Disability services in South Carolina

Medicaid members of any age with an intellectual disability or related disability who meet ICF/IID level of care and whose needs fit the yearly cost limit. This waiver does not include medical services.

Start with: SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD-OIDD) · (800) 289-7012 · Website (opens in a new tab)

SCDHHS says members can use State Plan services while on a waiver waiting list.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call BHDD-OIDD at 1-800-289-7012 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday) to apply for services.
2. Send records that show the diagnosis.
3. After you are found eligible, a case manager is assigned.
4. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if you do not have it.
5. Ask your case manager to request the waiver; if no slot is open, ask about the waiting list and State Plan services.

Have these ready

• Proof of diagnosis (psychological or medical evaluation)
• School records such as an IEP
• Medicaid card or Medicaid application number
• Social Security number and proof of address
• Guardianship papers, if any

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Medicaid members of any age with a traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury or similar disability who meet nursing facility or ICF/IID level of care and have urgent needs.

Start with: BHDD-OIDD Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Division · (800) 289-7012 · Website (opens in a new tab)

HASCI waiver entry depends on urgent need and available slots.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call BHDD-OIDD at 1-800-289-7012 and ask to apply for head and spinal cord injury services.
2. Send medical records of the injury.
3. Get a HASCI case manager.
4. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if needed.
5. Ask your HASCI case manager to request the HASCI waiver.

Have these ready

• Medical records of the brain or spinal cord injury
• Date and cause of the injury
• Medicaid card or application
• List of help you need each day

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Medicaid members of any age with an intellectual disability or related disability who meet ICF/IID level of care. This waiver includes some medical services.

Start with: SC Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (BHDD-OIDD) · (800) 289-7012 · Website (opens in a new tab)

SCDHHS says members can use State Plan services while on a waiver waiting list.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call BHDD-OIDD at 1-800-289-7012 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday) to apply for services.
2. Send records that show the diagnosis.
3. After you are found eligible, a case manager is assigned.
4. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if you do not have it.
5. Ask your case manager to request the waiver; if no slot is open, ask about the waiting list and State Plan services.

Have these ready

• Proof of diagnosis (psychological or medical evaluation)
• School records such as an IEP
• Medicaid card or Medicaid application number
• Social Security number and proof of address
• Guardianship papers, if any

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Medicaid members of all ages with HIV or AIDS who meet an at-risk of hospitalization level of care.

Start with: SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake · (888) 971-1637 · Website (opens in a new tab)

SCDHHS says members can use State Plan services while on a waiver waiting list.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake at 1-888-971-1637, or make a referral online.
2. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if needed.
3. A nurse does a level of care assessment.
4. Choose your providers.
5. Work with your waiver case manager.

Have these ready

• Medical records of the HIV or AIDS diagnosis
• List of medicines
• Medicaid card or application
• Proof of South Carolina address

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Medicaid members 65 and older, and ages 21 to 64 with a physical disability, who need mechanical ventilation and meet nursing facility level of care.

Start with: SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake · (888) 971-1637 · Website (opens in a new tab)

SCDHHS says members can use State Plan services while on a waiver waiting list.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake at 1-888-971-1637, or make a referral online.
2. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if needed.
3. A nurse does a level of care assessment.
4. Choose your providers.
5. Work with your waiver case manager.

Have these ready

• Medical records showing ventilator use
• List of medicines and equipment
• Medicaid card or application
• List of help you need each day

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Medicaid children up to age 21 with chronic physical or health conditions lasting at least a year who meet hospital level of care.

Start with: SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake · (888) 971-1637 · Website (opens in a new tab)

SCDHHS says members can use State Plan services while on a waiver waiting list.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake at 1-888-971-1637, or make a referral online.
2. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if needed.
3. A nurse does a level of care assessment.
4. Choose your providers.
5. Work with your waiver case manager.

Have these ready

• Child's medical records
• List of specialists, nursing and therapy
• Child's Medicaid card or application
• List of medicines

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Medicaid members 65 and older, and ages 18 to 64 with a physical disability, who meet nursing facility level of care.

Start with: SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake · (888) 971-1637 · Website (opens in a new tab)

SCDHHS says members can use State Plan services while on a waiver waiting list.

Apply for Medicaid first.

Steps

1. Call SCDHHS Community Long Term Care (CLTC) Centralized Intake at 1-888-971-1637, or make a referral online.
2. Apply for Healthy Connections Medicaid if needed.
3. A nurse does a level of care assessment.
4. Choose your providers.
5. Work with your waiver case manager.

Have these ready

• List of medicines and doctors
• Proof of income and assets
• List of help you need each day
• Medicaid card or application

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