The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is seeking public comment on its Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) statewide transition plan. DHS operates several home and community-based programs for frail elders and adults and children with disabilities. The programs operate under federal authority from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In 2014, CMS published new regulations that changed the definition of HCBS settings. DHS must submit a statewide transition plan to CMS, to identify the steps DHS will take to come into compliance with the new settings requirements no later than March 17, 2019. DHS is seeking public comment on the statewide transition plan. The draft statewide transition plan is available on the DHS website for 30 days at: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/hcbs/index.htm. A paper copy of the Statewide Transition Plan will be provided by mail upon request. Requests should be made by telephone at 608-267-7286, or toll-free at 1-855-885-0287, or by mail to Department of Health Services, Statewide Transition Plan-Request, P.O. Box 7851, 1 W. Wilson St., Room 518, Madison, WI 53707-7851.

Email comments to: DHSLTCPublicComment@dhs.wisconsin.gov, or write: Division of Medicaid Services, Attn: Statewide Transition Plan, 1 W. Wilson St., Room 518, PO Box 7851, Madison WI 53707-7851.