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 renamed the committee from "Services Oversight" to "Service Delivery" and significantly narrowed its focus by removing the general monitoring function and replacing it with two specific goals: streamlining provider review requirements to reduce administrative burden and assessing whether current practices match system realities. The amendment also changed the annual report deadline from November 1st to December 31st and removed the requirement that committee leadership be elected annually in favor of appointment by the Executive Board.
The House engrossing amendment added a sunset clause requiring the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee to expire on January 1, 2030, which NARROWS the bill by making this committee temporary rather than permanent. This change adds accountability by requiring the legislature to reauthorize the committee if it wants the body to continue operating beyond 2030.
The amendment converted the bill from its "House Engrossed" working version to its final "Enrolled" version by removing legislative drafting notes and line numbers and adding the official signature and certification pages required for a bill that has passed both chambers. This is a procedural finalization with no substantive changes to the bill's purpose of creating the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee.
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