Legal authority

Federally approved Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Elderly Waiver (EW) waiver plans, federally approved Alternative Care (AC) 1115 demonstration, Minn. Stat. §256B.0913

Definitions

Allowable expenditure: A good or service that is covered under CDCS and can be purchased using waiver/AC funds.

Unallowable expenditure: A good or service that is not covered under CDCS and cannot be purchased using waiver/AC funds.

Direct benefit: Good or service purchased to meet the person’s assessed needs. This includes services that provide relief or training for caregivers if the person chooses and benefits from that support (e.g., respite, homemaker, chore services, family training and counseling, specialist services, family caregiver services).

Allowable expenditures

CDCS goods and services must:

Note: All service categories have additional criteria specific to that category. For more information, refer to the manual page for each category.

Unallowable expenditures

CDCS does not cover:

1. Goods and services that are:

2. Educational expenses.

3. Utilities.

4. Travel, lodging or meal expenses.

5. Items or support normally provided by the person or their parents, family or spouse.

6. Prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, compounds (as defined in Minn. R. 6800.3100), solutions and related costs (including insurance premiums and co-pays).

7. Animals (including service animals) and their related costs.

8. Attorney costs or costs related to advocate agencies.

9. Fees incurred by the person (e.g., Minnesota Health Care Program [MHCP] fees and co-pays).

10. General vehicle maintenance.

11. Membership dues or costs, except health club memberships for adults.

12. Insurance costs other than for directly hired workers.

13. Room and board.

14. Personal items.

15. Tickets and related costs to attend sporting or other recreational events.

16. Vacation expenses.

17. Internet access for unbundled CDCS community support plans.

Note: All service categories have additional criteria specific to that category. For more information, refer to the manual page for each category.

Other funding sources

Waivers/AC cannot be used for goods or services covered by other funding sources, including: