Home and community based services (HCBS) waivers by state

Every state runs its own versions of HCBS waivers, with its own name, its own financial limits and its own waiting list. There is no national rule to memorise.

Why there is no simple answer

Waivers are approved state by state and can be narrow — a waiver may cover only a specific group such as people with traumatic brain injury, or only certain services. The same person could qualify in one state and not in another.

How to find yours

• Start at Medicaid.gov and follow the link to your state agency
• Ask for the list of the state’s HCBS waivers and which one you might fit
• Ask about the waitlist for each, and how priorities are decided
• For long-term care specifically, also ask about the state’s financial limits — we publish the verified ones for Texas and New York

What we will not do

We will not publish a state’s figures until we have checked them against that state’s own document with a review date. A copied 50-state table is worse than no table, because someone will make a decision on it.

Sources

• Medicaid.gov

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