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 expanded its duties to focus on streamlining provider requirements and assessing system roles and responsibilities, while removing the monitoring function and shifting the reporting deadline from November first to December thirty-first. This NARROWS and REDIRECTS the committee's focus from broad oversight of waiver program implementation toward specific operational improvements in provider administration and service delivery efficiency.
The House engrossment added a sunset provision that expires the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee on January 1, 2030, changing the bill from creating a permanent committee to establishing a temporary one with a four-year lifespan. This NARROWS the bill's scope by making the committee a time-limited initiative rather than an ongoing legislative body.
The amendment converted the bill from its House-engrossed working version to its final enrolled version, updating the codification number from 26.141.13 to 26.141.14 and adding standard enrollment signatures and attestation pages required for final legislative passage. 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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Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass
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Health and Human Services — Do Pass Amended