Assistive Care Services and Assisted Living for the Elderly Waiver

Assistive Care Services and Assisted Living for the Elderly Wavier Services
Coverage and Limitations Handbook
Requirements to Receive Services, continued
Who Cannot
Receive ACS
Services
Institutionalized Medicaid recipients residing in institutions such as nursing
facilities, state mental hospitals, institutions of mental disease, or intermediate
facilities for the developmentally disabled cannot receive ACS.
Income Guidelines
for Assistive Care
Service (ACS)
The income guidelines for facilities with potential assistive care service
residents are as follows:
Applicants Maximum Income for: Amount:
OSS recipient
$609.40 per month
Medicaid (MEDS-AD) (unless eligible for $665.00 per month
Medicaid under ICP or Medicaid Waiver)
Home and Community-Based Waiver $1,593.00 per month (ICP
income limit)
Residents with monthly incomes at or below $609.40 are eligible for both
OSS and ACS payments.
Residents with monthly incomes between $609.41 and $665.00 can receive
ACS provided other Medicaid eligibility requirements are met.
Residents with monthly incomes between $665.01 and $1,593.00 are not
eligible for ACS alone. These residents may be eligible for ACS through the
ALE waiver as described in Part II of this handbook.
If an individual is eligible for Medicaid through the Medically Needy Program,
he or she is not eligible for ACS.
Note: Income limits are revised as federal poverty levels are updated.
Please check the SSI-Related Fact Sheet on the Internet at
www.fdhc.state.fl.us for the latest updates. Click on Medicaid. There is a
link to the SSI-Related Fact Sheet on the Medicaid page. Information about
income limits is also available from the DCF service centers.
July 2001 2-3