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Hello,

The monthly public policy call will be this Thursday May 12th at 4 pm ET. The call-in number is 866-906-0123 Passcode: 6397583.

Agenda

·         Transportation Policy, Guest Speaker: Dara Baldwin, National Disability Rights Network. As background, please see the priorities of the CCD Transportation Taskforce http://www.c-c-d.org/fichiers/CCD-Transportation-Task-Force-Priorities-2016.pdf

·         Other Updates from Washington

- Elementary and Secondary Education Act (http://www.ed.gov/esea?src=press-release)

- Higher Education Act – collecting stories on students with disabilities successes and barriers to attending, and graduating from higher education – survey forthcoming

- HCBS Rule – TN Plan approved

- Questions on Other Topics

·         Regulations, Regulations and More Regulations

-          Managed Care Regulations – Final regulations at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-05-06/pdf/2016-09581.pdf

-          Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Regulations - The Labor Department and Education Department have sent draft final regulation implementing WIOA to OMB for review. The regulation was posted on the agency's website May 2. In addition to the joint rule with ED, the DOL's Employment and Training Administration must still finalize a separate regulation that further implements WIOA.

-          Every Student Succeeds Act Title I Regulations on Accountability and State Plans – ED has sent draft regulations on Title I to OMB for review on 4/4/2016.

-          FDA Proposed Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices used to treat aggressive or self-injurious behavior. FDA has determined that these devices present an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury that cannot be corrected or eliminated by labeling.  FDA is proposing to include in this ban both new devices and devices already in distribution and use. For more information, please view the Federal Register display notice and the FDA Medical Device Bans webpage.

·         State Policy Updates - Volunteer(s) for this month or next month?

·         Other Items People Want to Discuss

Next Call: September 8, 2016 at 4:00 pm ET

 

Resources

 

Managed Care Final Regulation Webinar Series

 

You are invited to join CMS for a series of webinars on the managed care final rule that was released on April 25, 2016. The webinar series will take place on Thursdays from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm ET.  Specific topics/provisions of the final regulation will be presented on the following dates:

• May 5th: Overview of the Final Rule
• May 12th: Beneficiary Experience and Provisions Unique to Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS)
• May 19th: Managed Care Quality
• May 26th: Program Integrity
• June 2nd:  Rate Setting, Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), and Delivery System Reform
• June 9th: CHIP Managed Care 

For all calls, please use the same information: Dial in:  1-844-396-8222 – Participant Code: 646 062 309 https://webinar.cms.hhs.gov/managedcareregulation/ 

 

HCBS Webinar on TN Approved State-wide Transition Plan

 

Please join us for a call/webinar on Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 1:30-3:00 pm EST titled “HCBS Implementation and the Statewide Transition Plan.”  This presentation will feature the state of Tennessee speaking about the process by which they developed their Statewide Transition Plan and how the state is implementing the HCBS final rule. Other speakers from TN will discuss the ways that external stakeholders and advocates can meaningfully engage in their state’s HCBS implementation process.

 

Speakers will include:

Patti Killingsworth – Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of TennCare and Chief of Long-Terms Services and Supports

Michelle Jernigan – Deputy of LTSS, Bureau of TennCare

Wanda Willis – Executive Director, Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities

Ralph Lollar – Director, Long-Term Services and Supports - CMS

Background: The final regulations for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)  published January 16, 2014, require states operating section 1915(c) HCBS waivers, section 1915(i) HCBS state plan benefit programs or a section 1915(k) HCBS state plan benefit programs as well as an 1115 Demonstration Waiver or 1915(b)(3) authority that authorizes home and community-based services (in effect on or before March 17, 2014) to submit a statewide transition plan (STP). CMS final approval of an STP is granted when a state completes both its systemic assessment and its site-specific assessment, includes the outcomes of both assessments in the STP, outlines remediation strategies to rectify issues that both assessments uncovered, and lays out its heightened scrutiny, ongoing monitoring and relocation processes.

ODEP to Host National Online Dialogue to Hear from Youth — May 19-22

From May 19-22, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy will host a national online dialogue. During this discussion, youth and young adults with disabilities between the ages of 13-25 will share ideas about what they need to become successful adults, and they will comment and vote on one another’s ideas. These ideas will reflect what young people care about and need from service professionals, peers, family members, employers, advocates and policymakers. The dialogue will focus on ideas for success in six main areas: 1) Learning in School & Beyond, 2) Preparing for the Workforce, 3) Health & Healthcare Access, 4) Self-Advocacy in Everyday Life, 5) Voting & Community Engagement, and 6) Taking Care of Daily Life & Supports.

NCD and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Release New Parenting with a Disability Toolkit: http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/2016/new-parenting-disability-toolkit

Office of Civil Rights Annual Report Released
The Office for Civil Rights has seen an increase in the number of complaints involving English-language learners, racial harassment and seclusion or restraint of students with disabilities. That's according to the office's fiscal 2015 annual report highlighting the department's civil rights enforcement work. Fiscal 2015 produced 76 complaints of seclusion or restraint of students with disabilities, which represented the highest number of such complaints ever received. In fiscal 2014, that figure was 48 complaints. OCR began tracking such complaints in fiscal 2011.

Cindy Smith, MS, CAS, JD
Director of Public Policy

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

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