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To the Michigan Legislature, MDHHS, PIHPs and all applicable officials, staff and directors. Mrs. Samantha Steffey's issues and policies to implement:

Agenda: Solutions offered by Samantha Steffey

Contact:

Samantha Steffy: 313.418.5858 samanthaparke2014@yahoo.com

Chris Dardzinski: 313.550.8922 leadership1776@yahoo.com

Mrs. Samantha Steffy's issues and policies to implement:

Item 1:

No agency that controls Medicaid services can benefit off of unused funding. Restrict

all employees from these agencies from receiving any bonuses from unused funds.

Item 2:

Create system change that a separate entity that has no relation with the agency

handles all recipient rights complaints, grievances, and appeals. All complaints must

be handled by a neutral 3rd party.

Item 3:

Provide advocacy departments that provide assistance to individuals to properly

submit ALL complaints and appeals.

Item 4:

Provide self directed handbook to all recipients on how the self directed service is to

be conducted on budget authority and in detailed explanation on what a Person

Center Planning is and how the individual budget supports the PCP.

Item 5:

Audit performed at the end of fiscal year on Financial Management Service(FMS) on

how many budgets were utilized by recipients and how much funding is sent back to

PIHP.

Item 6:

PIHPs must take all overages and put it back to the community with providing special

needs services and equipment such as special needs workshops on independent

living, Augmented Alternative Communication workshops, sensory processing

disorder workshops.

Item 7:

Audit on how much overestimated budget number does PIHP receives and compare

with the budget number that is sent back to the PIHP's general fund..

Item 8:

I would like to say PIHPs must take all unused

Medicaid dollars and provide their regions with a large occupational therapy

gym. That is run by Occupational Therapists and speech pathologists that specialize in

communication devices for the 1915c waiver recipients. This center will provide

parent training on how to utilize special needs equipment for proper crossover inhome

to help the child’s quality of life by learning to communicate and regulate

behaviors to live a safe and independent life.

This center will also have all resource pamphlets on display in their lobby on Home

and Community Based Services.