Bill > SB608

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency that oversees health care programs, to include family caregiver support services as an allowable service under specific waiver programs, which are essentially approved plans that allow states to offer services not typically covered by Medicare or Medicaid. These services are intended to help caregivers continue caring for individuals at home and may include counseling, education, and peer support. Additionally, the bill eliminates the cost-sharing requirement for child care scholarships for children in kinship care, meaning relatives who are raising children do not have to pay a portion of the child care costs, and also modifies work requirements for child care scholarships to include retirement and participation in substance use disorder treatment programs.

Health and Social Services

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