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The ARRM Daily Dispatch Blog is a source for ARRM members to stay updated and informed on both association news but also on unique and specialized analysis of current events, policy, and regulatory issues. Staff work to post updates regularly.

2023 Legislative Wins

By Sue Schettle posted 9 days ago
ARRM Members, Going into the 2023 legislative session, ARRM had an ambitious legislative agenda. Six separate pieces of legislation were introduced, dealing with a variety of issues from sustainable rate adjustments for waiver and ICF/DD services to licensing changes, service delivery modifications, ...
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Final Day of the 2023 Legislative Session

By Sara Grafstrom posted 9 days ago
Today marks the last day of the 2023 Legislative Session and while there are still a few outstanding items for the legislature to act on today. The Human Service bill, which contains most of the provisions that impact ARRM members, passed off the House and Senate floor last Friday. In the coming days, ...
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Final Human Service Conference Committee Budget Spreadsheet Available

By Sara Grafstrom posted 16 days ago
Late Sunday evening the final spreadsheet for the Human Service Conference Committee report was made available; bill language has not been made available, so we do not have the details of the proposals that were included. However, below is a high-level analysis of ARRM Legislative Agenda priorities that ...
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CMS Approves the Latest Amendments to the DD Waiver

By Ken Bence posted 21 days ago
You may recall that DHS issued proposed amendments to the Developmental Disabilities (DD) waiver in January, with a 30-day public comment period that closed on February 16. ARRM submitted written comments with input from many of you, as did several provider organizations. DHS issued a bulletin on May ...
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Legislative Update: Two weeks left of session, Human Service Conference Committee begins meeting

By Sara Grafstrom posted 23 days ago
The Human Service Conference Committee began meeting last week with the first hearing on Tuesday featuring a walk through of the House, Senate and Governor’s proposals and public testimony taken during the Wednesday hearing. Along with ARRM’s letter submitted to conferees last week, I also provided ...
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Human Service Conference Committee begins meeting this week

By Sara Grafstrom posted 30 days ago
Last week the House passed the Human Service Omnibus bill off the House floor. With the passage of this bill, a Conference Committee has now been formed to work out the differences between the House and Senate proposal and develop a final Human Service budget omnibus bill. Conference Committee members ...
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Legislative Update: Human Service Omnibus on House floor Tuesday

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-24-2023
Last week, the Senate Human Service Omnibus bill was passed off the Senate floor with a vote of 63-4. ARRM released this action alert , thanking Senators for their support of this bill and the important provisions that would increase funding for disability waiver services and services provided in an ...
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Human Service Bill heads to the Senate Floor

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-16-2023
As we move towards the end of session, legislative action directly impacting ARRM members becomes less frequent as attention turns toward the passage of omnibus bills. You can review here what is and is not included in the House and Senate Human Service Omnibus bills. Last week, the Senate Finance ...
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Human Service Omnibus Bills Released in the House and Senate

By Sara Grafstrom posted 04-02-2023
Human Service Omnibus bill were released in both the House and the Senate last week, while each bill contains many funding proposals that would impact people with disabilities or their support providers, below are the proposals most relevant to ARRM members. House What’s Included: · ...
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Big Week at the Capitol Coming up: Omnibus Bills Released and Disability Services Day at the Capitol

By Sara Grafstrom posted 03-26-2023
The second committee deadline came and went last Friday, and the legislature will now turn to the crafting and passage of their committee omnibus bills. In both the House and Senate we anticipate the Human Service Omnibus bill package to be released on Monday, March 27 th . Below are the schedules ...
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