Maryland Elder Law Attorney Jason Frank, Esq. is advocating that the Maryland Senate improve legislation regarding the Home and Community Based Options Waiver so that it:
In other words, Medicaid should supplement the costs of in-home care for qualified individuals without the need to first be admitted into a Nursing Home.
For more information about this proposal, see this Jan. 28th, 2019 article from Frank, Frank & Scherr, LLC - Jason Frank Presses Maryland Senate for “Aging in Place”.
To watch the full Senate Finance Committee briefing, click here:
http://mgahouse.maryland.gov/mga/play/f96c66fe-b900-4e61-86d8-da760b90b028/?catalog/03e481c7-8a42-4438-a7da-93ff74bdaa4c