Medicaid Waiver Programs

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Texas Medicaid Waiver Programs…

Community-Based, Long Term Care Supports & Services

"There is only one success... To be able to spend your life in your own way."
~ Christopher Morley
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What we know

Medicaid Waiver Services were cut during the last legislative session. Click on the name of each presentation below for detailed information. Service cuts effective December 1, 2011.

        Service Cuts in Medicaid Waiver Programs
        Who will be affected, how will cuts be implemented & what are your rights?

        How to Explain Your Service Needs

Texas ranked 49^th in the Annual Case for Inclusion Report which ranks all 50 States and the District of Columbia on how well they are providing community-based supports to Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities being served by Medicaid.

There are over 100,00 people waiting for community-based Medicaid Waiver Supports and Services while their name remains on an "interest list". For updates regarding the interest lists, please refer to the Interest List Reduction Summary.

What is a Medicaid Waiver Program?

Medicaid Wavier Programs fund services that help people (of all ages) who have a disability, blindness, or who are aging, live in the community instead of an institutional setting. Within each program you will find different eligibility requirements, rules, service options, and funding amounts.

When you call to access services in Texas you will learn of an “interest list", known by families and individuals who have a disability as actually being a “waiting list". The list varies in length depending on the Waiver Program. The wait for services is approximately 7-9 years in length. Don’t wait – call today!

For more information about Texas Medicaid Waiver Programs...

Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services (DADS) - This site includes information on the following Medicaid Long Term Care Supports and Services: Services for older adults (60+) & caregivers • Services for adults and children with medical or physical disabilities • Services for adults and children with intellectual disabilities • Additional services.

Medicaid Waiver 101 – Produced by the Texas Center for Disability Studies The University of Texas Austin for the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities, this 14 minute video provides a brief overview of Texas Medicaid Waiver Programs. Available in both English & Spanish.

Your Life Your Choice – A joint project of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities and the Texas Center for Disability Studies University of Texas Austin, this 17 minute video is about the Consumer Directed Services option for HCS & TXHml Waiver participants. Available in both English & Spanish.

How a Texas Medicaid Waiver Helped Me Create a Life for Myself, My Son, & My Family ~ A Conversation with Karen Solis
For fifteen years the lives of Karen Silos and her husband have been consumed with the care of two sons born with significant disabilities. After nine years on the waiting list for Texas Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services, her family finally received funding in January, 2007. Three months later she tells about the huge improvement in the abilities of her remaining son, and the improved quality of life for everyone in her family.

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