Increases funding for Medicaid home and community-based services in Hawaii.

This bill appropriates funds to increase Medicaid home and community-based services in Hawaii, aiming to raise reimbursement rates by $2,127 per client per month. The funding targets licensed developmental disability domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and Type II expanded adult residential care homes. The bill seeks to address wage pressures and high inflation affecting residential service operators, ensuring better care options for kupuna.

Increases funding for Medicaid home and community-based services in Hawaii.

This bill appropriates funds to increase Medicaid home and community-based services in Hawaii, aiming to raise reimbursement rates by $2,127 per client per month. The funding targets licensed developmental disability domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and Type II expanded adult residential care homes. The bill seeks to address wage pressures and high inflation affecting residential service operators, ensuring better care options for kupuna.