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| For more information regarding this waiver please contact: The Home and Community Based Children's Waiver (HCBS Waiver) is a waiver program for children with chronic health care needs who are at risk of institutionalization in a hospital or nursing facility and who would not otherwise be eligible for Medicaid due to parental income and/or resources. The services provided under this program serve as alternatives to Medicaid hospital or nursing facility services for children, birth through seventeen (17) years of age, and who meet the established minimum criteria for hospital or nursing facility level of care as determined by the Utilization Review Contractor. The services provided through this Children's HCBS Waiver Program shall include all state plan Medicaid benefits, case management services, and In-Home Support Services when deemed to be appropriate and adequate by the child's physician, shall be provided in the home or community. |