Idaho Home Choice

• Increase the use of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and reduce the use of institutionally-based services;
• Eliminate barriers and mechanisms in state law, state Medicaid plans, or state budgets that prevent or restrict the flexible use of Medicaid funds to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive long-term care in the settings of their choice;
• Strengthen the ability of Medicaid programs to assure continued provision of HCBS to those individuals who choose to transition from institutions; and,
• Ensure that procedures are in place to provide quality assurance and continuous quality improvement of HCBS. 

Eligibility

To participate in the Idaho Home Choice Program, the individual must:

• Have lived for at least sixty consecutive days in a nursing facility or intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities
• Be a resident of Idaho
• Be Medicaid eligible at the time of discharge
• Qualify for either the Aged and Disabled or Developmental Disability waivers
• Move to a “qualified residence”