Currently those new to receiving waiver services have 150 days to connect to and start a waiver service. This may seem like a sufficient amount of time, but in reality if you are truly allowing folks to explore the options available to them, schedule tours, plan meetings, etc., 150 days is not always enough time. I recently had someone lose their Community Living waiver because a service had not been started within the 150 day timeframe. Allowing a year to start services is very much needed, especially with everyone on priority 1 being funded a slot over the next two years. The influx of those new to waiver will impact our providers and services will be limited until new providers can be added or current providers can expand services. I expect there will be waiting lists for services so allowing a year to start the waiver should help in ensuring folks get connected to the services they want and need while also allowing providers enough time to expand, hire more staff, etc.