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In the coming days, the House-Senate Appropriations Conference Committee will determine the fate of thousands of Texans with disabilities who are on waiting lists to receive Medicaid waivers for home and community-based services. Currently, the House appropriations bill has NO funds to reduce the waiting lists. The Senate would only reduce the lists by 10 percent over the biennium. At that rate, it will take 20 years for the waiting lists to go away. Texans with disabilities are tired of waiting!

There is an URGENT NEED for advocates to IMMEDIATELY contact Conference Committee members.

The Disability Policy Consortium has a position statement about ending the waiting lists and increasing community-based services as important keys to the community for Texans with disabilities. 

The Center for Public Policy Priorities has developed a helpful chart detailing the differences between the House and Senate appropriations bills that the Conference Committee must resolve. 

The Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has just released a chart detailing the differences between HB1 and SB1.

The Legislative Budge Board also has a chart: House Bill 1, General Appropriations Bill Summary of Differences Between House and Senate Versions