Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities

The Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities program policy and procedures described here are effective January 1, 2020.

Purpose : This section describes the Apple Health for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) program. HWD recognizes the employment potential of people with disabilities. The enactment of the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act or the Ticket group of 1999 and the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 enable many people with disabilities to work and keep their health care.

As a categorically needy (CN) Medicaid program, HWD provides access to Medicaid Personal Care services (MPC), Community First Choice (CFC), Medicaid Alternative Care (MAC) and Home and Community Based (HCB) waiver programs administered by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) and Home and Communities Services (HCS). To be approved for services, an individual must meet functional requirements as determined by DDA and HCS.

For more information see the Apple Health for workers with disabilities (HWD) fact sheet .