• Current through October 23, 2012

(a) The Department and the Medical Assistance Administration shall enter into an agreement for the Department to direct policy development and design of services and supports provided under the home and community-based services waiver, including policies, services, and supports related to the operation of intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the status of the Medical Assistance Administration as the single state agency for the administration of the Medicaid Program under section 1902(a)(5) of the Social Security Act, approved July 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 344; 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(5)).

(Mar. 14, 2007, D.C. Law 16-264, § 107, 54 DCR 818; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 15(c), 59 DCR 5567.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 19-169, in subsec. (a), substituted "intellectual or developmental disabilities" for "mental retardation".

Emergency Act Amendments

For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 107 of Developmental Disabilities Services Management Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-672, December 28, 2006, 54 DCR 1155).

Legislative History of Laws

For Law 16-264, see notes following § 7-761.01.

For history of Law 19-169, see notes under § 7-761.02.