Subcommittee backs multiple home‑and nursing‑care additions aimed at keeping Kansans in homes and stabilizing facilities The committee approved several provisos and adds for long‑term and home‑based care: $600,000 for a 'Nursing Home Without Walls' remote-monitoring pilot, $29.3 million SGF in Medicaid capacity payments for nursing facilities, and $19 million SGF for HCBS fee waiver overages and a formal wait list. Sponsors argued the investments reduce higher-cost nursing placements.

Kansas is investing millions to keep older residents at home and out of costly nursing facilities, with innovative programs that prioritize community care.

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