In an effort to deliver Medicaid funded home care services in an efficient, more cost effective manner while continuing to provide necessary services, the Legislature has extended Social Services Law (SSL) Section 367-k, which governs fiscal assessments of personal care services applicants and recipients, until July 1, 1997, and has added SSL Section 367-p. The purpose of this memorandum is to inform the social services districts of the provisions contained in part (b) of SSL 367-p and remind them of the continued applicability of the Burland v. Dowling temporary restraining order (TRO) and of the proper use of "statements of understanding" in the fiscal assessment process.
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