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For those Families/Persons with Disabilities Who Use MDCP/CBA/HCS/CLASS medicaid waiver services:
DID YOU KNOW? There are major service cuts being made to plans of care beginning Dec. 1, 2011 Do You Need To Know More? Do You Need to Know Your Rights? DISABILITY RIGHTS, TX has Two PDFs available for review
Service Cuts in Medicaid Waivers: Who will Be Affected;How will Cuts be Implemented; and What Are Your Rights? and Justifying Your Services: How to Explain Your Service Needs
TOP TIPS: Parents need to: 1) Ensure that if their provider says a service is not available - Request that a Exception Request Form be completed and submitted
2) Ask for copies of your budgets and request regular reports on how your money is being spent
3) Do not sign anything you do not agree to
4) Get everything in writing
WHAT IF I DISAGREE WITH MY SERVICE PLANNING TEAM (pdf)
Important Agencies
Register for Medicaid Waiver Programs "Interest Lists" (HCS, Tx Home Living, etc.):
MHMRA of Harris County 713-970-7100, 1-866-970-4770 (24 hr Crisis line) 7011 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77074
Texana (serving Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Waller & Wharton Counties) 281-342-0090, 281-239-1363, 1-866-526-4437 Various locations depending on your county.
Tri-County MHMR (serving Montgomery, Liberty, and Walker Counties) 936-521-6200, 281-432-3076, 936-291-5800, or 1-800-659-6994 (24 hr Crisis line)
Gulf Coast Center (serving Brazoria and Galveston Counties) 1-800-643-0967 (intake for MR services), 1-877-226-8780 (intake for MH services), 1-86-729-3848 (24 hour Crisis line)
For all other Medicaid Waivers (CLASS, MDCP, CBA, DBMD, etc.), please call the Department of Aging and Disability Services - to find the office closest to you - http://www.dads.state.tx.us/services/contact.cfm or call 1-877-438-5658.
For more information on Personal Care Services - Please call 888-276-0702
To Learn more about the various medicaid waivers - Please go to Imagine Enterprises - Which Waiver Does What? or UT Center For Disability Studies - Family Resource Guide
Other Agencies that Provide Parent Training and/or Support:
Partners Resource Network - TEAM Project (This is our local statewide Parent Training & Information Center)
5005 W. 34th St., Suite 207A, Houston, TX 77092
(This is local Protection and Advocacy agency - they have established priority areas that they focus on) 1500 McGowen, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77004
(713) 974-7691 (Voice/TDD), Fax (713) 974-7695
(This statewide agency provides training, but also matches parents with other parents for support) 3710 Cedar St, Box 12, Austin, TX 78705 866-896-6001 (toll free) 512-458-8600 |
| Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 16:18 |