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Status of HCBS Settings Rule Transition Plan (STP)

Initial Approvals

January 29, 2016: Revised Statewide Transition Plan – Appendix A

August 9, 2016: CMS granted State initial approval of their STP.

September 4, 2015: CMS notified State of Clarifications and/or Modifications required for Initial Approval (CMIA).

Draft STP Additions by Date

December 31, 2014: Summary of comment submitted to waiver transition plan

In October 2014, the state posted transition plan documents for its remaining six waivers as well as the statewide transition plan.

• Brain Injury Waiver Transition Plan
• Elderly Waiver Transition Plan
• Children’s Mental Health Waiver Transition Plan
• Health and Disability Waiver Transition Plan
• Physical Disability Waiver Transition Plan
• AIDS/HIV Waiver Transition Plan
• HCBS Waiver Statewide Transition Plan

In August 2014, the state submitted its transition plan for the ID Waiver to CMS and released the following documents

• ID Waiver Transition Plan
• ID Waiver Summary of Transition Plan Changes
• HCBS Settings Analysis
• Responses to Public Comments
• Iowa Exploratory Questions
• Iowa Settings that Isolate

May 9, 2014: The Iowa Department of Human Services has released three documents regarding the state’s transition plan:

• HCBS Settings White Paper
• HCBS Transition Plan DRAFT
• HCBS Settings Transition Plan Public Comment Period

Disability Advocacy Organization Comments on Draft STP

March 2, 2016: Comments from Disability Rights Iowa on Iowa’s HCBS Settings Transition Plan

May 31, 2014:  Iowa Olmstead Consumer Task Force Comments

State Partners

Center for Disabilities and Development at the University of Iowa

Disability Rights Iowa

Iowa DD Council

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