Medicaid Waiver

A Medicaid waiver allows the state to assist individuals and provide some long-term services to those with disabilities. The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) maintains an “Interest List” (previously known as the “Waiting List”) for individuals with disabilities and their families who are requesting Medicaid waiver services.
To qualify for a waiver and be put on the Interest List you must:
• Have a diagnosis of IDD.
• Have a pervasive developmental disorder, such as autism, as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
• Have a related condition and be eligible for, and enroll in, an HHSC program that serves people with IDD.

Clients can maintain services while living in their own home, a group home with other people with IDD, an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or a related condition (ICF/IID) in their community, or a state supported living center.

Begin by calling your local IDD authority.
Local Intellectual & Developmental Disability Authority:
Dallas County
1330 River Bend Dr #300, Dallas, TX 75247
(214) 948-9950
Collin County
7308 Alma Plano, TX 75025
(972) 727-9133
Tarrant County
1300 Circle Dr. Ft. Worth, TX 76119
(817) 569-4140
Denton County
P.O Box 23461
(940) 565-5277
Johnson Ellis Navarro County
101 Executive Ct. Ste 200 Waxahachie, TX 75165
(903) 872-2491
Kaufman/Rockwall County
655 Airport Rd Sulphur Springs, TX 75482
(903) 243-9088

Visit www.hhs.texas.gov if your County is not listed.