
Demo Waiver entries for Florida
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:
FL viii*
Section i:
1115
Date submitted ii:
May 1996
Date approved iii:
Oct 1998
Date started iv:
Mar 2000
Expiry date v:
Feb 2008
Name of project:
Consumer Directed Care Plus ix
Target group (eligibility) vi:
Aged/Physically disabled adults x, MR/DD adults, children with DD
No. slots:
6,000
Services covered:
HCBS waiver services and any others approved by the consumer's state program office (e.g. yard work).
Area covered:
Statewide (children with DD). Selected counties (other groups).
Further details:
FL participated in RWJF ‘Self-Determination’ project.
Approved under IP.
Florida Consumer-Directed Care Plus Waiver Operational Protocol (Dec 2003)
http://www.bc.edu/schools/gssw/nrcpds/cash_and_counseling.html/resources/20060118-095701/FLOptrtnlProtocol.pdf
Foster, L., Phillips, B. & Schore J.
Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the Florida Consumer Directed Care Program (June 2005):
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/FLcdcp.htm


