IBudget Florida is a way to manage the Medicaid waiver system for individuals with developmental disabilities. It gives Agency for Persons with Disabilities (“APD”) customers more control and flexibility to choose services that are important to them, while helping the agency to stay within its Medicaid waiver appropriation. Please note that participation in the Developmental Disabilities Waiver Program allows for these services to be provided ONLY to clients being served under the waiver program.
In order to be eligible for services from the APD, an individual must have a developmental disability (as defined in section 393.063(12), Florida Statutes) that occurs prior to age 18 and constitutes a substantial handicap that can reasonably be expected to continue indefinitely.
Disabilities served by APD include:
- Intellectual Disability (Full Scale IQ of 70 or below)
- Severe forms of Autism
- Spina Bifida cystica or myelomeningocele
- Cerebral Palsy
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Phelan-McDermid syndrome
- Individuals between the ages of 3-5 at high risk for a developmental disability.
The Agency for Persons with Disabilities’ Rule Handbook, also known as the iBudget Waiver Handbook. For more information refer to the Developmental Disabilities Handbook. In addition to the iBudget Waiver Handbook, providers are also subject to the requirements set forth in the Medicaid Provider General Handbook.
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