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PUBLIC NOTICE
December 10,
2019
The Alabama Medicaid Agency is seeking
public comments on the proposed renewal application for the State of Alabama
Independent Living (SAIL) Waiver. The SAIL Waiver provides individuals with specific
diagnoses and related illnesses home and community-based services in the
community who would otherwise require nursing facility care. The Alabama
Medicaid Agency (AMA) is the Administering Agency and the Alabama Department of
Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) serves as the Operating Agency for the SAIL
Waiver.
The target population for the waiver is
specific to individuals with physical disabilities not associated with the
process of aging and with onset prior to age 63 and who have one of the
following diseases or conditions: quadriplegia, traumatic brain injury,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spinal
muscular atrophy, severe cerebral palsy, stroke, and other substantial
neurological impairments, severely debilitating diseases or rare genetic diseases,
e.g. Lesch-Nehon Syndrome.
The
renewal application proposes to make the following changes:
- Increase the
number of unduplicated recipients from 660 to 800.
- Increase the age
of onset from "prior to age 60” to "prior to age 63."
- Add Unskilled
Respite Service.
- Increase the
yearly limit on Medical Supplies.
- Increase the
lifetime cap on Assistive Technology.
- Increase the
lifetime cap on Environmental Accessibility Adaptations.
- The State also
requests to change the wavier year from (April 1-March 31) to (October 1-
September 30) to align with the State’s fiscal year.
A copy of the proposed action can be accessed at www.medicaid.alabama.gov. Hard copies of the application are posted for review
inside Alabama Medicaid District Offices.
Written comments on the proposed action
must be submitted to Monica Abron, Associate Director by January 8, 2020. Via
mail to: Alabama Medicaid Agency, HCBS Administration Unit, P.O. Box 5624,
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5624 or
via e-mail to monica.abron@medicaid.alabama.gov