The California Department of Aging (CDA) administers programs that serve older adults, adults with disabilities, family caregivers, and residents in long-term care facilities throughout the State. These services are provided locally by contracted agencies. This webpage is intended for those who provide, or seek to provide, Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS).
For Providers & Partners - Program Narrative and Fact Sheets
For Consumers - Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS)
Click on the link above, then scroll down to General Waiver Resources - Waiver Special Terms and Conditions link. Search for Continuing Operation of Demonstration Programs – Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) for Medi-Cal State Plan Population
Click on the link above, then scroll down to General Waiver Resources - Waiver Special Terms and Conditions link. Search for Attachment W - Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS)
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CBAS TAS – Return to Congregate Services (04/14/21)
CBAS TAS – Initial Implementation (04/14/20)
CBAS TAS Updates (09/24/20)
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Aging (CDA) convened a series of stakeholder meetings to develop a Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) Home and Community- Based (HCB) Settings Transition Plan (CBAS Transition Plan), to be incorporated into California’s Statewide Transition Plan (STP). Meetings began in February 2015. Pending approval of California’s STP by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CDA and DHCS in collaboration with stakeholders are implementing the activities and milestones identified in the CBAS Transition Plan.
To develop and implement the CBAS Transition Plan to bring CBAS centers into compliance by March 17, 2023 and on an ongoing basis with the federal requirements of the HCB Settings regulations as specified in the CBAS provisions of California’s 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver. These regulations became effective on March 17, 2014. Note: CMS extended the date for compliance with the federal requirements from March 17, 2019 to March 17, 2023.
Additional information about the federal requirements is available at Medicaid.gov.
Stakeholders include, but are not limited to:
*Contact the CBAS Branch to obtain this document. (916) 419-7545 or cbascda@aging.ca.gov
The following stakeholder meetings took place at CDA in Sacramento in person and via webinars for remote participation.
The development of the CBAS Individual Plan of Care (IPC), the standardized CBAS Participation Agreement (a companion document to the CBAS IPC), and the CBAS Quality Assurance and Improvement Strategy (CBAS Quality Strategy) were a result of an extensive stakeholder workgroup process that began in July 2015 and ended in June 2016. Workgroup members included managed care plan representatives, CBAS providers and representatives, and advocates. These documents are posted on the CDA website.
Confidentiality of Data: "(a) Names of persons receiving public social services are confidential as provided in Section 10850, California Welfare and Institutions Code, and are to be protected from unauthorized disclosure. Release of any information pertaining to adult day health care participants shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 51009, Title 22 California Administrative Code. (b) All information, records, data and data elements collected and maintained for the operation of an adult day health center and pertaining to participants shall be protected by the adult day health care provider from unauthorized disclosure."
Confidentiality of Information: "Participant health records, including all information taken from such records, shall be confidential and protected from unauthorized disclosure. Information shall be released only on the written request of the participant or the participant's authorized representative."