DHCS still lists the July Community Supports changes as proposed after the comment window closed
DHCS's current ECM and Community Supports resource page, reviewed August 24, still identifies the April 2025 Volume 1 and Volume 2 guides as the operative guides and lists the July 2026 Volume 1 and selected housing changes as proposed updates. The public-comment window closed July 31; the page does not yet post a final 2026 guide.
The proposals include moving Recuperative Care to managed-care In Lieu of Services authority, ending Short-term Post-Hospitalization Housing after 2026, and other administrative and service-definition changes. Those are proposals, not final policy or a rate action.
Compliance and care-management leaders should preserve submitted comments, compare the eventual final text against current workflows, and obtain plan or counsel confirmation before changing authorizations, coding, staffing, or patient instructions. Scenario planning may use deidentified aggregate service volumes; no patient, authorization, housing, or care-plan data belongs in FQHC Talent.
Key takeaways
- The comment window closed July 31, but DHCS still labels the July documents as proposed and has not posted a final 2026 guide on its current resource page.
- Compliance and care-management leaders: model the proposed housing changes, but do not change authorizations, coding, staffing, or patient instructions until final guidance is confirmed.
- Use only aggregate, deidentified service volumes for scenarios; keep patient, authorization, housing, and care-plan data outside FQHC Talent.
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FQHC Talent. (2026, July 20). DHCS still lists the July Community Supports changes as proposed after the comment window closed. Linked evidence: California Department of Health Care Services. Retrieved September 11, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/dhcs-community-supports-policy-guide-comment-window-july-31-2026
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