Contact Info and Descriptions for all
Kansas
Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers, 2008
The following is a list of all Kansas 1915(c) Waivers by name - complete with a description, contact information and web link.
Waiver target group: MR/DD
Kansas
Waiver name:
MR/DD
Description:
This waiver allows MR/DD persons aged 5+ who meet the ICF/MR level of care to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: case management, residential services, day services, home modifications, supportive home care, and consumer directed attendant option.
Contact Information:
MR/DD contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Program Data:
Waiver target group: Aged
Kansas
Waiver name:
Frail Elderly
Description:
This waiver allows persons aged 65+ who meet Medicaid Long Term Care threshold requirements to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: adult day care, sleep cycle support, wellness monitoring, and respite care.
Contact Information:
Frail Elderly contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Frail Elderly website for Kansas
Program Data:
Waiver target group: Disabled/Physically Disabled
Kansas
Waiver name:
Physically disabled
Description:
This waiver allows physically disabled persons and/or those aged 65+ who need personal assistance to accomplish normal activities to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: personal assistance services, medical equipment, home modifications, independent living counseling, and consumer directed attendant option (age 18 and older).
Contact Information:
Physically disabled contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Physically disabled website for Kansas
Program Data:
Waiver target group: Children
Kansas
Waiver name:
Kids with severe emotional disturbance
Description:
This waiver allows children aged 18 and younger (or those between the ages of 18 and 21 if they had received at least 12 months of intensive services between the ages of 16 and 18 and services have continued after age 18) who meet the definition of severely emotionally disabled and meet the admission criteria for a state mental health hospital to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: wraparound facilitation/support, independent living/skill building services, parent support and training, and respite care.
Contact Information:
Kids with severe emotional disturbance contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Kids with severe emotional disturbance website for Kansas
Program Data:
Kids with severe emotional disturbance 2008 participant data for Kansas
Kids with severe emotional disturbance 2008 expenditure data for Kansas
Kansas
Waiver name:
Autism
Description:
This waiver allows persons disgnosed with autism to receive services to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: residental habilitation, therapy & respite
Contact Information:
Autism contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Program Data:
Kansas
Waiver name:
Technology Assisted Children
Description:
This waiver allows medically fragile children aged 18 and younger who are dependent upon mechanical ventilators or intravenous administration of nutritional substances or drugs who meet the hospital level of care, but would otherwise be ineligible for Medicaid, to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: respite care, medical equipment and supplies, and case management.
Contact Information:
Technology Assisted Children contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Technology Assisted Children website for Kansas
Program Data:
Technology Assisted Children 2008 participant data for Kansas
Technology Assisted Children 2008 expenditure data for Kansas
Waiver target group: TBI/SCI
Kansas
Waiver name:
Head Injuries
Description:
This waiver allows persons aged 16-55 who have ABI resulting in residual deficits and disabilities who meet the head injury rehabilitation hospital level of care to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: personal assistance services, medical equipment, home modifications, AT, rehabilitation services, and transitional living skills.
Contact Information:
Head Injuries contact information for Kansas
State waiver website:
Head Injuries website for Kansas
Program Data:
This information is part of the Center for PAS report:
Ng, T. & Harrington, C. (February 2012). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data, 2008.
Source: All information presented in these tables were derived from public sources including state websites and the latest available CMS Form 372, an annual report which includes waiver participants and expenditures.
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