Missouri's Guide to Home and Community Based Services
LOPEZ WAIVER
Ages 0-18
FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY:
- Medicaid eligibility based on the income and resources of the child only
- Special income limit
FUNCTIONAL ABILITY:
- Permanently and totally disabled
- Mental retardation and or developmental disability that would otherwise require care in an ICF/MR, such as a habilitation center
SERVICES:
- Personal Assistant Services
- Community Specialist Services
- Case Management
- Respite
- Environmental Accessibility Adaptations
- Specialized Medical Equipment
- Behavior Therapy
- Crisis Intervention
- Transportation
- On-Site and Off-Site Developmental Habilitation
The Missouri Children with Developmental Disabilities (MOCDD) Model Waiver program (also known as the Lopez Waiver) provides home and community-based services to children with developmental disabilities.
The administration of the MOCDD Waiver Program is provided by the MR/DD Division within the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
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| Table of Contents
| Introduction
| What Are My Options?
| How Do I Qualify?
| Applying for Services
| Appeal Process
| What is Consumer Directed Care?
| Other Program Available for Non-Medicaid Eligible Individuals
| Questions for Nursing Facility Residents or Individuals in an RCF or ICF/MR
| Aged and Disabled Waiver
| AIDS Waiver
| Independent Living Waiver
| Lopez Waiver
| MR/DD Comprehensive Waiver
| MR/DD Community Support Waiver
| Physical Disability Waiver
| Consumer Directed State Plan Services
| DHSS HCY State Plan Services
| Other State Agencies to Contact
| Agencies and Terminology
| Numbers to Know ]
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