South Dakota is creating a new nine-member Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee to review and improve the state's Medicaid waiver programs that provide home and community services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The committee will examine how providers are reviewed and accredited, gather feedback from people with disabilities and their families, and recommend changes to make the system more efficient and less burdensome for service providers. This is a new committee with no changes to existing law—it establishes a formal way to evaluate and improve disability services going forward.
The amendment renames the committee from "Services Oversight" to "Service Delivery" and significantly BROADENS its scope by adding specific mandates to streamline provider requirements and assess roles within the system, while also changing the chair selection process from annual member selection to appointment by the Executive Board and shifting the annual report deadline from November 1st to December 31st.
The House made minor technical edits to the bill's formatting and section numbering while adding an expiration date of January 1, 2030, making this committee temporary rather than permanent. This change NARROWS the bill's scope by creating a sunset provision that will require legislative reauthorization if the committee is to continue beyond 2030.
This change converts the bill from the House-engrossed version to the enrolled version for final passage, removing the legislative markup formatting and adding official signature pages and filing provisions required for a bill to become law. There is no substantive change to the bill's purpose or content—only administrative and procedural elements have been modified to complete the legislative process.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 549
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 520
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553
Signed by the President S.J. 505
Senate Concurred in amendments Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 478
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 487
House of Representatives Motion to amend H.J. 486
House of Representatives Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 470
Health and Human Services Certified uncontested, placed on consent
Health and Human Services Do Pass Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0.
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 247
First Reading House H.J. 238
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 182
Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 7
Health and Human Services Motion to amend S.J. 7
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 13
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Concurred in amendments
Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass Amended