Public Comment

​​​​​​​​​​NEW - Public Comment Period for Family Support Waiver (FSW)

Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. §441.304(f), the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is required to give public notice related to the state's plan to implement a new 1915(c) Home and Community Based (HCBS) Family Support Waiver. 

Substantive changes to the waiver application have been made, which require an additional public comment period. These changes include the removal of the Fiscal Management Service (FMS) from the waiver application, the removal of the waiver service titled Participant Directed Goods and Services, and changes to provider qualification training requirements.  

The 30-day public comment period is from September 8 through October 8, 2023.

Waiver Information

• Family Support Waiver Application​ - for Sept to Oct public comment period
• Summary of the Family Support Waiver​ - September 2023
  
• LB 376 Family Support Waiver and System Evaluation webpage 
• A hard copy of the waiver application can be requested via mail, email, or phone at (402) 471-9156.

Presentations During the Public Comment Period

• ​Presentation Slides​ - presen​ted Sept 18 and 19 via Zoom​

Submitting Comments

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to the Department. Written comments must be postmarked or received by October 8, 2023. Public comments may be submitted by:

• Email: DHHS.HCBSPublicComments@nebraska.gov
• Fax: (402) 471-8792
• Mail: DHHS – Division of Developmental Disabilities, 301 Centennial Mall South, P.O. Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509-5026.

The Next Steps

After the public comment period, when submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Family Support Waiver will include a summary of the public comments received during the public input process, and if any comments were not adopted, the reasons why. The summary will also specify any modifications made to the waiver as a result of the public input process.

Upon approval by CMS, this waiver would go into effect March 1, 2024.​

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Past (First) Public Comment Period for FSW

Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. §441.304(f), the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is required to give public notice related to the state's plan to implement a new 1915(c) Home and Community Based (HCBS) Family Support Waiver. The 30-day public comment period was from July 28 through August 27, 2023.

Waiver Information & Presentations

• Family Support Waiver Application​ – for July to Aug public comment period
• Summary of the Family Support Waiver - July 2023
  

• ​Presentation Slides - presented August 4, 7, and 14, 2023​
  

• Comments Received with DDD Responses​ - from July 28 to August 27, 2023