CSHB 346(HES): "An Act requiring the Department of Health and Social Services to establish a waiting list for state-funded services for persons with developmental disabilities and requiring the department to submit an annual report concerning the waiting list and persons with developmental disabilities."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 346(HES) 01 "An Act requiring the Department of Health and Social Services to establish a 02 waiting list for state-funded services for persons with developmental disabilities and 03 requiring the department to submit an annual report concerning the waiting list 04 and persons with developmental disabilities." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 47.80.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (d) When state funding is not adequate to meet service needs, the department 08 shall establish a waiting list for persons with developmental disabilities who would be 09 eligible to receive state-funded services under AS 47.80.100 - 47.80.170 if adequate 10 state funding were available. The department shall, on an annual basis, review the 11 waiting list and submit a report to the governor containing the information required 12 under this subsection. The department shall send a copy of the report to the persons 13 chairing the house and senate finance committees and the persons chairing the house 14 and senate health, education and social services committees and shall notify the full
01 legislature that the report is available to all legislators. The report must 02 (1) describe the purpose for the waiting list and the strategies used to 03 notify persons about the waiting list, and must include a copy of the information used 04 by the department to inform individuals and families about their rights and 05 responsibilities under AS 47.80.100 - 47.80.170; 06 (2) explain how an individual is placed on the waiting list, what criteria 07 determine rank on the list, and how the waiting list is used to select individuals 08 equitably and fairly across the state; 09 (3) give the basic demographic information across all regions about the 10 age, sex, and racial and ethnic background of the individuals on the waiting list; 11 (4) identify the level of need and preferences of the individuals and 12 families on the waiting list for the services and the supports that may be necessary to 13 meet their needs and project an annual cost to meet this need; 14 (5) identify how many individuals were removed from the waiting list 15 during the 12 months covered by the report, why they were removed from the list, and 16 how long the individuals had been waiting for services or supports before they were 17 removed from the list; 18 (6) list the number of individuals who have been on the waiting list for 19 90 days or more with an account of the department's steps to regularly review each 20 individual's status while waiting for services or supports; 21 (7) report annual data from the Department of Education and Early 22 Development about the number of students in special education with developmental 23 disabilities graduating from high school, dropping out of high school before reaching 24 age 22, or reaching age 22 without graduating from high school; and 25 (8) indicate that written or electronic copies of policies, manuals, and 26 procedures used by the department to implement AS 47.80.100 - 47.80.170 are 27 available. 28 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 29 to read: 30 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION; FIRST REPORT. The Department of Health and 31 Social Services shall prepare the first annual report required under sec. 1 of this Act so that
01 the report is available to the governor and the legislature by November 15, 2000, and is based 02 on the waiting list existing from October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000.