23 Miss. Code. R. 208-3.2 - Eligibility
A. To be eligible for the Assisted Living
Waiver Program a waiver participant must:
1.
Be twenty-one (21) years of age or older,
2. Require nursing facility level of care as
determined by a standardized comprehensive preadmission screening, and
3. Be in the Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) Category of Eligibility (COE) or an aged, blind or disabled
individual who meets all factors of institutional eligibility. If income
exceeds the current institutional limit, the individual must pay the Division
of Medicaid the portion of their income that is due under the terms of an
Income Trust in order to qualify.
B. To be eligible for care in a Traumatic
Brain Injury Residential facility a participant must:
1. Meet all the requirements in Miss. Admin.
Code Part 208, Rule 3.2.A.,
2.
Have a diagnosis of an acquired traumatic brain injury defined by the Division
of Medicaid as a non-degenerative structural brain damage excluding a brain
injury that is congenital or due to injuries induced by birth trauma,
3. Have completed acute
rehabilitation treatment,
4. Be in
a crisis/high stress environment with behavioral needs which place the
participant at high risk for institutionalization,
5. Have documentation as to why the services
could not be provided inside the State of Mississippi, and
6. Have an Executive Director's Letter of
Approval for Out-of-State Placement.
C. Persons enrolled in the Assisted Living
Waiver who elect to receive hospice care may not receive waiver services which
are duplicative of any services rendered through hospice. Persons may receive
non-duplicative waiver services in coordination with hospice
services.
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