Demo Waiver entries for Colorado
Research & Demonstration Projects §1115 waivers provide provions for experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects likely to assist in promoting the objectives of the Medicaid statute. Flexibility under Section 1115 is sufficiently broad to allow states to test substantially new ideas of policy merit. These projects are intended to demonstrate and evaluate a policy or approach has not been demonstrated on a widespread basis. Some states expand eligibility to individuals not otherwise eligible under the Medicaid program, provide services that are not typically covered, or use innovative service delivery systems.
State:
CO vii*
Section i:
1115
Date submitted ii:
July 1999
Date approved iii:
Aug 2001
Date started iv:
Dec 2002
Expiry date v:
Dec 2007
Name of project:
Consumer Directed Attendant Support
Target group (eligibility) vi:
Aged/Physically disabled adults.
No. slots:
500
Services covered:
Skilled nursing, personal care, home aide & homemaker services.
Area covered:
Statewide
Further details:
Approved before IP was introduced.
In 2003 the state legislature increased the cap of the waiver to 500.
Consumer Directed Attendant Support (CDAS) Demonstration Project website:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Syschange/cdas/cdasindex.asp
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