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Home and Community-Based Services Under Medicaid (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Jan. 19, 2011
Report Number R41600
Report Type Report
Authors Julie Stone, Specialist in Health Care Financing
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report looks at (1) the history of the Medicaid program as it relates to state flexibility inoffering HCBS; (2) basic eligibility rules for accessing HCBS under Medicaid; (3) the existingMedicaid state plan and waiver authorities that states may use to offer HCBS; (4) the variation instate spending on HCBS versus institutional LTC care; and (5) challenges states face inexpanding their HCBS programs.