Rule 23-208-4.1 - GeneralA. The Division of Medicaid covers certain Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) as an alternative to institutionalization in a nursing facility through its Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury (TBI/SCI) Waiver. Waiver services are available statewide. 1. Persons enrolled in the TBI/SCI Waiver must reside in private homes or a relative's home which is fully integrated with opportunities for full access to the greater community, and meet the requirements of the Home and Community-Based (HCB) settings. 2. The Division of Medicaid does not cover TBI/SCI waiver services to persons in congregate living facilities, institutional settings, on the grounds of or adjacent to institutions, or any other setting that has the effect of isolating persons receiving Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). B. The TBI/SCI Waiver is administered by the Division of Medicaid and jointly operated by the Division of Medicaid and Mississippi Department of Rehabilitative Services (MDRS). 23 Miss. Code. R. 208-4.1
42 U.S.C. § 1396n; 42 C.F.R. § 440.180; Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-121.