |
| LRI | Daheja | 9/5/24 4:00 pm |
| DMAS | Anonymous (227667) | 9/5/24 3:29 pm |
| LRI - Parental Caregivers | D. Clark | 9/5/24 2:49 pm |
| "Advocating for Reinstatement and Expansion of Paid Caregiver Provisions for Waiver-Eligible Minors" | Dr. Elizabeth Gordon-Dudu | 9/5/24 2:48 pm |
| Parents rights | Ester Tomikia Lawrwnce | 9/5/24 1:39 pm |
| HB909 | Nathan M Auldridge | 9/5/24 1:36 pm |
| DMAS | Stephanie Hardy | 9/5/24 1:27 pm |
| Caregiver response | Tenesha Kumar | 9/5/24 1:18 pm |
| Paying parents as caregivers | Lisa Montgomery | 9/5/24 1:12 pm |
| Paid caregiver for child | Lisa Harden | 9/5/24 1:10 pm |
| Legally Responsible Relatives | Jeanne Robinson | 9/5/24 12:11 pm |
| Virginia's 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers. | Brent Bradshaw | 9/5/24 11:34 am |
| About this topic | Pamela A Murphy | 9/5/24 10:59 am |
| Waiver | Samira Brooks, SEIUVA512 | 9/5/24 10:31 am |
| Ensure Quality Home Care for All Virginians by Supporting LRIs Providing HCBS | David Broder | 9/5/24 10:25 am |
| Parents as paid caregivers for more than one child. | Anonymous (227653) | 9/5/24 9:48 am |
| Public comment | Lynne Ory Blythe | 9/4/24 10:59 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227647) | 9/4/24 9:32 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227646) | 9/4/24 9:31 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227645) | 9/4/24 9:30 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227644) | 9/4/24 9:30 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227643) | 9/4/24 9:29 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227642) | 9/4/24 9:28 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227641) | 9/4/24 9:28 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227640) | 9/4/24 9:27 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227639) | 9/4/24 9:27 pm |
| OWD | Anonymous (227638) | 9/4/24 9:20 pm |
| LRI OWD | Anonymous (227637) | 9/4/24 9:19 pm |
| Owd | Anonymous (227635) | 9/4/24 9:18 pm |
| LRI, 40 hour, respite, college requirement | Emily S | 9/4/24 9:18 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227633) | 9/4/24 9:18 pm |
| OWD | Anonymous (227632) | 9/4/24 9:17 pm |
| Lri | Anonymous (227631) | 9/4/24 9:12 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227630) | 9/4/24 9:12 pm |
| OWD - NO good | Anonymous (227629) | 9/4/24 9:11 pm |
| Remove burden of proof | Anonymous (227628) | 9/4/24 9:10 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227627) | 9/4/24 9:09 pm |
| Remove OWD | Anonymous (227626) | 9/4/24 9:08 pm |
| Lri | Anonymous (227625) | 9/4/24 9:07 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227624) | 9/4/24 9:05 pm |
| LRI - OWD removal | Anonymous (227623) | 9/4/24 9:05 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227622) | 9/4/24 9:04 pm |
| Finalizing LRI Guidelines with Much Needed Changes | AW | 9/4/24 5:27 pm |
| limited 40 h | AS | 9/4/24 4:08 pm |
| Objective Written Documentation | Anonymous (227613) | 9/4/24 2:42 pm |
| Waiver updates and changes are necessary | Anonymous (227610) | 9/4/24 12:19 pm |
| Remove Ojective Written Documentation | JS | 9/4/24 12:00 pm |
| LRI | taylor | 9/4/24 9:46 am |
| Pay rate and parent care givers | Anonymous (227599) | 9/4/24 7:20 am |
| Educational Requirements | Anonymous (227597) | 9/3/24 10:35 pm |
| This is getting old | Tired Mom | 9/3/24 7:39 pm |
| wages | Anonymous (227590) | 9/3/24 3:26 pm |
| changes are needed | Anonymous (227589) | 9/3/24 3:22 pm |
| LRI guardrails, Attendant pay rate | Kelli Coffin | 9/3/24 2:51 pm |
| proposed ammendments | Anonymous (227587) | 9/3/24 1:39 pm |
| Please help families! | Lisa Giamette | 9/3/24 12:27 pm |
| dRC Comment on Proposed Waiver Changes | Seth Whitten, disAbility Resource Center | 9/3/24 11:55 am |
| Concerns about State Plan Amendments for HB 909/SB 488 | Anonymous (227578) | 9/2/24 4:01 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227575) | 9/1/24 6:47 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227574) | 8/31/24 10:28 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227573) | 8/31/24 10:27 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227572) | 8/31/24 10:27 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227571) | 8/31/24 10:26 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024): | Anonymous (227570) | 8/31/24 10:25 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227569) | 8/31/24 10:07 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227568) | 8/31/24 10:06 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227567) | 8/31/24 10:06 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227566) | 8/31/24 10:05 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227565) | 8/31/24 10:05 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227564) | 8/31/24 10:02 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227563) | 8/31/24 9:55 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227562) | 8/31/24 9:51 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227561) | 8/31/24 9:49 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227560) | 8/31/24 9:46 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227559) | 8/31/24 9:43 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227558) | 8/31/24 9:41 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227557) | 8/31/24 9:40 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227556) | 8/31/24 9:39 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227555) | 8/31/24 9:38 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227554) | 8/31/24 9:36 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227553) | 8/31/24 9:35 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227552) | 8/31/24 9:32 pm |
| Respite/LRI | Nick Blankenship | 8/31/24 6:03 pm |
| SSDI not counting towards income | Erin McPherson | 8/31/24 1:20 pm |
| LRI | Erin McPherson | 8/31/24 1:15 pm |
| Do not remove educational requirements for Services Facilitation providers | Dianna S. Wassell | 8/31/24 10:08 am |
| I support the “ none educational piece “ for SF companies! | Stephanie Estes | 8/30/24 3:57 pm |
| Respite needed | Anonymous (227544) | 8/30/24 3:44 pm |
| LRI guardrails | Anonymous (227543) | 8/30/24 3:05 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227542) | 8/30/24 3:05 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227541) | 8/30/24 3:05 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227540) | 8/30/24 3:04 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227539) | 8/30/24 3:04 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227538) | 8/30/24 3:03 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227537) | 8/30/24 2:32 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227536) | 8/30/24 2:30 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227535) | 8/30/24 2:29 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide | Anonymous (227534) | 8/30/24 2:27 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide | Anonymous (227533) | 8/30/24 2:26 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227532) | 8/30/24 1:48 pm |
| HB909/SB488 - LRI | Anonymous (227531) | 8/30/24 1:45 pm |
| LRI - HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227530) | 8/30/24 1:44 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227529) | 8/30/24 1:41 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227528) | 8/30/24 1:03 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227527) | 8/30/24 1:02 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227526) | 8/30/24 1:01 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227525) | 8/30/24 1:00 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227524) | 8/30/24 1:00 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227523) | 8/30/24 12:52 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant | Anonymous (227522) | 8/30/24 12:48 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227521) | 8/30/24 12:43 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227520) | 8/30/24 12:42 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227519) | 8/30/24 12:41 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227518) | 8/30/24 12:38 pm |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227517) | 8/30/24 12:38 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227516) | 8/30/24 12:37 pm |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227515) | 8/30/24 12:35 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227514) | 8/30/24 12:29 pm |
| Degree requirements for Service Facilitator | Theresa Dalessandro | 8/30/24 12:26 pm |
| LRI Guardrails | SheRae Hunter | 8/30/24 12:06 pm |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227510) | 8/30/24 11:32 am |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) | Anonymous (227509) | 8/30/24 11:29 am |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant | Anonymous (227508) | 8/30/24 11:27 am |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227507) | 8/30/24 11:23 am |
| Finalizing rules when a (LRI) is the paid aide/attendant for the personal care service | Anonymous (227506) | 8/30/24 11:22 am |
| HB909/SB488 | Anonymous (227505) | 8/30/24 11:21 am |
| LRI guidelines and amendments | Katrina Chiaratti | 8/30/24 11:16 am |
| Legally Responsible Individual (LRI) | Anonymous (227503) | 8/30/24 10:57 am |
| HB909/SB488 (2024) Legally Responsible Individual (LRI) | Anonymous (227502) | 8/30/24 10:55 am |
| Proposed changes to Home and Community Based Waiver | Anita | 8/30/24 10:47 am |
| LRI Guardrails | Anonymous (227500) | 8/30/24 9:50 am |
| Degree Requirement for Service Facilitators | Anonymous (227499) | 8/30/24 9:42 am |
| LRI | Emely | 8/30/24 12:19 am |
| Education Requirement for Service Facilitators | Anonymous (227495) | 8/29/24 9:28 pm |
| LRI | Anonymous (227494) | 8/29/24 5:40 pm |
| Comments on Certain Proposed Revisions | Anonymous (227493) | 8/29/24 3:46 pm |
| LRI | Bethany S. | 8/29/24 3:42 pm |
| LRI should make the choice | Anonymous (227491) | 8/29/24 12:09 pm |
| Make paid LRI caregivers permanent | Kristine Price | 8/29/24 11:50 am |
| Home and community based services medicaid waivers | Steven | 8/29/24 11:34 am |
| LRI and Respite | Alicia Duncan | 8/29/24 9:38 am |
| Parents as paid caregivers | Carlson | 8/29/24 9:17 am |
| LRI | Annonymus | 8/28/24 10:08 pm |
| LRI guidelines | Fadoua elbakkali | 8/28/24 9:30 pm |
| LRI Guardrails | Anonymous (227479) | 8/28/24 8:53 pm |
| LRI guardrails | Anonymous (227476) | 8/28/24 6:42 pm |
| Degree requirement for SF | Anonymous (227475) | 8/28/24 6:36 pm |
| DD Waivers | Jonina Moskowitz, SOAR365 | 8/28/24 8:19 am |
| Lri | Anonymous (227436) | 8/26/24 12:41 pm |
| Ssdi | Anonymous (227435) | 8/26/24 12:33 pm |
| Therapeutic Consultation Improvements are Needed | Anonymous (227408) | 8/23/24 2:14 pm |
| dLCV Comment on Waiver Changes | disAbility Law Center of Virginia | 8/23/24 8:09 am |
| Please don't fail the disability community now! | Katy Morikawa | 8/21/24 9:19 am |
| Delay for Waiver Enrollment | Parent of a Child with ID | 8/16/24 10:39 am |
| Combining Service Limits for Tech and Services | Parent of a Child with ID | 8/16/24 10:35 am |
| SSDI Income Disregard - Support | Parent of Child with ID | 8/16/24 10:30 am |
| LRI | Brooke VanTyne | 8/15/24 1:27 pm |
| Combine Budget | A Ross | 8/15/24 10:03 am |
| Education requirements | Anonymous (227381) | 8/15/24 2:41 am |
| Parents/PCGs as LRI | Military Father/RN Mother asking for common sense LRI rules | 8/14/24 5:08 pm |
| Removing Educational Requirement SF | Anonymous (227375) | 8/14/24 4:26 pm |
| DD waiver Services-Educational Rquirements | Anonymous (227373) | 8/14/24 3:20 pm |
| LRI Guidelines | Anonymous (227372) | 8/14/24 3:15 pm |
| Assistive Technology budgets for persons with disabilities | Paula Manion - Our Stomping Ground - Inclusive Communities | 8/13/24 9:14 pm |
| LRI Guidelines | Jessica LaHousse | 8/13/24 7:46 pm |
| LRI's /Parents | Shawn | 8/13/24 5:53 pm |
| Removing education requirements for SF | Anonymous (227355) | 8/13/24 1:28 pm |
| Case manager | S horizon behavioral health | 8/13/24 1:21 pm |
| Support Remote Supports Services | Fairfax-Falls Church CSB | 8/13/24 1:02 pm |
| DD Waiver Proposal | Katherine Sturniolo, Goochland-Powhatan Community Services | 8/13/24 12:30 pm |
| HCBS Waiver Amendment Application | Crossroads CSB DD Services | 8/13/24 12:29 pm |
| Removing Educational Requirements for Case Managers | Anonymous (227347) | 8/13/24 10:06 am |
| Disregard Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Benefits | Dianne O. Corsello | 8/12/24 5:30 pm |
| Combine the Budgets | A Vincent | 8/9/24 4:15 pm |
| Combine the budget! | Anonymous (227322) | 8/9/24 9:05 am |
| Very necessary to combine the Budget | Koshala Cole, SafeinHome | 8/8/24 5:53 pm |
| Combine the Budget | Stephanie Klett | 8/8/24 5:45 pm |
| Extension of Quarterlies | Linda Asad | 8/8/24 3:45 pm |
| This system is flawed | Bettie Farmer | 8/8/24 12:50 pm |
| Delay enrollment in waiver | Anonymous (227315) | 8/8/24 9:23 am |
| Combining AT and EM funds | Anonymous (227314) | 8/8/24 9:18 am |
| Screening for CCC+ Waivers | Whitney King | 8/7/24 12:19 pm |
| Educational Requirements | Whitney King | 8/7/24 12:16 pm |
| Removing Educational Requirements for Service Facilitators | Anonymous (227308) | 8/7/24 12:14 pm |
| Legally responsibility individual | Angela Switzer | 8/7/24 12:15 am |
| removing the educational requirements for service facilitators and other comments | Commonwealth Lifespan Services | 8/6/24 3:51 pm |
| Manager | Chesterfield MHSS | 8/6/24 3:31 pm |
| Waiver Comments | Mark Dixon | 8/6/24 12:49 pm |
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