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Home Accessibility Adaptations

For the Supported Living Services (SLS) and Children’s Extensive Support (CES) Waivers

Presented by: Diane Byrne

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December 2018

Our Mission

Improving health care access and

• utcomes for the people we serve

while demonstrating sound stewardship of financial resources

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Agenda

• Benefit Overview and S

ervice Coverage

• Proposed Division of Housing Partnership
• Existing Partnership with Division of Housing
• Improving the Benefit
• Questions
• Meeting format
• S

cheduling

Introduction Moving Forward Wrap-Up and Next S teps

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• In the S

LS and CES waivers, Home Accessibility Adaptations are:

• Physical adaptations to the

client’ s primary residence

• Necessary to ensure the

health and safety of the client, or

• Enable the client to function

with greater independence in the home, and

• Are the most cost effective

means the meet the need

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Home Accessibility Adaptations

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• Where can I find it?
• www.colorado.gov/ governor

/ budget-documents-and- instructions

• When does it happen?
• If approved by both the

legislature and CMS , the transition process would start in late 2019

• What does it do?
• Moves oversight of Home

Accessibility Adaptations to the Division of Housing, Department of Local Affairs (DOH)

• Why?
• Increased expertise
• Improved consistency
• Inspections for quality
• Alignment across waivers

Proposed DOH Partnership

Existing Partnership with DOH

Home Modification Benefit oversight began October 2014, with stakeholder engagement and rule writing through 2015. Created standardized forms, trainings, construction standards, and processes, such as inspections and holding providers accountable for timeliness and work quality. Ongoing oversight and training has increased consistency, quality of work, provider timeliness, repairs, and warranty use.

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• How can we improve this

benefit?

• Construction standards
• Rule updates
• Your priorities
• What does this mean for

me?

• Goal is a usable,

predictable, consistent benefit

• Process changes with

minimal disruption

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Moving Forward

Timelines and Meetings

• Goal: six months of regular benefit and rule

review

• What it is
• How to get it
• Provider requirements
• How to transition from improving oversight to
• ngoing oversight?

Meetings Rule Updates Ongoing

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Thank You!

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Diane Byrne HCBS Benefits S pecialist Diane.Byrne@ state.co.us

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