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Revised South Carolina Home and Community-Based Services Statewide Transition Plan

The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), pursuant to the requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Rule at 42 CFR 441.301(c)(6), gives notice that the revised South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan has been released for a public comment period. The revisions are necessary to receive final approval of the Statewide Transition Plan as required by CMS. The full public notice and revised South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan are available online at https://msp.scdhhs.gov/hcbs/site-page/hcbs-statewide-transition-plan. The public can provide comments on the South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan until Sept. 13, 2019. The revised South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan will be submitted to CMS by Sept. 27, 2019. It will be effective upon CMS approval.

 

Revisions


The following is a summary of the revisions, by section, made in the South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan (initially approved by CMS Nov. 3, 2016):

 

Section 1, Introduction

  • Updated table of contents, added appendices (all linked)

  • Pages 3-4: added brief description of each Medicaid waiver provided including a link to a table of each waiver’s services offered by setting type (linked to website)

 

Section 2, Communication and Outreach

  • Page 10: inserted current update of this public notice

 

Section 3, Assessment of System-wide Regulations, Policies, Procedures, Licensing Standards and Other Regulations

Section 4, Assessment of Settings

 

Section 5, Heightened Scrutiny

 

Appendices

 

Communication

A copy of the full public notice and the revised South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan is available at the following locations:

  1. 1.Website:

    1. a.scdhhs.gov/hcbs (under “Resources,” “Statewide Transition Plan”)

    2. b.scdhhs.gov (under the “Public Notice” section)

 

  1. 2.Hardcopies:

    1. a.SCDHHS Main Office, 1801 Main Street, Columbia, SC

    2. b.All Healthy Connections County Offices

    3. c.All Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Area Offices

 

Information on the revised Statewide Transition Plan draft will be discussed at the following public hearings:

  1. 1.Aug. 20, 2019 (Online Webinar)

11:30 a.m. (will be recorded for later viewing)

Link to register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/0cbfe4c5f6f40f2e7c24e00bf0acd2b8

 

  1. 2.Aug. 13, 2019

6-7:30 p.m.

Five Forks Branch Library, Meeting Room A

104 Sunnydale Dr.

Simpsonville, SC 29681

 

  1. 3.Aug. 15, 2019

6-7:30 p.m.

Otranto Regional Library

2261 Otranto Rd.

North Charleston, SC 29406

 

  1. 4.Aug. 22, 2019

6-7:30 p.m.

Babcock Center, Mary L. Duffie Administration Building

2725 Banny Jones Ave.

West Columbia, SC 29170

 

Public Comment and Responses

SCDHHS wants to hear from the public about the revised South Carolina HCBS Statewide Transition Plan.

Public comments must be received by 5 p.m. Sept. 13, 2019 and can be submitted through the following methods:

 

  1. Online: https://msp.scdhhs.gov/hcbs/webform/comments-questions

  2. Email: comments@scdhhs.gov
     

  3. Mail:

Long Term Living

ATTN: Kelly Eifert, Ph.D.

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

P.O. Box 8206

Columbia, SC 29202-8206

 

Please visit https://www.scdhhs.gov/hcbs for information on the HCBS rule, the public notice and the Statewide Transition Plan.

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