The Buyout Program is a Utah Medicaid program that purchases established health insurance for Medicaid members. Any Medicaid member who has a significant medical need and available insurance that would cover the cost of that need may be referred to the Buyout Program. In order for a member to be enrolled in the Buyout Program, Medicaid Buyout staff must find that enrollment would be cost-effective for the state. Most insurance plans are eligible, including, but not limited to, employer-based group insurance, individual plans, student health plans, etc.
“ABLE Utah is helping Utahans to achieve greater independence and financial security through the power of STABLE accounts. A STABLE account through ABLE Utah is a way for Utahans to save for qualified expenses, invest for future needs, and keep the benefits you rely on every day. This page provides links to information about benefits, eligibility, and investments.”
The Alternative State Application Program (ASAP) is a program designed to appoint qualified persons with disabilities to state jobs through an on-the-job examination period.”
Utah Executive Order 2007-0013: Model Employer for People with Disabilities
“Governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr., declares that, “Utah state government will strive to become the model employer of qualified people with disabilities…
Some programmatic components [of the executive order] include, a promotional outreach campaign to recruit qualified people with disabilities, specific programs within executive branch state agencies to recruit qualified people with disabilities, and a Task Force consisting of representatives of the Utah Department of Human Resource Management, the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation, The Governor’s Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities, the Department of Workforce Services, and the Division of Risk Management… [Agencies are] charged with reviewing and proposing additional strategies to put Utah state government on the cutting edge of employing qualified people with disabilities”
“This bill makes the pilot program for provision of supported employment services, contained in the Services to People With Disabilities Chapter of the Utah Human Services Code, into an ongoing program. The program is designed to assist individuals with the most significant disabilities to obtain and maintain competitive employment in integrated settings by providing extended services.”
Utah Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND)/ SSDI ‘1 for 2’ Project
“The goal of Utah’s pilot was to recruit 500 individuals who receive SSDI benefits only (not in combination with SSI) to be part of the pilot project. Participants were recruited from among SSDI-only beneficiaries who had recently been involved in one of several employment support programs in Utah. Recruitment sources for pilot participants included: The Utah Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach (BPAO) program, the Medicaid Disability program, the public Vocational Rehabilitation program, and selected employment programs administered by two community mental health agencies.”
“This bill: requires the Department of Workforce Services, the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation, and the Division of Services for People with Disabilities to, when providing services to a person with a disability, give priority to providing services that assist the person in obtaining and retaining meaningful and gainful employment; and requires the entities described in the preceding paragraph to: develop a written plan to implement the policy described in the preceding paragraph; and annually set goals to implement the policy and plan described in this bill, determine whether the goals for the previous year have been met, and modify the plan as needed.”
