(a) There is established in the treasury of the State the intellectual and developmental disabilities medicaid waiver administrative claiming special fund, into which shall be deposited:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-23

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1
  • Developmental disabilities: means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:

    (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

    (2) Is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two;

    (3) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

    (4) Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and economic sufficiency; and

    (5) Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1

  • Services: means appropriate assistance provided to a person with a developmental or intellectual disability in the least restrictive, individually appropriate environment to provide for basic living requirements and continuing development of independence or interdependent living skills of the person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 333F-1
(1) All revenues from medicaid administrative claiming designated for the department that are allowable for operating the Hawaii home and community-based services waiver for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursuant to section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act;
(2) Appropriations made by the legislature to the fund;
(3) Other grants and gifts made to the fund; and
(4) Any income and capital gains earned by the fund.
(b) Moneys in the intellectual and developmental disabilities medicaid waiver administrative claiming special fund shall be used by the department for the following purposes:

(1) Payment for fiscal management services of the Hawaii home and community-based services waiver for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursuant to section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act;
(2) Training of staff; waiver providers; waiver participants, family members of waiver participants, legal representatives of waiver participants; and community stakeholders;
(3) Quality management activities for operating the Hawaii home and community-based services waiver for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursuant to section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act;
(4) Ongoing operations and maintenance of the information technology system;
(5) Conducting rate methodology studies to define rates for the Hawaii home and community-based services waiver for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursuant to section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act; and
(6) Assessment services for determining each participant’s level of support needs.
(c) The department shall submit to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session a report that provides an accounting of the receipts of and expenditures from the intellectual and developmental disabilities medicaid waiver administrative claiming special fund.