HCBS Statewide Transition Plan

The Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule, issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, states that all HCBS must be delivered in settings that are integrated in and support full access to their community. This includes opportunities to seek employment and work in competitive settings within the community, engage in a community life, control personal resources, and receive services in a similar way as individuals who do not receive HCBS. 

HCBS Webinars

• HCBS Settings Rule: Overview for Providers
• HCBS Settings Rule: Overview for Support Coordination Agencies
• HCBS Settings Rule: Overview for Families

HCBS Provider Resources

• A Provider’s Guide to the Home and Community Based Services Final Settings Rule
• Office of Licensing Bulletin – Privacy in Residential Living Spaces

HCBS Corrective Action Plan Templates for Providers

• HCBS Survey Residential Corrective Action Plan Template
• HCBS Survey Non-Residential Corrective Action Plan Template

HCBS Criteria Survey for Residential and Congregate Day Providers

An updated site-specific HCBS Criteria Survey is required to be conducted for each existing residential and day setting to determine compliance with the HCBS Final Rule. To assist you with survey completion, the Division has developed HCBS Criteria Survey FAQs.

Please send any questions to the HCBS Helpdesk: DDD.HCBShelpdesk@dhs.nj.gov.