Common use of Consideration of Public Comment Clause in Contracts

Consideration of Public Comment. AHCCCS has received numerous comments from the public, including individual members, family members, organizations and providers. Many of these comments were part of the Community Forum held on June 1, 2011. A summary of this forum can be found on the AHCCCS website at: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/publicnotices/Downloads/ChildlessAdultsForumFromJune1_2011_Su mmaryFINAL.pdf Other comments have been submitted electronically via the AHCCCS website or email. Some of these comments were submitted through the comment portal on the 1115 Waiver section of the AHCCCS website and will be addressed individually. Some comments were received as part of the formal administrative rules process. In addition, AHCCCS staff have attended meetings with community groups where there has been discussion of the childless adult phase out plan. In addition, the phase out plan has been discussed with Health-e-Arizona Steering Committee partners who have assisted in developing fact sheets and alternative resources materials for community health centers and other organizations who regularly assist consumers that may fall into the childless adult category. AHCCCS has considered all public comments and incorporated the public comments in the following ways: o Transitioning all members who are designated SMI to the SSI MAO category; o Transitioning members with HIV/AIDS in the childless adult category who fall off for failure to comply with their annual renewal to the SSI MAO category; o Transitioning children who age out of SOBRA, 1931, YATI and KidsCare to the childless adult category; o Updating the provider portal and the xxxxxxxx.xxx site by providing specific redetermination dates by June 17 to assist providers in reaching out to members;

Consideration of Public Comment. AHCCCS has received numerous comments from the public, including individual members, family members, organizations and providers. Many of these comments were part of the Community Forum held on June 1, 2011. A summary of this forum can be found on the AHCCCS website at: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/publicnotices/Downloads/ChildlessAdultsForumFromJune1_2011_Su mmaryFINAL.pdf xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/publicnotices/Downloads/ChildlessAdultsForumFromJune1_2011_ SummaryFINAL.pdf Other comments have been submitted electronically via the AHCCCS website or email. Some of these comments were submitted through the comment portal on the 1115 Waiver section of the AHCCCS website and will be addressed individually. Some comments were received as part of the formal administrative rules process. In addition, AHCCCS staff have attended meetings with community groups where there has been discussion of the childless adult phase out plan. In addition, the phase out plan has been discussed with Health-e-Arizona Steering Committee partners who have assisted in developing fact sheets and alternative resources materials for community health centers and other organizations who regularly assist consumers that may fall into the childless adult category. AHCCCS has considered all public comments and incorporated the public comments in the following ways: o Transitioning all members who are designated SMI to the SSI MAO category; o Transitioning members with HIV/AIDS in the childless adult category who fall off for failure to comply with their annual renewal to the SSI MAO category; o Transitioning children who age out of SOBRA, 1931, YATI and KidsCare to the childless adult category; o Updating the provider portal and the xxxxxxxx.xxx site by providing specific redetermination dates by June 17 to assist providers in reaching out to members;