National Council on Independent Living Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Task Force Statement of Principles and Goals
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) requirements were passed into federal law as part of the 21st Century Cures Act (‘Cures Act’) of 2016. The Cures Act requires the implementation of EVV to monitor all personal care services (PCS) and home health care services (HHCS) funded by Medicaid. States were initially tasked to ensure that all state Medicaid and waiver PCS provided in the home comply with EVV guidelines by January 2019. Recent federal legislation extended this deadline to January 2020. Because many people with disabilities rely on these services to live independently in our homes and communities, the disability community is negatively impacted in a variety of ways by EVV policies and mandates. The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) believes that people with disabilities have the right to be integrated in society and control our own lives. EVV systems undermine the intent and integrity of the Independent Living Model and personal care services, including Consumer-Directed Services (CDS). EVV systems threaten the privacy of countless Americans with disabilities who would otherwise be free of intrusive governmental monitoring. NCIL advocates for the leadership of people with disabilities in all policy discussions and decisions that impact our lives. The expertise and active engagement of people with disabilities is critical in all EVV development, implementation, and evaluation. download more information here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzc-_TWzrhSadVFGXzJrV3BjTGYzSFdUMk9wNk5aTlNmUlNz/view?usp=sharing On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:50 PM Dana Wray <izo...@icloud.com> wrote: > > > > > Sent from my iPad
