Missouri's Guide to Home and Community Based Services

Consumer Directed State Plan Services

At least 18 years old

FINANCIAL ELIGIBITY:

• Medicaid Eligible

FUNCTIONAL ABILITY:

• Must be able to self-direct
• Physically disabled
• Meets nursing home level of care

SERVICES:

• Personal Assistance Services include assistance with routine tasks and activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, bowel and bladder routines, transferring, housekeeping, meal preparation, feeding, and other activities required as a result of the loss of physical function.

The consumer directed Medicaid state plan program provides personal care assistance Services for the Medicaid-eligible consumers with physical disabilities who need assistance with activities of daily living to enter or maintain employment or to live independently.

The consumer directed Medicaid state plan is administered by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and operated through 21 Centers for Independent Living (CILs) throughout the state. You are the employer and control what, when, and how personal assistance tasks are performed. The CILs can offer training and support on how to be an effective employer. 

The Medicaid consumer directed model allows the consumer to direct their own care by choosing, hiring, training, and supervising their own personal care attendant.

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