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MRG
UPDATED: JUNE 2011
733
OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WAIVERS
OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (OPWDD) HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES WAIVER (HCBS)
Under Community Transition Services (CTS), an OPWDD HCBS Waiver participant may receive a payment to enable the individual to establish a basic household when transitioning from an institutional or provider-operated living arrangement to private residence living. These payments may include items such as security deposits, essential household furnishings and set-up fees or deposits for utility or service access. CTS payments are not considered income when determining Medicaid eligibility.
(See INCOME PERSONS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES BUDGETING FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED SPOUSE IN SPECIFIED HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED WAIVERS (HCBS) and INCOME SSI- RELATED BUDGETING METHODOLOGY and RESOURCES PERSONS IN MEDICAL FACILITIES BUDGETING FOR INSTITUTIONALIZED SPOUSES IN HOME AND COMMUNITY– BASED WAIVERS (HCBS)