Children Complex Health Needs Waiver

Added Senate co-sponsors (Amabile, Coleman, Frizell, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica) to the Senate sponsorship section.

Updated bill status headers to reflect 'Rerevised' version with all amendments adopted in the Second House, replacing the 'Preamended' version with unadopted committee amendments.

Added reading status markers indicating '3rd Reading Unamended' for the Senate and 'Amended 2nd Reading' for the House with specific dates.

Two separate Medicaid waiver programs (Disabled Children Care Program and Pediatric Hospice Care Program) are now merged into one unified Children with Complex Health Needs Waiver Program.

Updated definitions for Bereavement Services, Palliative Care, and Respite Care Services to reflect the merged program structure.

Maintained requirements for federal waiver budget neutrality and eligibility criteria, including age limits and life-limiting illness qualifications.

Added standard legislative formatting including session information, committee assignments, and bill summary notes.

Removed draft notes and formatting artifacts from the final version, including the 'Signed Act' header and explanatory text about how to check legislative status.

Corrected minor formatting inconsistencies in the sponsor list and section headers to match standard legislative formatting.

Fixed spacing and capitalization issues in the definitions section, particularly around 'RESPITE CARE SERVICES' and 'NONALLOWANCE OF CURATIVE CARE THERAPIES'.

Corrected the spelling of 'Julie McCluskie' from 'Julie Mc e' in the House Clerk signature line.

Removed extraneous text and formatting marks from the Governor's signature line and page headers.

Merged the Disabled Children Care Program and Pediatric Hospice Care Program into a single Children with Complex Health Needs Waiver Program to streamline home- and community-based services.

Added new statutory definitions for bereavement services, palliative care, and respite care services to clarify covered benefits.

Modified hospice care eligibility requirements by adding exemptions for mandatory do-not-resuscitate orders, physician certification of life expectancy under six months, and nonallowance of curative care concurrent with palliative care.

Repealed the original Disabled Children Care Program (25.5-6-901) and Pediatric Hospice Care Program (25.5-5-305) statutes.

Added requirement that the new waiver program must meet aggregate federal budget neutrality requirements.

Added the Children with Complex Health Needs Waiver Program to the list of optional programs in 25.5-5-203 for increased federal financial participation.

Added five new co-sponsors (Bacon, Barron, Bird, Boesenecker, Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Duran, English, Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia Sander, Gilchrist, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Jackson, Lieder, Lindsay, Mabrey, Marshall, McCluskie, Rutinel, Rydin, Stewart K., Suckla, Titone, Valdez, Zokaie) to the House sponsorship list.

Updated the document header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and changed the note about bill summaries to indicate the version is unamended as of February 3, 2025.

Removed detailed sections regarding the merger of two Medicaid waiver programs for children and specific provisions about curative care therapies concurrent with palliative and hospice care.

Removed text related to the Tobacco tax cash fund, including the creation of accounts and appropriations for the health care expansion fund for children's home- and community-based service waiver programs.

Updated definition of bereavement services to reference complex health needs rather than life-limiting illness, changing the context from end-of-life support to ongoing care stress management.

Modified palliative care definition to apply to children with complex health needs instead of life-limiting illness, expanding the program's service scope.

Changed eligibility criteria from requiring a life-limiting illness to qualifying for nursing facility or hospital level of care, broadening who can access the waiver program.

Updated the waiver program requirements to specify services must be for children with complex health needs rather than life-limiting illness.