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SDAN Meeting – Friday 6/20/2025 – 12:00PM

Jun 11, 2025 | Meetings, Recent, Uncategorized

Participant Choice and Control of Services

SDAN MEETING ~ REGISTRATION REQUIRED Self-Direction Stakeholder Review and Discussion of DDA Waiver Amendment  Friday, June 20th 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

As a matter of concern to all DDA waiver participants, the Maryland Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) has released a draft Medicaid Waiver Amendment Application. Proposed changes include consolidation of the Family Supports Waiver and Community Supports Waiver into the Community Pathways Waiver.

On Friday, June 20, 2025, via Zoom,
The Self-Directed Advocacy Network of Maryland (SDAN)
invites you to learn how these proposed changes may impact Self-Directed Services (SDS).

Before the proposed amendment can be submitted for approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), there is a mandatory 30-day public comment period.
The DDA will accept public comment from June 9 to July 8, 2025.
Public comment can be submitted directly to wfb.dda@maryland.gov.

We encourage you to share your thoughts, suggestions, and concerns as a member of the self-directed community. Please help inform SDAN’S written commentary on the proposed changes.
Your comments can be emailed to info@marylandsds.org or share your questions through chat
during the June 20th meeting.

Register HERE for SDAN’s June 20th meeting

Text of the proposed amendment can be accessed through this link: Community Pathways Amendment #3 2025 Proposal.

Also, the DDA is hosting a series of informational webinars on the amendments. Click the subject line to register.

 

Why should you get involved?

What may be at stake?

  • Your choice of who provides your needed supports, when and how often you receive them, and what services are delivered.
  • Services that are less personal, less effective, and less aligned with your needs and goals.
  • More restrictions, fewer options, and more red tape.
  • Your health, safety, and inclusion in your community.
  • Further erosion of your choice and control over waiver services.

 

 

THANK YOU for supporting

Participant Choice and Control in Maryland!

 

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A copy of the current financial statement of Self-Directed Advocacy Network of Maryland (SDAN) is available by writing 1712 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville MD 20851. Documents and information submitted under the Maryland Solicitations Act are also available, for the cost of postage and copies, from the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis MD 21401, (410) 974-5534.