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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Determinations

Issued June 1, 2026

Page 7 of H-900 Replacing June 08, 2021 Revised/added text indicated by underscore

Deleted text indicated by “” • Housing stabilization service; and • Housing stabilization transition service.

Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) Waiver

The CSoC-SED waiver provides intensive home and community-based psychosocial supportive services for youth from the age of 5 and individuals under the age of 21 who: • Have a qualifying mental health diagnosis; • Are identified as seriously emotionally disturbed (SED), which applies to youth ages 5 through 17, or seriously mentally ill (SMI) which applies to youth ages 18 through 20; • Would otherwise require nursing facility or hospital placement; and • Meet all other eligibility factors.

Note: Individuals between the ages of 0 to 5 and 20 to 21, who were enrolled in CSoC waiver prior to March 1, 2017, may continue to receive services as long as they continue to meet the level of care criteria and all other eligibility factors.

The CSoC-SED waiver provides four specialized services that are not available to other Medicaid youth: • Independent living/skills building; • Short term respite; • Youth support and training; and • Parent support and training.

Note: An individual cannot be enrolled in CSoC-SED and another HCBS waiver program at the same time.

H-910.1 Coverage

Medicaid provides vendor payment for eligible waiver beneficiaries for services that are not available to other beneficiaries. The specific services covered are described in the waiver document.