The Status of the Department of Health and Human Services' Compliance With Requirements To Establish a Data Collection Plan for the Medicaid Home and Community Care Waiver

GAO was requested to determine the status and nature of the data collection plan being developed by the Department of Health and Human Services as required under the Home and Community-Based Service provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive current Medicaid requirements so that States can submit a plan to provide coverage to Medicaid patients for a broad range of home and community-based services.