Speaker: Patti Pressley, Child Health Specialty Clinics (CHSC)
patricia_pressley@uiowa.edu
319-353-6569 or 866-219-9119

What is a waiver?
The Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Ill & Handicapped Waiver (HCBS IH) provides service funding and individualized supports to maintain eligible consumers in their own homes or communities who would otherwise require care in a medical institution.

What types of services are available through a waiver?
Examples of services provided by the Ill and Handicapped Waiver:
* Respite
* Consumer-Directed Attendant Care (CDAC) - Activities where a person helps the consumer with self-care tasks, which he/she would typically be doing independently.
* Medicaid. Covers such items as doctors visits, prescription drugs, physical therapy, some medical equipment, and other in-home services.

What types of waivers are available for people with autism or aspergers?
* Ill and Handicapped
* Mental Retardation
* Brain Injury

Click Here for a complete list of waivers.

How do I apply for a waiver?
This is a very complicated process. Contact Patti Pressley to get started.

Links of Interest:
* Iowa HCBS Waivers - list of types of waivers
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/MedicalServices/hcbs_waivers.asp

* Health Insurance Premium Program (HIPP)
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/PolicyAnalysis/PolicyManualPages/Manual_Documents/Forms/470-2875.PDF

* Department of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/

* Iowa Respite & Crisis Care Coalition
http://www.irccc.com/

* Center for Disabilities and Development
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/cdd/index.asp