In order to
receive MSC, a person must meet all of the following criteria:
A person must have a documented
diagnosis of a developmental disability;
A person must be enrolled in Medicaid;
A person must demonstrate a need for
ongoing and comprehensive, rather than incidental, service coordination;
A person, or an individual authorized
to give consent on behalf of the person, must choose to receive MSC;
A person must not permanently live in
an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), Developmental Center (DC), Psychiatric Hospital,
Small Residential Unit (SRU), Nursing Facility or Hospital, or any other Medicaid funded
setting that provides service coordination; and,
A person cannot be enrolled in any
other comprehensive Medicaid long-term care service coordination program.
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