HSRI shares HCBS waiver tracker and flags July 2025 post‑OBBAA impacts

Alex Bernardi of HSRI told the support subcommittee that HSRI, in partnership with George Washington University, is maintaining an online HCBS waiver tracker to monitor the effects of federal changes enacted in July 2025 with passage of the OBBAA. Bernardi said the tracker is public, updated every two weeks and includes a form where stakeholders can submit state‑level information that may be added to the public sheet.

Bernardi suggested the tracker is intended to help states and advocates see emerging patterns in waiver changes and to share open public information about comment periods and state actions. He posted the link in chat during the briefing and said HSRI has a scanning process for publicly available state pages and comment periods to populate the tracker.