The requirement under §?40-8.14-2 shall not restrict the state’s ability to afford participants and participants’ representatives who choose not to employ an individual provider, or are unable to do so, the option of receiving direct-support services through a personal choice option or through the employees of provider agencies, rather than through an individual provider.

Nothing in this chapter shall restrict the state’s ability to afford Medicaid LTSS beneficiaries authorized to receive HCBS-covered services with the freedom of choice guaranteed under Title XIX to enter into service delivery agreements with any authorized Medicaid provider.