Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2005 -
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require
State Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and
supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals.
Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced Federal medical assistance
percentage (FMAP) for ongoing activities of early coverage States that
enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and
supports; and (2) increased Federal financial participation for certain
expenditures incurred by the State for the provision of such services and
supports.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants
to eligible States which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist
the State in its development of real choice systems change initiatives;
and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating
service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the
provision of community-based services and supports to non-elderly dually
eligible individuals.