9110-0600 - Community Choices

Account	Description	FY 2018 Spending	FY 2019 House 2
9110-0600	Community Choices For health care services provided to MassHealth members who are seniors eligible for community-based waiver services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that subject to the assessed needs of consumers and/or the terms of the waiver, the funding for benefits of community-based waiver services shall not be reduced below the level of services provided in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that the eligibility requirements for this program shall not be more restrictive than those established in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item to implement the pre-admission counseling and assessment program under the fourth paragraph of section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, which shall be implemented on a statewide basis through the Aging and Disability Resource Consortia; and provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the Clinical Assessment and Eligibility Program and the Comprehensive Service and Screening Model Program	223,419,000	228,150,762

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY 2019