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Medical Assistance for Long-Term Care Services

2.4.2.3.1 Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for People with Disabilities (Archive)

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers for people with disabilities include the following HCBS waivers:

  • Brain Injury (BI)

  • Community Alternative Care (CAC)

  • Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI)

  • Developmental Disabilities (DD)

This section discusses rules for determining a person’s household composition and family size. It also discusses the income limits and methodology used to determine income eligibility for HCBS waivers for people with disabilities.

Household Composition and Family Size

Household composition means the people included in a person’s household. Household composition determines the family size. Household composition and family size are factors used to determine financial eligibility.

Household composition and family size are determined for each person separately and may be different for each person on an application or in a household.

The HCBS waiver programs allow special rules to be applied to people who are not eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) using the MA for People Who Are Age 65 or Older and People Who Are Blind or Have a Disability (MA-ABD) household composition and family size and deeming rules. These people are treated as a household of one, and only their income counts. The parents of children who are eligible for one of the HCBS waiver programs may need to pay a parental fee.

If a person enrolled in MA for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD) requests HCBS waivers, the MA-EPD family size rules are used.

Children who are enrolled in MA Northstar Adoption Assistance or Northstar IV-E Foster Care or Title IV-E Kinship Assistance continue to use the Northstar Adoption Assistance Basis of Eligibility when they request HCBS waivers.

If a person enrolled in MA Northstar Title IV-E Foster Care or Title IV-E Kinship Assistance requests HCBS waivers, use the MA Northstar Title IV-E Foster Care and Title IV-E Kinship Assistance Basis of Eligibility.

Income Limits and Methodology

The MA-ABD income limits and methodology are used to determine eligibility for MA for Long-Term Care Services (MA-LTC) through the HCBS waivers for people with disabilities. However, if the person is enrolled in MA-EPD, the MA-EPD income limits and methodology rules are used.

Legal Citations

Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.056

Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0913

Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.092

Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.093

Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.49