Federally approved DD Waiver Plan, Minn. Stat. §256B.49

This CDCS budget methodology is the only federally approved formula for determining individual CDCS budgets for people on the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver.

For information about the budget methodology for the Brain Injury (BI), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) and Community Alternative Care (CAC) waivers, refer to CDCS Manual – Budget methodology for the BI, CAC and CADI waivers

For the Alternative Care program and Elderly Waiver, the lead agency uses the CDCS budget limits listed in LTSS Service Rate Limits, DHS-3945 (PDF).

The following is the basis of the formula for determining a person’s individual CDCS budget:

(Total daily weight) x (0.9964) x (0.70)

The 0.9964 factor reflects the 1% reduction imposed in the 2003 Legislative Session.

The 0.70 factor is necessary to keep the lead agency within its budget.

The lead agency determines a person’s total daily weight using specific variables and a constant. For those variables/constant, refer to CDCS Manual – Variables used in CDCS budget methodology for the DD Waiver.

Follow these steps to work the formula and calculate a person’s individual CDCS budget.

Step 1

For each variable, multiply its weight by the score the person received for that variable, per their DD Screening Document, DHS-3067 (PDF).

For example, if:

Step 2

Add the values calculated in step 1 and the constant (-120.534). This subtotal creates the total daily weight.

Step 3

Multiply the total daily weight by 0.9964.

Step 4

Multiply the amount calculated in step 3 by 0.70. This produces the total daily rate.

Step 5

Multiply the total daily rate by the current cumulative cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). This produces the adjusted daily rate. For more information, refer to CDCS Manual – COLAs for BI, CAC, CADI and DD.

Step 6

Round the adjusted daily rate to the nearest penny and multiply it by 365 days. This produces the person’s individual budget limit for the service plan year.